A Quote by Flip Wilson

I've had all that you could ask for. The fat lady has sung, and there's a standing ovation.

Flip Wilson

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Flip Wilson
American - Comedian
December 8, 1933 - November 25, 1998

There was a match in Alaska that I had with Beth Phoenix at a house show where we had a standing ovation from Ric Flair, Triple H, John Cena, and Arn Anderson. I got to work with her so much that we knew each other's body language. Got a standing ovation from the entire locker room. It was amazing.

Mickie James

Benjamin Netanyahu, understands that the standing ovation he got in Congress this year was not for his politics. That ovation was bought and paid for by the Israel lobby.

Thomas Friedman

The fat lady hasn't sung yet. We'll wait until we get a look at what is in the motion passed on third reading.

Bobby Orr

I always said, 'A blind dog with three legs could get a standing ovation for singing 'I'm Still Here!''

Polly Bergen

I always said, 'A blind dog with three legs could get a standing ovation for singing 'I'm Still Here!'

Polly Bergen

I get a standing ovation just standing

George Burns

One minute I'm standing at Ronnie Scott's getting a standing ovation and the next minute, I'm on a marble slab

Keith Richards

Throwing out the first pitch at the Cubs game and having 40,000 people give me a standing ovation was probably one of the highlights of my life. You could see what a great sports town Chicago is.

Patrick Kane

I was blown away by the standing ovation. I've had tributes before, sure, but I don't retain that feeling, and I wasn't prepared for it on Tuesday. But maybe you shouldn't retain these things or you'd be on a permanent high.

Burt Bacharach

I didn't realize at the moment exactly what I had done...I only realized the enormity of it when I walked into the press room and got a long standing ovation.It wasn't until I came out of my daze that I began to appreciate my accomplishment.

Al Geiberger

What does politically correct mean? If you're fat, don't ask me if you're fat, because I'm gonna tell you the truth. You're fat.

Charles Barkley

It is a brave man who is the first to sit down during a standing ovation.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

I don't expect to get a standing ovation from businessmen when I call for higher wages.

Peter Bofinger

It was just - I mean, 6,000 people giving you a standing ovation is quite an experience.

Michael Cimino

When she awoke there was a melody in her head she could not identify or recall ever hearing before. 'Perhaps I made it up,' she thought. Then it came to her - the name of the song and all its lyrics just as she had heard it many times before. She sat on the edge of the bed thinking, 'There aren't any more new songs and I have sung all the ones there are. I have sung them all. I have sung all the songs there are.