Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was eighteen, she was sixteen and I was three. – Billie Holiday
You can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair and no sugar cane for miles, but you can still be working on a plantation. – Billie Holiday
If you think dope is for kicks and for thrills, youre out of your mind. There are more kicks to be had in a good case of paralytic polio or by living in an iron lung. If you think you need stuff to play music or sing, youre crazy. It can fix you so you cant play nothing or sing nothing. – Billie Holiday
I cant stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession, let alone two years or ten years. If you can, then it aint music, its close-order drill or exercise or yodeling or something, not music. – Billie Holiday
Its the moms of this nation – single, married, widowed – who really hold this country together. Were the mothers, were the wives, were the grandmothers, were the big sisters, were the little sisters, were the daughters. You know its true, dont you? Youre the ones who always have to do a little more. – Ann Romney
There is nothing like the way people feel after theyve seen The Intouchables. They feel amazing. The word of mouth on this film is incredible. Its intelligent-feeling good. Youre not insulted by the low-browness or stupidity of some of the humor. Its so smart and terrific. – Harvey Weinstein