Liberace Best Quotes & Sayings

LIBERACE!' Owen would have cried. 'WHO WOULD HAVE BELIEVED IT POSSIBLE? LIBERACE! KILLED BY WATERMELONS! — John Irving

The real Liberace - and I'll preface this by saying that I didn't know the real one - was a man who didn't come from much. His father left him and his family for another woman. His father was a musician, which I thought was pretty interesting. — Richard LaGravenese

I'm a flamboyant type of guy, a cooler version of Liberace. — Usher

I'm Liberace without a piano. — Paul Lynde

I was born and raised during Depression Years when we were on County relief and we all went out and we hustled. we worked. I worked in a restaurant, I washed dishes. — Liberace

I feel that if entertainment is that important, the media, then it's my duty, not only to mankind but to God, to fulfill the promise that I carry on this work. If someone, for instance, can forget their pains and their ills and their strife by watching any performer then I think this work is worthwhile. — Liberace

With age comes wisdom. You don't need big boobs to be feminine. Look at Liberace. — Joan Rivers

My mother worked in a cookie factory. My father worked in a factory. So anyone that dares begrudge what I have, just better get off their duff and do something about it to do something for themselves as well as their country. I feel that I have a perfect right to spend my money the way I damn please. — Liberace

When I turned about 14, I developed a friendship with this guy whose mom was the secretary to Ernest Angley, the faith healer, who's very popular in the Midwest. He had a television show, and he was sort of like Liberace mixed with Jerry Falwell - very glitzy, very high-tech. — Marilyn Manson

First of all, Jericho ... Liberace called and said he wants his pajamas back! — Triple H

If I were President, I would spend the money that is spent on wars every 20 years and spend it on giving people work. Let them build roads, bridges, buildings, schools. — Liberace

I hate when your friends quit drinking on you, don't you? It's sad. I've lost more friends to AA than Liberace did to the virus. It's sad to see 'em go. You see a thirty day chip on your buddy's key ring, it's like seeing a toe tag on his cold, stiff corpse. — Doug Stanhope

Nobody will believe in you unless you believe in yourself. — Liberace

When the reviews are bad I tell my staff that they can join me as I cry all the way to the bank. — Liberace

Anyone that dares begrudge what I have today, just better get off their duff and do something about it. — Liberace

I was having a field day down the Westend; my deep pockets were jingling and full of money nearly every day of the week. My brother's bird, Irene, wanted a fur coat, so I got her one by throwing a brick through the shop window and grabbing the coat off the shop dummy. Once I got to the bed-sit, I put the jacket on and waltzed in to the flat looking like Liberace, the two of them burst out laughing. Irene was like a tramp eating chips.
'Let's try it on, Jimmy, please?'
As she swooned around like Joan Collins with the fur coat on, she had the air of a council estate beauty queen about her. — Stephen Richards

I have an eye for new and refreshing talent, — Liberace

Liberace was Elton John and Lady Gaga before they even dreamed of it. — Jerry Weintraub

I once was poor myself. I worked to get where I am today and I've worked hard to spend $100,000 a year on my clothes and I've worked hard to earn $3 million a year. I deserve what I get because I worked for it. — Liberace

People in show business who are interested in politics, like Ronald Reagan, fare so well because they do know the magic of dealing with the public. This is something that can't be taught in a book. If they can produce after they've won over the public. If you can live up to your ballyhoo, you've got it made. — Liberace

I don't profess to be a healer, a minister, a priest. I feel as an entertainer I can do more good for the world than I would if I were a soapbox orator or a self-made politician. — Liberace

Liberace was a lovely guy. — Michael Douglas

Liberace was one of the biggest stars in America. He was a kind of a phenomenon. — Michael Douglas

A few months ago, I was sitting morosely at my desk, wondering why I had ever agreed to review Barbara Bush: A Memoir for an English newspaper. The experience was proving to be a degradation of the act of reading. Imagine, if you will, being strapped into a chair and made to listen to Liberace playing the piano for hour upon hour. Or imagine being fed chocolate dinner mints, like a hapless goose, until you are on the verge of explosion. Such was my lot. — Christopher Hitchens

Have you found your Christmas spirit yet? he asked as they drove by Broslin Square.
The decorations were out of control. "This place would make Liberace feel underdressed. — Dana Marton

I cried all the way to the bank. — Liberace

Nakedness makes us democratic, adornment makes us individuals. — Liberace

Watch me, diamonds shining looking like I robbed Liberace. — Tupac Shakur

Now, whatever you do, don't say anything, because no one must know that Liberace is gay."
"Excuse me?" I said. "I'm eight. I know he's gay. — Alison Arngrim

You can have either the Resurrection or you can have Liberace. But you can't have both. — Liberace