Elvis Presley Quotes

Values are like fingerprints. Nobody's are the same, but you leave 'em all over everything you do

Everybody comes from the same source. If you hate another human being, you're hating part of yourself.

I ain't no saint, but I've tried never to do anything that would hurt my family or offend God...I figure all any kid needs is hope and the feeling he or she belongs. If I could do or say anything that would give some kid that feeling, I would believe I had contributed something to the world.

You've got to follow that dream, wherever that dream may lead.

I have no use for bodyguards, but I have very specific use for two highly trained certified public accountants.

Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away.

You only pass through this life once, you don't come back for an encore.

I am not the King. Jesus Christ is the King. I’m just an entertainer.

You look like an angel, walk like an angel, talk like an angel. But I got wise, you're the devil in disguise.

Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine.

Until we meet again, may God bless you as he has blessed me.

Some people tap their feet, some people snap their fingers, and some people sway back and forth. I just sorta do 'em all together, I guess.

Never wait for tomorrow, what if tomorrow never comes?

Do something worth remembering.

Don't criticize what you can't understand, son. You never walked in that's man shoes.

I did the Ed Sullivan show four times. I did the Steve Allen show. I did the Jackie Gleason show.

A live concert to me is exciting because of all the electricity that is generated in the crowd and on stage. It's my favorite part of the business - live concerts.

When I was a child, ladies and gentlemen, I was a dreamer. I read comic books, and I was the hero of the comic book. I saw movies, and I was the hero in the movie. So every dream I ever dreamed, has come true a hundred times... I learned very early in life that "Without a song, the day would never end; without a song, a man ain't got a friend; without a song, the road would never bend - without a song." So I keep singing a song. Goodnight. Thank you.

After a hard day of basic training, you could eat a rattlesnake.

Love had surely made us all and hate would surely make us fall.

You ain't nothing but hound dog, cryin' all the time. You ain't never caught a rabbit and you ain't no friend of mine.

A lot of people seem to think I started this business. But rock 'n' roll was here a long time before I came along. Nobody can sing that kind of music like colored people. Let's face it: I can't sing like Fats Domino can. I know that.

Rock and roll is a music, and why should a music contribute to ... juvenile delinquency? If people are going to be juvenile delinquents, they're going to be delinquents if they hear ... Mother Goose rhymes.

I've had a pretty good lesson in human nature. It's more important to try to surround yourself with people who can give you a little happiness, because you only pass through this life once, Jack. You don't come back for an encore.

Rhythm is something you either have or don't have, but when you have it, you have it all over.

Do what's right for you, so long as it don't hurt no one.

Envy someone an' it pulls you down. Admire them and it builds you up. Which makes more sense?

If you let your head get too big, it'll break your neck.

Rock and roll music, if you like it, if you feel it, you can't help but move to it. That's what happens to me. I can't help it.'

Tomorrow will be too late, it's now or never.

It's not how much you have that makes people look up to you, it's who you are.

I'll stay in Memphis.

When I got outta High School I was driving a truck. I was just a poor boy from Memphis, Memphis.

We can't build our dreams on suspicious minds.

To judge a man by his weakest link or deed is like judging the power of the ocean by one wave.

When things go wrong, don't go with them.

When I was a boy, I always saw myself as a hero in comic books and in movies. I grew up believing this dream.

All the stars will tell the story, of our love and all its glory. Let us make this night of magic, and make it a night of love.

People think you're crazy if you talk about things they don't understand.

When your intelligence don't tell you something ain't right, your conscience gives you a tap you on the shoulder and says 'Hold on'. If it don't, you're a snake.

Do the Clam, do the Clam, grab your barefoot baby by the hand.

If you cry when you're in love, it sure ain't no disgrace.

Whatever it is, go back and do it again.

Man, that record came out and was real big in Memphis. They started playing it, and it got real big. Don't know why-the lyrics had no meaning.

She touched my hand what a chill I got, her lips are like a volcano that's hot.

If you wanna be loved, baby, you've got to love me, too. Oh yeah, cause I an't for no one side love affair.

Take your troubles to the Chapel, get down on your knees and pray. Your burdens will be lighter, and you'll surely find the way.

When I was a child I was a dreamer. I read comic books, and I was the hero of the comic book. I saw movies, and I was the hero in the movie. So every dream I have ever dreamed has come true a thousand times.

Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine. Ain't nowhere else in the world where you can go from driving a truck to cadillac overnight

I believe in the Bible. I believe that all good things come from God. I don't believe I'd sing the way I do if God hadn't wanted me to.'