Doolittle Quotes & Sayings

If I had a chance to do things over again, I might not start singing. It was my husband Doolittle's idea. He pushed me out there, the booger. And I'm out there now, so I might as well make the best of it. — Loretta Lynn

Thanks to President Bush and Republican principles, businesses now have more confidence to hire workers. — John Doolittle

Every time I get photographed, it's the legs. So I've insured them for a lot, for £5 million each. Is that enough? — Eliza Doolittle

I never have regrets! What's the point? — Eliza Doolittle

I tend to write at the piano, but usually the melody and lyrics come first. Like, I'll be in the shower, and I'll start singing, and the melody and the lyric will just come out. Then I'll quickly try to finish the shower, try to remember it, record it on my phone and save it for the studio. — Eliza Doolittle

I don't really go out partying, but I'm definitely a social butterfly. — Eliza Doolittle

Passionate grave thought,
belief enhanced,
ritual returned and magic. — Hilda Doolittle

Dead men would start and move
toward me to learn of love. — Hilda Doolittle

Hitherto acceptable norms of human conduct do not apply. If the United States is to survive, long-standing American concepts of 'fair play' must be reconsidered. We must develop effective espionage and counterespionage services and must learn to subvert, sabotage and destroy our enemies by more clever, more sophisticated, and more effective methods than those used against us. It may become necessary that the American people be made acquainted with, understand and support this fundamentally repugnant philosophy. — Jimmy Doolittle

I played Joseph in 'Joseph & The Technicolor Dreamcoat,' which was a bit silly because I am a girl. I wanted to be the narrator, but I had fun with it anyway. — Eliza Doolittle

Sara wasn't spooked by death, never had been. Dead bodies were reassuring once you got used to them. The body of her mother for instance--so unlike her mother in every way that all she felt about it was curiosity. Flesh became rubber. It wasn't just lifeless--a word that suggests limp or inanimate. It was beyond lifeless. To understand the power of the soul you have to see its absence. Bodies didn't bother her any more than a plant would. — Nadine Doolittle

Nothing is as strong as the heart of a volunteer. — Jimmy Doolittle

Love, why have you sought the horde
of spearsmen, why the tent
Achilles pitched beside the river-ford? — Hilda Doolittle

The elixir of life, the philosopher's stone
is yours if you surrender
sterile logic, trivial reason. — Hilda Doolittle

I got my love of animals from the Dr. Doolittle books and my love of Africa from the Tarzan novels. I remember my mum taking me to the first Tarzan film, which starred Johnny Weissmuller, and bursting into tears. It wasn't what I had imagined at all. — Jane Goodall

That way of inspiration
is always open,
and open to everyone;
it acts as go-between, interpreter,
it explains symbols of the past
in to-day's imagery. — Hilda Doolittle

(Those women whom the distaff
no longer claims
nor spun cloth)
driven made,
mad,
mad
by Bacchus. — Hilda Doolittle

Democrats were simply hoping to win some political points by getting their outlandish rhetoric published in the newspapers and heard on the talk shows. — John Doolittle

The only way the Internet will continue to remain the thriving medium it has become today is to keep it under the control of the United States. — John Doolittle

Iran has long sponsored terrorists who carry out homicide bombings in Israeli cities. However, it is a mistake to believe the danger Iran poses is directed at Israel alone. — John Doolittle

I do embarrassing things all the time, but I don't really get embarrassed. It's like I'm unaware of my embarrassing things. — Eliza Doolittle

The heart
the heart
the heart
how it thrives on hate. — Hilda Doolittle

Dance until the earth dance. — Hilda Doolittle

The whole white world is ours. — Hilda Doolittle

I am not a very timid type. It's very important to some people, but not to me. I have a simple philosophy: worry about those things you can fix. It you can't fix it, don't worry about it; accept it and do the best you can. — Jimmy Doolittle

Doolittle was a major influence on the Seattle grunge scene, which emerged in the early 1990s. — Joey Santiago

