Farr Quotes & Sayings

pasta carbonara. You fry fresh rosemary in olive oil, with a pinch of salt and insane amounts of finely chopped garlic. Add a little chopped pancetta, then make the sauce by adding a pint of whole milk and curdling it with a tablespoon of vinegar. Boil it down for ten minutes, and mix in a couple of beaten eggs right at the end. Sprinkle on some finely shaved fresh parmesan - never the pre-grated stuff - and coarsely ground black pepper. — Richard Farr

I was born in 1934 and I didn't make my first movie until 1954. — Jamie Farr

The face and the actor is great, but if you were to start out and you said, My name is Humphrey, somebody would punch you out, because that's a stupid name to have. — Jamie Farr

You know what's nice about Montreal? Not only is it a beautiful city, but you have Cuban cigars. — Jamie Farr

The phone rings and there's another Broadway show or another TV series or a movie. That's the gamble you take. — Jamie Farr

I began auditioning for acting jobs at the ripe old age of 12. Thirty years later, including a 15-year run on television, I sometimes just get offers for work. Often, however, I am still required to run pell-mell around Los Angeles or New York, interviewing for film and TV jobs. — Diane Farr

Vancouver is a beautiful area, I don't care what time of the year you're there. Vancouver and Calgary. Great places in Canada. — Jamie Farr

These big Internationals, they don't let you down — Nick Farr-Jones

Sometimes I even feel funny to say I'm in a biracial marriage because people are like, 'Oh, he's Asian?' The subtext is, 'Who cares? You didn't marry a black person.' — Diane Farr

I think Canadian talent is exceptional. You continually show us up here in the States with your brilliancy. — Jamie Farr

And so I played, and they held their breath, as they heard the beauty of the music, so like a human voice, yet so beyond it. I drew the bow across the strings. The first notes of the Bach Sarabande sounded in the room and I felt the sound waves travel through me, through the body and guts of my cello, through the endpin and into the wood of the floorboards and through the feet of the audience and up through their skeletons to their hearts and into their brains and the music reached their brains and their hearts at the same time - for sound travels according to the laws of physics, and I saw the light behind their eyes catch fire and heard them intake breath as they felt the rush of the music take over their bodies, aethereal and corporeal combined. — Tracy Farr

I tried to make it a simple as possible for people so they could pronounce my name. — Jamie Farr

When I was in the California legislature in the '80s, the organic growers, who were sort of the small hippie farmers in those days, brought it to my attention that there were no regulations on organic labeling. In essence, anybody could just grow a thing any way they wanted and put 'organic' on it. — Sam Farr

Lead then, said EVE. Hee leading swiftly rowld In tangles, and make intricate seem strait, To mischief swift. Hope elevates, and joy Bright'ns his Crest, as when a wandring Fire Compact of unctuous vapor, which the Night Condenses, and the cold invirons round, Kindl'd through agitation to a Flame, Which oft, they say, some evil Spirit attends, Hovering and blazing with delusive Light, Misleads th' amaz'd Night-wanderer from his way To Boggs and Mires, & oft through Pond or Poole, There swallow'd up and lost, from succour farr. — John Milton

Peace Corps helps promote global acceptance of the principles of international peace and non-violent co-existence among people of diverse cultures and systems of government. — Sam Farr

I don't think anybody is wanting to put me back on the air. But I'm certainly out there trying. — Jamie Farr

Take you my ring," he repeated, "and keep it with you." His tone was stubborn, and so I obeyed, sliding the great ring from his outstretched finger. The ring was cold, as his hands were cold, and I held it tenderly in my palm, blinking back the rising wetness of my eyes. "Remember that hawk, Mariana Farr," he told me gently, "and seek me not with your eyes, but with your soul. The soul sees what truly matters. — Susanna Kearsley

I think, as an artist, part of your job is being aware of what's going on around you and not selling out and not following the trend, which I'm totally against. — Tyler Farr

I knew what I wanted to be, but I didn't know exactly how to get there. I thought you move to Nashville, you sing downtown, and someone discovers you, and you become a country music star. I had no idea. — Tyler Farr

