Arkady Raikin Quotes & Sayings

A true hero is the one who knows that often as not the dragon is in the damsel and not the other way around. — Midori Snyder

The more real things get, the more like myths they become. — Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Two records put me over the top with hip-hop. One of them was 'Planet Rock,' and the other had no lyrics - it was called 'Numbers,' from a group called Kraftwerk. Every kid in the 'hood in New York and New Jersey was popping, locking, and breaking to that record. It was the hottest track on the street at the time. — Queen Latifah

If you don't know the life yet, how could be possible for you to know the death? — Confucius

Don't say you won't strike now. "Not now" is what brings forth "never done". Strike it early, strike it now ... But remember to strike it hard! Go and make the strike! — Israelmore Ayivor

The world is not black and white; there are lots of shades of grey. There are good things and bad things in every era, and I think it's kind of very blindfolded to say one era was wonderful, as it was wonderful, but there were a lot of bad things as well. — Iris Apfel

I never really learned photography. — Abbas Kiarostami

Marry an orphan: you'll never have to spend boring holidays with the in-laws. — George Carlin

I realised that a television show on political lampoon was one genre that was missing. — Cyrus Broacha

Words, words, words. — William Shakespeare

American nuclear reactors are well into middle age. The median age of an operating reactor in the U.S. is 34 years, placing start-up in midst of the Carter administration. — Bill Dedman

Like many others, I'm deeply sympathetic to the huge numbers of people looking to come here today to escape suffering and poverty in their own lands. But as a country, we cannot afford to have a total open-door policy without any restrictions on entry. — Ed Koch