The United States invented the Internet and it has been our gift to the world, paid for by our taxpayers. The U.N.'s desire to take that gift as a means of increasing its power must be stopped. — John Doolittle

The other thing I like, in fact, several months ago I introduced a bill to end the absurd catch and release policy where our government has been giving tickets, essentially, to people who enter illegally and then letting them go and show up of their own volition. — John Doolittle

The fallen hazel-nuts, Stripped late of their green sheaths, The grapes, red-purple, Their berries Dripping with wine, Pomegranates already broken, And shrunken fig, And quinces untouched, I bring thee as offering. — Hilda Doolittle

In the Crusades, getting the Holy Land back was the goal, and any means could be used to achieve it. World War II was a crusade. The firebombing of Tokyo by Doolittle and the carpet bombing in Germany, especially by the British, showed that. — Stanley Hauerwas

The good doctor put a spoon of tea into my honey." "You're drinking tea a honey badger made," Jim said. "What did you expect? — Ilona Andrews

I wasn't into sports when I was younger. I was one of those kids who always tried to get a note from the doctor to say I had a cold so I didn't have to go play hockey in bad weather and be miserable. — Eliza Doolittle

Love is a garment
riven in the light
that rises from Parnassus,
showing
the night is over. — Hilda Doolittle

I think my parents did want me to go to university just in case, but neither my mum or dad went to uni, so they couldn't talk. — Eliza Doolittle

You will not see
that desire begets
love,
until it all flames
into one concise
and metallic blaze. — Hilda Doolittle

We are these people,
wistful, ironical, wilful,
who have no part in
new-world reconstruction,
in the confederacy of labour. — Hilda Doolittle

When I was really little, I wanted to be a taxi driver or a bus driver; I loved the fact that I could play my own music when I wanted. But I can't imagine actually doing that now; I think I'd get bored. — Eliza Doolittle

Now is the time to draw a clean, clear, bright line and say if you are engaging in speech over the Internet you do not have to check with your lawyer or your accountant. You are a free American, and you have the opportunity to engage in free speech over the Internet. — John Doolittle

War wreaked on you his hideous ravishment;
We, we alone, Nereids inviolate,
Remain to weep, with the sea-birds to chant:
Corinth is lost, Corinth is desolate. — Hilda Doolittle

When you would think,
"what was the use of it,"
you'll remember
something you can't grasp
and you'll wonder
what it was. — Hilda Doolittle

Ah love is bitter and sweet,
but which is more sweet
the bitterness or the sweetness,
none has spoken it. — Hilda Doolittle

I remember seeing war hero Jimmy Doolittle fly a Gee Bee racer there. He was my childhood hero. Many years later, I was lucky enough to go hunting with him. — Wally Schirra

Alas, day, you brought light,
You trailed splendour
You showed us god:
I salute you, most precious one,
But I go to a new place,
Another life. — Hilda Doolittle

If the U.N. were to be successful in its efforts to control the Internet, countries where human rights records range from questionable to criminal could be put in charge of determining what is and is not allowed to appear online. — John Doolittle

I always loved singing. I was always trying to sing in school plays. I was in every one I could be in. — Eliza Doolittle

With his trademark courage and conviction, President Reagan led us out of the Cold War, spreading his vision of freedom, resulting in the release of millions of people from the yoke of communism. — John Doolittle

This resolution is further proof that Congress stands firmly behind our troops and remains resolved to pursue those responsible for the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, until they are discovered, detained, and punished. — John Doolittle

My eye-balls are glass,
my limbs marble,
my face fixed
in its marble mask. — Hilda Doolittle

Until it seems the whole city will be covered with gold pollen shaken from the bell-towers, lilies plundered with the weight of massive bees ... — Hilda Doolittle

Doolittle looked just like a little toy soldier the first time I ever saw him. — Loretta Lynn

