Top 165 Whitney Quotes & Sayings

Whitney: You black-hearted, treacherous, conniving scoundrel. Clayton: Your flattery warms my heart

I'm the keeper of the flame for Whitney Houston. She was the greatest... and I don't want the world to forget that.

I know I'm no Whitney Houston.

I want to write for big names like Whitney Houston and The Backstreet Boys.

Wyatt [ Walker] doesn't say that as much as Whitney Young does.

My introduction of Whitney was that if there's going to be one performer for the next generation who combined the beauty and lyric phrasing of a Lena Horne with those Gospel fiery roots of an Aretha Franklin, it would be Whitney Houston.

When I was really little, I loved Whitney Houston. I thought she was the prettiest thing in the world.

Willis Rodney Whitney ... once compared scientific research to a bridge being constructed by a builder who was fascinated by the construction problems involved. Basic research, he suggested, is such a bridge built wherever it strikes the builder's fancy-wherever the construction problems seem to him to be most challenging. Applied research, on the other hand, is a bridge built where people are waiting to get across the river. The challenge to the builder's ingenuity and skill, Whitney pointed out, can be as great in one case as the other.

Growing up, I was in all the musicals and everything... I'd come home from school and bash out a few Whitney Houston songs.

I'm not like Stephanie Mills or Whitney Houston with actual hits. My fans think everything I did was a hit.

I moved to New York in the 1970s and started writing when I was at the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program.

Whitney smacked Coop's snout while simultaneously pressing herself deeper into the couch. Coop fixed her with an unblinking ice-blue stare, gray-brown fur bristling along his spine. "Tory!" Whitney squealed. "He's going to attack!" "Maybe." I walked into the kitchen and snagged a Diet Coke from the fridge. "Try to protect your throat.

I'm definitely inspired by Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, James Brown, Lauryn Hill.

I don't mind being compared to Whitney (Houston), there are people miles worse to be compared to.

In 2011, 'Yourself in the World,' a book of my writings and interviews, was published in conjunction with a retrospective of my work at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Mariah and Whitney Houston were my goddesses growing up.

My philosophy was always try to look like Whitney Houston at all times. That did not work out so well.

I naturally gravitated first to R&B and pop: Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Patti LaBelle.

I love Whitney Houston. I absolutely love her song, 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody.'

Whitney: Where is your home? Clayton: Wherever you are.

Whitney Cummings is a very dear friend of mine, and she is a huge advocate for women.

It was sweaty Whitney (Houston) in Central Park. She knew that park pretty well. Every bush!

Whitney won't ever even know what it's like to be 50. Whitney will never know what it's like to be 50. She died before she was 50. So there's nothing to be ashamed of. You should be proud of your age.

Mine is only one of the millions of hearts broken over the death of Whitney Houston, I will always be grateful and in awe of the wonderful performance she did on my song, and I can truly say from the bottom of my heart, 'Whitney, I will always love you. You will be missed.'

There are two women that I am really in love with that I wish I could have dressed: The first one is Marilyn Monroe, and the second is Whitney Houston. People always ask me who's going to be the next, and I never know, but I know I would love to have had Marilyn and Whitney wear Balmain.

I figure if I just stay true to myself and I am the Whitney that I've always been, people will look at me not as Whitney from the show, but as a human being.

The voice of an Angel, the Heart of a Lamb, the spirit of a Lioness, the presence of a Goddess, love you R.I.P Whitney Houston.

My mum liked gospel and R&B, Chaka Khan, and Whitney Houston.

The Whitney is a museum that has a great rapport with younger artists and the community.

I'm saying that she (Whitney Houston) looks great for a singer... the way Courtney Love is a singer.

My lady makes me do it. I sang Whitney Houston's "Bodyguard".

I loved Michael Jackson and Madonna. I styled my hair like Whitney Houston.

I was doing gigs at 16, belting out all the big ballads like Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey.

Whitney and I have fun reading the newspaper sometimes. You'd be amazed at the places they say I've been.

I'd rather spend my time looking at the sky than listening to Whitney Houston.

I don't mind being compared to Whitney, there are people miles worse to be compared to.

I don't take karaoke seriously at all. I'm not the type of person who will go and belt out Whitney Houston.

Different people were complaining, and I remember saying, 'Why don't we just demonstrate?' The Whitney was the first.

You know, the funny thing was that I grew up listening to, like Whitney Houston and Cece Winans, and a lot of American singers.

...but even strong women need an arm to lean on now and then. (Anna Whitney in Glory in Death)

I loved Celine Dion. I loved Whitney Houston and these big powerhouse vocals.

I have a gut instinctive feeling that I will be as massive as Madonna, as massive as Michael Jackson... Whitney Houston, sure.

If I could pick my wife by name, It'd be Whitney. That name just sounds right

Heartbroken and in tears over the shocking death of my friend, the incomparable Ms. Whitney Houston. My heartfelt condolences to Whitney's family and to all her millions of fans throughout the world. She will never be forgotten as one of the greatest voices to ever grace the earth.

I was in the 1993 Whitney Biennial and the 1994 'Black Male' show at the Whitney, and I've never seen such vicious press. Twenty plus years later, critics who hated that Biennial have come to Jesus and decided it was a really important, seminal show that they misunderstood.

Mine is only one of the millions of hearts broken over the death of Whitney Houston. I will always be grateful and in awe of the wonderful performance she did on my song and I can truly say from the bottom of my heart, 'Whitney, I will always love you. You will be missed.'

Connecticut has a proud tradition of manufacturing going back to the days of Eli Whitney.

I would have hated for my 'Drag Race' moment to have come down to lip syncing a Whitney Houston song.

Jeff Ross has been roasting people since Whitney Cummings was nothing but a glint in the eye of the man who raped her mother.

I want to be able to sing like Whitney Houston did.

There was an edge of, 'Go away kid, you're bothering me'. I've kicked myself a million times since. I could've discovered Whitney Houston.

Whitney Houston was a laser beam ... She always gave me better than what I asked for in the studio

Whitney Cummings is one of the hardest working people I know, and she's very motivated.

I would say Whitney Houston's 'I Will Always Love You' is up there - it's one of the best.

I grew up listening to such strong female solo artists. I love Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears.

What if Whitney was at her top, and we brought in a name like Whitney Houston, it would sell.

America has a relationship with Bobby and Whitney.

Whitney Houston, one of my biggest inspirations, also had that same mindset because her songs vary from R&B, hip hop, pop, and gospel.

I'm massively inspired by Janet Jackson, and I adore Whitney Houston and Madonna.

I love Whitney Houston, Stevie Wonder, Brandi, Sade, Nat King Cole. I like the Beatles. I listen to a lot of that.