Top 490 Billy Quotes & Sayings - Page 3
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Last updated on April 16, 2025.
Oh, yeah, I've always thought of covering some of my influences like Billy Joel, Elton John, Stevie Wonder.
I happen to be a guy who also plays the piano and sings, so people automatically associate me with Billy Joel.
If there's anyone in my lifetime who deserves honor it is Billy Graham. I think he is the most significant figure since the apostles.
In a way, 'Billy Elliot' was autobiographical. I can't dance, but I think his dancing was me discovering about writing and literature.
Billy (Martin) was a great one for jokes. He liked to play a joke more than anyone I ever knew.
All of those faeries and duels and mad queens and so on, and no one quoted old Billy Shakespeare. Not even once.
Tony Williams, Billy Cobham and Lenny White; some of those guys were big influences on me.
I think this whole Billy Bush thing just pushed women over the edge because it's so visceral.
And the film that I've seen a million times is 'When Harry Met Sally' with Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal, and directed by Rob Reiner.
Billy squinted at me. "Why are you letting them go?" "Because they're real." "How do you know?" "The one I was holding crapped on my hand.
When I tested for Billy Budd, I had that kind of confidence that comes with the certainty that you're not going to get something. I was very rough around the edges.
Terry Funk. Any time I got to wrestle with him, it was cool. Superstar Billy Graham was another one.
I'll tell you what, I love my daddy. And he's so special. He's meant so much to me, so it's not a thorn in my side to be known as Billy Graham's daughter. It's a privilege.
The version of 'Moneyball' I pitched - and we made - is about a guy, Billy Beane, who thinks he's trying to win baseball games. But it's deeper than that.
You know how a dog and his owner start to look alike after a while? Well, that's like me and Billy.
Elton John and Billy Joel, I find them both to be huge inspirations, those guys are so talented.
I've met people of great faith. I sat in the home of Billy Graham and in the residence of Cardinal Dolan and prayed with these men of God.
Ive been to London twice. I saw the Broadway show Billy Elliot there - phenomenal. I was crying through the entire thing.
I went to see Billy Connolly do two hours with no break at the Apollo, with Parkinson's disease, during the winter, and it was one of the most important gigs I have seen in my life.
I read all the time. I was reading a book I admire very much by Alice McDermot called Charming Billy.
I'm a huge fan of Billy Idol. I spiked my hair every day like him in 7th and 8th grade.
Billy here has been talkin' about slicin' his wrists again, so is there seven of you guys who'd like to join him and make it therapeutic?
'Billy Elliot' embodies the idea that anyone can achieve anything regardless of their socio-economic background.
For me, people in Ireland who became actors would have to go through the Billy Barry's in Dublin.
Nobody wanted to run back kicks until you saw Billy 'White Shoes'' Johnson.
Lots of people look up to Billy Martin. That's because he just knocked them down.
I think there's an interest surrounding our family; it's not just Miley, but it's Noah and me and Billy Ray and Branid and Trace and everyone.
Growing up on Long Island, I think Billy Joel albums come with your driver's license.
I went through a Billy Idol phase. I had white hair when Peter Rizzo hired me at Barneys.
Jack the Rabbit and Weak Knee Willie, you know they're gonna be there. Sloppy Sue and Big Bones Billy, they'll be coming up for air.
I'm a student of comedy in general, so I've always loved Billy Crystal. But I'm a different type of showman. I'm a clown and a jester.
The early Billy Joel stuff I fell in love with, like Glass Houses, is a real rock record.
Billy Gunn, Bill DeMott, and Dusty Rhodes all helped me find myself and how to express it to people so they understand.
I've been to London twice. I saw the Broadway show 'Billy Elliot' there - phenomenal. I was crying through the entire thing.
The first time I toured the U.K. was in the early '90s with Billy Pilgrim, so I know how much the people there love music.
I don't watch any films. Billy Elliot is the only film I've seen in the last 25 years. Oh, and ET. Both of which I loved!
Knowing constitutional law helps one at the opera. The trial in 'Billy Budd,' as example, invokes the fugitive slave clause of the U.S. Constitution.
Training with Billy Robinson is just like any martial artist who would go to the old master of the art. He's so knowledgeable.
Billy Crystal knows how to make people laugh. He's got 30 years on stage... there's no telling him what's funny.
Billy Joel is an incredible musician. He just feels like one of the guys, you know. I grew up listening to his music.
Billy Carter, who asked his brother Jimmy, Do you think you could get me on the Gong Show? Never got a dinner!
When I had a job catering, I catered a wedding for the Smashing Pumpkins bassist in Indiana. And I served Billy Corgan shrimp off a tray.
Chopin or Billy Eckstine or Miles Davis - that stuff helps me, more when I've already written and I need a little energy to keep editing.
As far as directors, I'm a big fan of any kind of Billy Wilder stuff. Anything he does.
For me, '52nd Street' is quintessential Billy Joel. I bought that record as a kid and listened to it so much.
I listen to Billy Joel. He is fabulous. I saw him with Elton John when they toured together, it was so great.
I was on vacation in New York when my agent called asking if I wanted to go right in and audition for 'Billy Elliot,' so I was lucky to be there.
I don't mean to sound like a Pollyanna, but for me, New York is the ideal because of the diversity here. 'Billy on the Street' is really informed by that.
I was lucky enough to play with great platers Cameron Smith, Billy Slater, Darren Lockyer and that's where I learned about leadership.
There is a ceiling to it and there's a stigma. Billy Crystal as brilliant as he is, he's never going to be thought of as a contemporary like Alan Arkin.
Hosting the Oscars is much like making love to a woman. It's something I only get to do when Billy Crystal is out of town.
One of my current pet theories is that the winter is a kind of evangelist, more subtle than Billy Graham, of course, but of the same stuff.
I'm influenced by those '40s, '50s, and '60s films: things like 'The Apartment' - I was a big fan of Billy Wilder.
3 years ago I was stocking shelves at Target, living on Ramen noodles, and crashing at Billy's house. Now I'm on tour
All people of goodwill object to racial hatred. But no one cares that Billy Crystal darkened his skin to portray Sammy Davis Jr.
If there ever was a poet for the working class Billy Joe Shaver and Merle Haggard would be my nomination.
Billy [Corgan] and I used to spend quite a lot of time together in Los Angeles, when I first moved there.
There's been a number of erroneous biographies, articles and so on written about Billy and we both thought it would be a good idea to produce a true one.
My trainer, Marty Jones, was trained by Billy Robinson, so was Johnny Saint and a lot of great British wrestlers.
Billy Gilbert hit a kamikaze back pass which Justin Fashinu pounced on like a black Frank Bruno