Fashion changes. Everyone in fashion changes. I think it's important to change it up and reinvent yourself every now and again. — Eliza Doolittle

The things I have
are nameless,
old and true;
they may not be named;
few may live and know. — Hilda Doolittle

I spit
honey out of my mouth:
nothing is second-best
after the sweet of Eros. — Hilda Doolittle

We have to get the Diamond. And Cesare's head."
They looked at me.
"Why the head?" Doolittle asked.
"Because it's easy to carry and I can torture it for a long time." And I didn't just say it out loud, did I? I checked their faces. Yep, I did. — Ilona Andrews

I think that everyone in this world should be confident in who they are and believe in themselves no matter what. — Eliza Doolittle

Love has no charm
when Love is swept to earth:
you'd make a lop-winged god,
frozen and contrite,
of god up-darting,
winged for passionate flight. — Hilda Doolittle

No poetic phantasy
but a biological reality,
a fact: I am an entity
like bird, insect, plant
or sea-plant cell;
I live; I am alive. — Hilda Doolittle

This war is being played in the realm of public opinion and has dire consequences for our soldiers in Iraq, the future of our country, and freedom around the world. — John Doolittle

O ruthless, perilous, imperious hate,
you can not thwart
the promptings of my soul. — Hilda Doolittle

My music is not a particular genre. It's not bubblegum or cheese. It's just good songs, pop songs. It's just my songs. — Eliza Doolittle

I love Radiohead, which most people don't expect, and I listen to everything from Stevie Wonder to Steely Dan, Carole King, The Beach Boys, The Kinks, Beyonce Knowles, Vampire Weekend, The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Burt Bacharach, and Paul Simon. — Eliza Doolittle

The race may or may not be to the swift,
but tell me, is it likely
that the fight will be entrusted to the dead? — Hilda Doolittle

I learnt that if I want to make any difference, or changes to my world, then I've got to be involved. We need passion - that's how things change. — Eliza Doolittle

A group of girls with their hair hanging loose over their shoulders, and the most strident voices imaginable, sold flowers at the foot of an equestrian statue, done in bronze by Thornycroft when the Empress was a young woman. — Willa Cather

O happy, happy each
man whom predestined fate
leads to the holy rite
of hill and mountain worship. — Hilda Doolittle

No man will be present in those mysteries,
yet all men will kneel,
no man will be potent,
important,
yet all men will feel
what it is to be a woman. — Hilda Doolittle

The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain — Eliza Doolittle

I'm in the woods with Dr. Doolittle. — Joe Teti

No one knows,
the heart of a child,
how it grows
until it is too late. — Hilda Doolittle

President Roosevelt, the author of Social Security, was the first to suggest that, in order to provide for the country's retirement needs, Social Security would need to be supplemented by personal savings accounts. — John Doolittle

I need someone to talk to. Well, not exactly talk. I need someone to listen. — Cait Doolittle

It is no madness to say
you will fall, you great cities. — Hilda Doolittle

I'm a very visually motivated person. Music is always going to be the thing I'm most motivated by, but music and visuals go hand in hand. — Eliza Doolittle

I have always been a Peter Blake fan and love street art and graffiti. I really like this street-art collective called Faile. They're from Brooklyn and make these prints of beautiful women. — Eliza Doolittle

You are wind in a stark tree,
you are the stark tree unbent,
you are a strung bow,
you are an arrow. — Hilda Doolittle

I love dressing up. As kids, my friends and I would dress up as the Spice Girls - Posh Spice was my favourite because I had short brown hair like her. — Eliza Doolittle

The only thing that holds true happiness is that moment when you're in it. Nothing can be controlled. — Eliza Doolittle

Ardent
yet chill and formal,
how I ache
to tempt a chisel
as a sculptor. — Hilda Doolittle

Sing
and your hell is heaven,
your heaven less hell. — Hilda Doolittle

I was always into pop music, Destiny's Child, songs with catchy music. Even when I was writing when I was younger, it wasn't all about expressing myself; it was just about making fun music. — Eliza Doolittle

HIGGINS [sitting down beside her] Rubbish! you shall marry an ambassador. You shall marry the Governor-General of India or the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, or somebody who wants a deputy-queen. I'm not going to have my masterpiece thrown away on Freddy.

