E Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with E. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Elvis Presley was the first and the best. He is my favorite of all time.”
“Elvis Presley was the sweetest, most humble and nicest man you'd want to know.”
“Elvis Presley wore a Star of David and a cross around his neck and, when someone asked him about it, he said, "It makes me think." I love that quote. It's simple. It's beautiful. It's true.”
“Elvis Presley's death deprives our country of a part of itself. He was unique, irreplaceable. More than twenty years ago, he burst upon the scene with an impact that was unprecedented and will probably never be equaled. His music and his personality, fusing the styles of white country and black rhythm and blues, permanently changed the face of American popular culture. His following was immense. And he was a symbol to people the world over of the vitality, rebelliousness and good humor of this country.”
“Elvis Presley's music never meant anything to me. Mambo was the music I loved - it spoke to me.”
“Elvis Presley's talent brightened millions of lives. He widened the horizons of my world certainly. The first record I ever owned was a 78 rpm of "Hound Dog" backed by "Don't Be Cruel" and when I listened to those tunes I felt about ten feet tall and I grinned so hard that I felt like the corners of my mouth would meet in the back and the tip of my head would simply topple off. All I know about Rock and Roll is that it makes people feel good. Elvis Presley more than made me feel good, he enriched my life and made it better.”
“Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers, and a lot of American artists were my greatest influences.”
“Elvis Presley... had nothing to do with excellence, just myth.”
“Elvis Presley? He's God.”
“Elvis Presleys' first album had more energy and more enthusiam than any other album at the time - when it was released it just blew everything else out. It changed the whole landscape of music”
“Elvis said, Miss Minnie, do you think it would be out of order if I go up and speak to General Stewart? I've always been such a fan of his. So Elvis went up to speak to the Stewarts.”
“Elvis saved my life when I was 13 or 14. He saved all our lives.”
“Elvis transcends his talent to the point of dispensing with it altogether.”
Source: Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll Music: Sixth Edition
“Elvis up in Michigan and maybe out in Mars.”
“Elvis was a big influence to my music, but Loretta Lynn was, as well.”
“Elvis was a major hero of mine. I was probably stupid enough to believe that having the same birthday as him actually meant something.”
“Elvis was a symbol of the country's vitality, rebelliousness, and good humor.”
“Elvis was always over the top. That's why he had that gold lamé suit! He designed his jumpsuits himself. He always said, "If you're going to be a star, you should look like one."”
“Elvis was God-given, there's no other explanation. A Messiah comes around
every few thousand years, and Elvis was it this time.”
“Elvis was just like a big old kid. It was like he never got past 19, I don't think, in a lotta ways.”
“Elvis was rock'n'roll. He came from the poverty and the pain.”
“Elvis was the first person in music that I really identified with.”
“Elvis was the firstest with the mostest.”
“Elvis was the king. No doubt about it.”
“Elvis was the king. No doubt about it. People like myself, Mick Jagger and all the others only followed in his footsteps.”
“Elvis was the only man from Northeast Mississippi who could shake his hips and still be loved by rednecks, cops, and hippies.”
“Elvis was the reason I picked up the guitar.”
“Elvis was, at least the times I was around him, Elvis was a practical joker. He was always, had some little mischievous something going.”
“Elvis wore a halo. Otis Redding did, too. You knew you were playing with a star when you played with them.”
“Elvis!" Min shoved herself off the couch to shoo him away. "Stay away from there. There's broken glass." "He did that on purpose," David said, outraged. "Yes, David, the cat is plotting against you." Min fished the base out of the water and glass shards and put it on the table. Then she went to get her wastebasket and began to put the glass pieces in it.”
Source: Bet Me
“Elvis' disappearing body is like a flashing event horizon at the edge of the black hole that is America today.”
Source: Panic Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Postmodern Scene
“Elvis' early music has drama because as he sang he was escaping limits.”
Source: Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll Music: Sixth Edition
“Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn't do more.”
“Elvis, heal me, save me. Elvis, make me be born again in the perfect Elvis light.”
“Elvis, stop dat! You know it is taboo to whistle at night. You will attract a spirit.”
Source: GraceLand: A Novel
“Elvis, you're still King.”
“Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars, not if you care for such things.”
Source: The Hobbit
“Elwood said, "It's against the law." State law, but also Elwood's. If everyone looked the other way, then everybody was in on it. If he looked the other way, he was as implicated as the rest. That's how he saw it, how he'd always seen things.”
Source: The Nickel Boys
“Elwyn Brooks White was a very Maine personality which is, "I hate everyone and everyone stay away from me."”
“Elyan couldn’t tear his eyes away from the screen. That was the man from his nightmares; the man who had once haunted his every waking moment. And it was all real. He was real. That should have been a triumph. It should have been the final proof he had always been right about this; that it was never a delusion, that his father was wrong. But it just left his throat dry and his heart pounding, staring at the image like he was sure it should change – that he wasn’t actually looking at who he thought he was.”
Source: Reckless Truth
“Elysian beauty, melancholy grace, Brought from a pensive though a happy place.”
Source: The Poems of William Wordsworth
“Elysian Way by Stewart Stafford
An eviction deadline decree,
A woodpecker broadcast,
Winter, the incoming actor,
About to enter a clean stage.
The powder blue sky framed,
Fall's aurum, russet and ochre,
Dripping opalescent raindrops,
A red wedding's spangled confetti.
Leaves shushed and shimmered,
In moving vertical waves of surf,
Trees shrugged slowly to begin,
The organic haircut of the ages.