The entire behind the scenes of Saturday Night Live are all Canadian. — Jamie Farr

There's certain songs that you're gonna record that you hope to touch people and change lives, and there's certain songs that you know that are not going to be that serious. — Tyler Farr

You accumulate a great deal of acquaintances and friendships over the years, and you can't always spend as much time as you would like. — Jamie Farr

They sometimes beat things into the ground. They don't know when to get out of a situation. They think the more you pound the nail into the ground, the funnier it gets. That's not necessarily true. — Jamie Farr

My entire view of the world has changed," he muttered as he went to the sink and began to scrub at the plates. "Sorcery, entities from the Outside, fish-men in my family tree, I can accept. Mr. Farr and Mr. Durfree as lovers crosses the line. — Jordan L. Hawk

It makes you famous, you get money from it, you go on and do the best you can, but it really is dreadful that people don't know your name. — Jamie Farr

I've been out on the book tour going through Pittsburgh, St Louis and Cleveland, Dayton and Orlando, Raleigh-Durham. I sign many books for people. — Jamie Farr

I listen to Lil Wayne, and then I listen to Merle Haggard. — Tyler Farr

Even in the days when they did Othello, you didn't necessarily have to be black to play Othello. You wore the makeup. — Jamie Farr

Sometimes I want to go into Saturday Night Live and rewrite some of the sketches because they're really not that good. — Jamie Farr

Witness this new-made world, another Heav'n
From Heaven Gate not farr, founded in view
On the clear Hyaline, the Glassie Sea;
Of amplitude almost immense, with Starr's
Numerous, and every Starr perhaps a world
Of destined habitation. — John Milton

A guy walks into a bar, orders a drink, sees a girl that catches his eye. Asks her if she wants another, they fall for each other and end up lovers. They laugh, cry, hold on tight and make it work for a little while, then one night her taillights fade out into the dark. And a guy walks into a bar — Tyler Farr

I'm just like my fans, and that's the way I like it. — Tyler Farr

We are simply surviving, barely enough energy to get through each day. Not enough to make the changes we long to make. Not enough to be the ones we know we were born to be. We feel it in our bodies, so heavy and stiff. Our minds are overwhelmed, attention is strained, and then there is the depression. Our hearts ache for things we dare not even wish for, as the money is not there and when it is, we fear a future without it. Our — Christy Diane Farr

Canada has given us John Candy and Martin Short and Bill Shatner and Lord knows how many other wonderful performers. — Jamie Farr

A l'amour, aux plaisir, aux boccage," he quoted softly, then turned the words to English: "In love, in pleasure, in the woods, spend your beautiful days ... " I stared up at him, dumbly, my heart rising in my throat. I was not aware of the precise moment when we stopped dancing, when he turned those deep, forest-colored eyes on mine and traced the outline of my face with a delicate touch. "These are your beautiful days, Mariana Farr," he said gently, and then his shoulders blocked the sunlight as he lowered his head to mine and kissed me. — Susanna Kearsley

I did not work out while I was pregnant. I felt like I was having symptoms of a heart attack every time I worked out, so I enjoyed eating like a third grader and gained 55 pounds! — Diane Farr

I got tired of reading that everybody was either coming out of the closet or they were abused or had some kind of substance problem. — Jamie Farr

The industry is always changing, but country music is like a force that always comes back. — Tyler Farr

I did sketch comedy for years. I've always enjoyed it. — Jamie Farr

I'm a romantic at heart. — Tyler Farr

I certainly don't have any airs about myself. — Jamie Farr

Florence Farr once said to me, If we could say to ourselves, with sincerity, 'this passing moment is as good as any I shall ever know,' we could die upon the instant and be united with God. — William Butler Yeats

Every show I play, whether it's for an audience of 15,000 or 50, I look at it as a party, and I'm the host. — Tyler Farr

There were some times when we did the winter scenes in the summer, and I had to wear that silly fur coat. Oh, my Lord! I was perspiring! — Jamie Farr

I say that I get paid to travel, and I play the shows for free. — Tyler Farr

The death rate is a fact; anything beyond this is an inference. — William Farr

If you want good sketches, go pick up Sid Caesar. The best of Your Show of Shows. That's the greatest sketch comedy you'll ever see on television. — Jamie Farr

'Honky Tonk Badonkadonk' wasn't some serious song, but it was huge! It was funny. — Tyler Farr

It makes you a better person to know where you came from, because whereever you go, there is somebody in some town, city, hamlet, whatever, that has the same dreams you have. — Jamie Farr

My parents really did believe in the Golden Rule. They really did believe that all people should be treated equally. They had friends of every culture, we celebrated different holidays, but really, secretly behind it, they had no problem telling me who I couldn't marry. — Diane Farr

Sometimes you get a call and an uncle passed away that you really liked, or a cousin or somebody else. So each day becomes a little more precious then the day that preceded it. — Jamie Farr

I helped set The Gong Show. I've done so many game shows. I've helped create game shows. — Jamie Farr

Freedom of speech is central to most every other right that we hold dear in the United States and serves to strengthen the democracy of our great country. It is unfortunate, then, when actions occur that might be interpreted as contrary to this honored tenet. — Sam Farr

I don't mind putting my heart out there for the audience, and for the country music fans ... to be vulnerable with them ... that's my job as an artist. — Tyler Farr

After the mines, what is fighting? Fighting is child's play — Tommy Farr

I am not the captain of my ship. My ship is out there, but I don't have my course. You never know in this business. — Jamie Farr

To make agriculture sustainable, the grower has got to be able to make a profit. — Sam Farr

I never got any kind of mail regarding whatever I did on the show. — Jamie Farr

If you do eight shows a week it's just too difficult to try to put everything that you can together. — Jamie Farr

I never met the second happiest man, or the first happiest man, so I can't judge where I fall into that category. — Jamie Farr

There's this Lebanese lady I dearly loved who raised 13 children in Toledo, and she retired in Phoenix. She said, I get up every morning and say, Thank you, God. I do the same thing now. — Jamie Farr

As a songwriter or artist, there's only so many ways you can say, 'I love you' or 'I think you're beautiful.' — Tyler Farr

There's very few things that tear me up and get me, but kids, especially terminally ill kids or kids with diseases ... gets me every time. — Tyler Farr

You realize, this is not just a little studio we go to make these television episodes. This thing is reaching everybody in the world! Suddenly you realize the power of television. — Jamie Farr

I go back there and all my friends are there when I have my golf tournament. They treat me the same way they did when I was growing up. — Jamie Farr

I base my track-listing and what songs I pick by what my fans expect from me and what they want and what I think they want. — Tyler Farr

Churches of today live in a foreign land with a foreign culture. But we have not adapted to this new land where we find ourselves living. We keep thinking people should come to us. We think people should act like us. We think people should like what we like. At best, we are pretending that we are visiting a foreign land but don't intend to stay. We — Bob Farr

I have a good time watching Nick At Night with the old shows on there. I love to see I Love Lucy, although I've seen them many, many times. I think it's a security factor, it's like your blanket. — Jamie Farr

Jewish people have given me all the breaks you can possibly have. But of course, it's wonderful when you feel that your own nationality has made it. It gives you hopes. — Jamie Farr

He told me once that the devil dwells in you." "No doubt he does believe it. And what do you think, Mariana Farr?" He did look faintly devilish, smiling down at me with his dark clothes and his dark hair and those glinting eyes the color of the forest that surrounded us, shutting us off together from the wider world. I studied him closely, and shrugged in my turn. "I am no simple chit in hanging sleeves, my lord. I have eyes of my own to judge with, and I see no horns. — Susanna Kearsley

When the show is over we still have to pay our rent, we have to buy food. We have to do all the same things that you do. — Jamie Farr

I judge preschool teachers and actresses shamelessly. The first five minutes I meet them. — Diane Farr

I do Broadway because I refuse to succumb to the stereotypical things that Hollywood does to a performer. — Jamie Farr

As an oracle to the goddess, the female outcast speaks as prophetess of times to come, interpreter of dreams of an unrevealed future. Outcasts are at home in the world of magic and infinite change. Their individual personalities merge with that of legend. Becoming vehicles of immortality, they self create their own myths, weave a spell over poets and artists and spread a belief in transcendence that heralds the future. — Florence Farr

I'd like to create a role on Broadway. That would really heighten my senses. — Jamie Farr

I used to teach acting in a maximum security men's prison. I worked with guys with the most dysfunctional behavior problems. I probably learned more there than from my prestigious theater degree. — Diane Farr

I look a little bit like Barbie and talk a little bit like Ken. It's easier for me to sit in the middle of the boys' club than to be surrounded by people concerned about getting their hair and nails done. — Diane Farr

If you get a show named after you, and then play another character, that's fine. But if you do a show that's an ensemble show like MASH, then you're in trouble. — Jamie Farr

If the U.N. didn't exist, we'd be inventing it right now. — Sam Farr

Every artist has a moment where they think about quitting music for a moment because it's scary. — Tyler Farr

Continual improvement involves an appreciation that there is always a better way to do things irrespective of how much you have achieved or how comfortable you might be with where you currently are in life. As a young international rugby player I learnt a valuable lesson about sacrifice. The bottom line was the phrase 'long after the price is forgotten the quality remains'. Undertaking JOLT Challenge involves sacrifice but it is well worth it as you explore creative and innovative ways of challenging yourself for constant improvement in many areas of life. — Nick Farr-Jones

The third year of MASH was when I realized I was a hit. — Jamie Farr

Canadians send us great hockey players. You also send us wonderful performers, from the beginning, with Mary Pickford. — Jamie Farr

He's the sort of player whose brain doesn't always know where his legs are carrying him. — Nick Farr-Jones

The advantages of a uniform statistical nomenclature, however im- perfect, are so obvious, that it is surprising no attention has been paid to its enforcement in bills of mortality. Each disease has in many instances been denoted by three or four terms, and each term has been applied to as many different diseases ; vague, inconvenient names have been employed, or complications have been registered, instead of primary diseases. The nomenclature is of as much importance in this depart- ment of inquiry as weights and measures in the physical sciences, and should be settled without delay. — William Farr

And George Farr had the town, the earth, the world to himself and his sorrow. Music came faint as a troubling rumor beneath the spring night, sweetened by distance: a longing knowing no ease. (Oh God, oh God!)
At last George Farr gave up trying to see her. He had 'phoned vainly and time after time, at last the telephone became the end in place of the means: he had forgotten why he wanted to reach her. Finally he told himself that he hated her, that he would go away; finally he was going to as much pains to avoid her as he had been to see her. So he slunk about the streets like a criminal, avoiding her, feeling his his very heart stop when he did occasionally see her unmistakable body from a distance. And at night he lay sleepless and writhing to think of her, then to rise and don a few garments and walk past her darkened house, gazing in slow misery at the room in which he knew she lay, soft and warm, in intimate slumber, then to return to home and bed to dream of her brokenly. — William Faulkner

Usually you'd do the summer scenes in the winter. So you're out there with a T-shirt and hope nobody sees your air that you're breathing out. We put ice cubes in our mouth to stop that from happening. — Jamie Farr

Just because you've got a hit doesn't mean you've made it. — Tyler Farr

I've never been the type of guy that's ever needed a lot of things or any fancy things, but my lifelong goal has always been to have a piece of land and a house. — Tyler Farr

As long as there's this welfare state of ours we're not going to have any good fighters — Tommy Farr

Children and even adults, when they like certain athletes, they can tell you about their batting average, about where they came from. — Jamie Farr

When I did a Love Boat, it would go to so many different countries, and I would travel there and get this incredible response! — Jamie Farr

One of the terrible things about doing movies is that the writers never consider the temperature outside. — Jamie Farr

Every time I hear the name Joe Louis my nose starts to bleed. — Tommy Farr

From an early age, I was infatuated with music. I always loved it and was always dancing or playing something. — Tyler Farr