LIZA. You think I like you to say that. But I haven't forgot what you said a minute ago; and I won't be coaxed round as if I was a baby or a puppy. If I can't have kindness, I'll have independence.

HIGGINS. Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.

LIZA [rising determinedly] I'll let you see whether I'm dependent on you. If you can preach, I can teach. I'll go and be a teacher.

HIGGINS. What'll you teach, in heaven's name?

LIZA. What you taught me. I'll teach phonetics.

HIGGINS. Ha! Ha! Ha! — George Bernard Shaw

Escape
from the power of the hunting pack,
and to know that wisdom is best
and beauty
sheer holiness. — Hilda Doolittle

I think I'm generally an upbeat person. Obviously I can get moody, but my whole philosophy is to try and have a good time. — Eliza Doolittle

I smiled,
I waited,
I was circumspect;
O never, never, never write that I
missed life or loving. — Hilda Doolittle

I think just wear whatever makes you feel comfortable. Your feet could get sweaty without socks, if that's what you mean. I personally like to keep socks on even through the summer because it looks cute. — Eliza Doolittle

You don't sell as many records as you used to because of illegal downloads, but I think there are other ways you can make money through your music. Whether it's through merchandise or teaming up with other companies or brands or whatever, there are ways. — Eliza Doolittle

Experimenting with make-up is a lot of fun. When I'm not touring, I like nothing better than inviting the girls around to listen to music and get ready together before going out. — Eliza Doolittle

Light threatens, is active, is gone,
so it is with a song. — Hilda Doolittle

My mum taught me that bodies are bodies, and they come in all shapes and sizes - we should be free about that. My legs are a bit dangly, and my knees point inwards. Everyone has insecurities, but I try not to focus on them. It's important to be confident with what you've got. — Eliza Doolittle

I had drawn away into the salt,
myself, a shell
emptied of life. — Hilda Doolittle

I love to make music that makes people feel mood-enhancing, life-affirming brilliance but I just make whatever comes out at the time and sometimes it's up and sometimes it down and sometimes it sideways with a hint of s smile. — Eliza Doolittle

Cheat me not with time,
with the dull ache of flesh,
for all flesh turns,
even the loveliest
ankle and frail thigh,
to bitterest dust. — Hilda Doolittle

I will be free,
no lover's kiss
to bind me to earth,
no bliss of love
to counteract
actual bliss. — Hilda Doolittle

I haven't been watching any TV recently because I've been on the road, but I am an avid 'EastEnders' fan. I've watched it all my life, and so have my family. — Eliza Doolittle

The Beatles and Ray Charles were in the same charts together, and that was just called pop music - it wasn't called soul or rock. The best pop music just stands out as something that's just original, and I think it should all be called pop again. — Eliza Doolittle

In light of these facts Republicans have put forth a variety of proposals to make Social Security remain solvent for future generations. But up to this point, Democrats have chosen to oppose our good faith efforts and insist that indeed there is no problem. — John Doolittle

The last four years have not diluted the memory or weakened the resolve of our citizens. Four years later, our hearts still hurt for the families whose loved ones were murdered that day. — John Doolittle

When I lost my husband [Oliver "Doolittle" Lynn], I just didn't want to work so hard anymore. I hate that I didn't quit things a lot more before he was gone. I stayed home for six years to take care of him but, at some point, I also felt I had to go back to work. — Loretta Lynn

The stallion and his mare,
unbridled, with arrow-pattern,
are worked on.
the blue cloth
before the door
of religion and inspiration ... — Hilda Doolittle

I don't prepare for wearing a bikini; I always have a bit of a tummy. — Eliza Doolittle