Leaves plunged, spun and floated,
Fallen comrades littered the grass,
Half-assed, surprise resurrections,
As swirling spectral mini vortexes.
© Stewart Stafford, 2022. All rights reserved”
“Elysium is as far as to
The very nearest room,
If in that room a friend await
Felicity of doom.”
Source: The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson
“Elza needed challenges in her life, needed to be occupied. Without walls to climb or windmills to attack she was the type of person who became depressed. She knew this. The feeling lived inside her somewhere - probably nestled close to her solar plexus. Yes, it seemed like that was the case. She felt it right in her chest. So, to escape dwelling on her anxieties - which she was prone to do - Elza lived in a state of perpetual movement. If she slowed down or was obstructed, even for a moment, she would suffer being left alone with herself, and then all would be lost.”
“Eläin tai olio on aina mies kunnes toisin todistetaan. Jos sille laitetaan ripset tai mekko eli se merkitään naiseksi, sitten on toisin. Jos E.T.:stä olisi tehty nainen (naaras?), tarina ei kertoisi lapsen ja olennon kohtaamisesta vaan lapsen ja naisen kohtaamisesta. Sen pitäisi jotenkin käsitellä muukalaisen sukupuolta. Se ehkä kävisi ilmi siten, että se kaipaisi lastaan. Tai ryhtyisi ihmiselle äidiksi. Tai rakastajaksi.
Ainoa tapa tehdä E.T.:stä sukupuoleton oli tehdä siitä mies.”
Source: Sinut on nähty
“Elämme parhaassa mahdollisessa maailmassa
minä rakastan hitaita aamuja suurten maalattujen
pintojen hiljaisuutta yöllisten valojen pirstomaa
valtatietä opiskelijaneitoja joilla on housuissa
latinalainen amerikka vanhoja ukkoja jotka
imeskelevät sanaa kuin oopiumia pikkulapsia jotka
palvovat pääskysiä minä rakastan repaleisia kirjoja
lehtilukusalien vihjauksenomaista kahinaa kahviloiden
onnittelevaa pöydänaluskieltä liikenteen melun
kattamien puistojen häirikkökansalaisia villien
voihkivien schnittkeviulujen melankolista onnea
minä rakastan sinua kuin pappi joka pitää
pappilastaan kynsin hampain kiinni
(Alunperin: Sankareita ja silmänkääntäjiä, Kööpenhamina 1988)”
Source: Eurooppalainen kuolemankirja: Valitut runot
“Elämä on matka, sanotaan. Mikä surkea metafora. Elämän perusluonnehan on liikkumattomuus, toisto, rutiini. Elämä on aamuherätys, sohvan painauma, biojätepussi ja mitä tänään syötäisiin. Elämä on matka ehkä beduiinille, muuten se ei ole matka.”
Source: Tie, totuus ja kuolema
“Elämän loputtua ei voi enää juoda, hukata avaimia eikä silittää kissaa.”
Source: Elämä:kertoja
“Em 1935, ainda antes da Segunda Guerra Mundial, realmente houve uma bem organizada e bastante sofisticada expedição alemã, munida de hidroavião e de outros recursos avançados para a época, que, com a ajuda do governo Vargas, passou um ano e sete meses conhecendo e mapeando aquela remota e completamente desconhecida região na fronteira do Brasil com a Guiana Francesa. Pelo que pesquisei, os alemães colheram amostras, catalogaram boa parte da flora e da fauna e estabeleceram contato com as tribos indígenas antes mesmo de o Brasil marcar presença naquelas bandas.”
Source: Nas Pegadas da Alemoa
“Em 9 de junho de 1958, menos de duas semanas antes, um membro do parlamento piemontês, isto é, o parlamento presidido por Cavour e que se reportava ao rei Victor Emmanuel II, levantou-se para falar. "Em Módena", disse ele aos seus colegas deputados, "têm ocorrido muitos casos de crianças judias serem batizadas devido a uma vingança, ou por estupidez ou devido ao fanatismo de algum empregado. Se estas ações extralegais não tivessem outra consequência a não ser de um pouco de água espargida por alguém que não deveria fazê-lo, elas teriam pouca importância." Contudo, o caso infelizmente não era esse, disse ele, pois bastava aquela aspersão de água pela mão de uma empregada para que um esquadrão da polícia fosse enviado para invadir um lar e tirar a criança de sua família, para que ela pudesse ser educada como católica. Aquilo era, trovejou ele, "o maior ultraje contra os sentimentos puros da natureza, contrário às regras mais elementares de moralidade, produzindo a mais infame opressão imaginável". Diante dessas palavras, ergueram-se murmúrios de protesto dos bancos à direita, onde ficavam os membros conservadores do parlamento, defensores da Igreja.
O deputado olhou para eles e prosseguiu: "Para poupar meus adversários de mais esforços, quero dizer desde já que fui informado de tudo isso por meus amigos judeus em Módena, que forneceram toda a documentação relevante". De fato, disse ele, "há hoje em Turim uma família judia que precisou fugir de Módena com sua filha, por medo que ela lhes fosse tirada porque uma jovem empregada afirmou tê-la batizado."
O deputado concluiu patrioticamente: "Falei disto como uma questão de consciência. Falei porque tal ultraje contra as leis da natureza e da moralidade deve ser, neste século XIX, no mínimo estigmatizado no único parlamento italiano, no único lugar da Itália que, graças aos esforços do povo e à lealdade do governante, ainda é livre." Ao descer do pódio, ele recebeu saudações de "bravo" dos deputados à sua esquerda e insultos e resmungos daqueles à sua direita.”
Source: The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara