Top 249 Murphy Quotes & Sayings

I can't imagine Joe DiMaggio was a better all-around player than Dale Murphy.

Murphy's Law, that brash proletarian restatement of Godel's Theorem.

Eddie Murphy is a great entertainer.

I've got two chocolate labradors, Murphy and Dexter. They're like my children.

Me and my mother, we both love Eddie Murphy.

I always get excited over James Murphy's work and everything that comes out of DFA. I really like the way that Murphy and LCD Soundsystem mix electronic, dance and rock together.

'205' should be called 'Buddy Murphy Live.' The championship is on my shoulder, and so is the show.

One of the many things I love about working with Ryan Murphy is that you're always thin-sliced in this business. You walk into a room and people want you to be how you look or how you're perceived or whatever it is in that 10 minutes that hey meet you. I think Ryan [Murphy] has an intuition that looks a little bit deeper and sees things that other people might not see in you - sometimes you might not even see in yourself - but that he knows are there and that he might want to get to grow and stretch with as an actor.

I can work inside the boundaries of Erika Murphy, or whoever the character is. It's fun to create somebody that's not you, that doesn't exist.

Where is your unit?" Murphy asked. I wiggled my eyebrows at her. "Right where it's always been, dollface.

One day, I brought home Eddie Murphy's 'Raw', and Dad and I would watch that together.

I think Eddie Murphy is the greatest comedian. I do think that Richard Pryor is the Godfather, but Eddie Murphy, in my opinion, has every comedic category in his arsenal. He can roast you. He can freestyle. He can host. He was LeBron James before we even saw LeBron James.

Adam Sandler, Mike Myers, Dava Carvey, Eddie Murphy, Will Ferrell - they're all the best.

When you say "Holy Man", I immediately think of Eddie Murphy's finest hour. If it's anything comparable, I'm excited.

The black comedians meeting? Oh yeah, we hold one every year at Eddie Murphy's house.

Eddie Murphy is to comedians what Nicki Minaj is to Spanx.

Ryan Murphy's 'Hollywood,' about the beginnings of the film industry, made me laugh and cry.

I'm not the comic innovator that Bill Murray and Eddie Murphy are. I can't just come out with an incredible line.

Ryan Murphy and I share our love of horror and musicals. I think those things somehow go together.

C++ tries to guard against Murphy, not Machiavelli.

Ryan Murphy is a genius. In terms of television, very few have been as prolific.

I never had the confidence to say I was going to be in front of the camera as a comedian until I saw Eddie Murphy years later.

To me, there were comedies that should go up for Oscars. I think Eddie Murphy in 'The Nutty Professor' was one of the greatest acting performances of all time, but it'd never be recognized that way. They always go for De Niro and Pacino, but Eddie Murphy played seven different people!

A Murphy [Eddie Murphy] movie is like a Sidney Poitier comedy - he's that intensely good... He revolutionized acting. He's literally black Brando. Before Eddie Murphy, there were two schools of acting for a black actor: Either you played it LIKE THIS or youplayeditlahkdis. He was the first black guy in a movie to talk like I am talking right now. That did not exist for black actors before him.

In Isaac Murphy: I Dedicate This Ride Frank X Walker helps restore to public memory one of history's greatest jockeys. Isaac Murphy's story has universal significance but it is very much a Kentucky story, of which all Kentuckians should be proud.

My favourite chant is 'you're just a fat Eddie Murphy.' When I heard that I could not stop laughing. I would prefer a 'muscular Eddie Murphy.'

I told my agent that I wouldn't do TV unless it was Ryan Murphy, 'House of Cards,' or HBO.

I had all the intentions of being the next Eddie Murphy.

I'm obsessed with everything Ryan Murphy does.

Eddie [Murphy] is an icon. He's one of the reason why I started doing comedy in the beginning. He opened a lot of doors for black people.

My favorite movie is 'Coming to America' by Eddie Murphy.

Murphy's golden rule: Whoever has the gold, makes the rules.

At the end of the day, when Charlie Murphy ain't here no more, I'll have a body of work that people can laugh and remember me by.

Ryan Murphy's a brilliant director to work with who's very fun and creative.

As Richard Pryor was to Eddie Murphy, that's what Kurt Vonnegut was to me.

I think that there are always these opponents that you circle back to that you have made some sort of legacy with and I feel Buddy Murphy is that for me.

Murphy is a writer's best friend, but you have to keep an eye on him, or he'll steal the silver.

Do you have a little white dress? I've had this deep-seated nurse fantasy about you, Murphy.

Karrin smiled faintly and shook her head. "He always said you knew ghosts. You're sure it was really him?" Mort eyed her. "Me and everyone else, yeah." Karrin scowled and stared into the middle distance. Mort frowned and then his expression softened. "You didn't want it to be his ghost. Did you?" Murphy shook her head slowly, but said nothing. "You needed everyone to be wrong about it. Because if it really was his ghost," Mort said, "it means that he really is dead." Murphy's face...just crumpled. Her eyes overflowed and she bowed her head. Her body shook in silence.

My must-have hair products are Phyto silk spray and Kusco-Murphy setting lotion.

I was signed to a record label at the same time as my friend Elliot Murphy, who makes great records to this day.

We will not be recasting J.J. Murphy. He was a lovely man, and the best Denys Mallister we could have hoped for. And now his watch is ended.

Pansy," Murphy sneered. Thomas leered at her. "You make my stamen tingle when you talk like that, Sergeant.

At one point, people thought that Eddie Murphy would only reach one sector of the audience, but now everyone sees everything Eddie Murphy does.

They're working their way down. Next year, Todd Bridges gets the award. When I was a kid I wanted to be Eddie Murphy and now I'm a rip-off of Eddie Murphy.

Right around 11 or 12, when I saw Eddie Murphy's standup special 'Delirious,' and I taped it on a VHS tape - I think I watched it every single day. I lived and breathed Eddie Murphy for that whole year.

We were big Saturday Night Live and Eddie Murphy fans.

I don't think you should invest in commodities. Eddie Murphy made it seem risky in Trading Places.

On the comedy side of what I love as a filmmaker are Richard Pryor, Lenny Bruce, and Eddie Murphy; those are my favorites.

Ryan Murphy is one of the best at creating universes.

It's impossible not to be aware of the Ryan Murphy empire, but he is so kind and funny, and you feel in such safe hands every day.

Ryan Murphy just gives new people a shot, and it takes a lot of confidence and generosity to do that.

Eddie Murphy was the Michael Jordan of comedy. He had a full range of abilities.

I mean everyone, from Al Pacino to Murphy Guyer, are phenomenal actors.

I did a one-off episode of 'The New Normal' for Ryan Murphy, and that was the first time I played a gay role.

Because Eddie [Murphy] came from where I come from, the Bushwick section of Brooklyn. People in the projects used to call me Fat Murphy.

I wear Johnston & Murphy, not penny loafers.

Audie Murphy remains a shining example for anyone who believes in the importance of service, for generations now and into the future.

I thought, 'Who is the first vampire ever? It's Peter Murphy!'

I remember watching Eddie Murphy's stand-up act when I was little, and just being mesmerized.