Houston Quotes

I happen to represent Enron here in Houston. We have many good corporate citizens here in Houston. Enron happened to have been one.

I'd rather spend my time looking at the sky than listening to Whitney Houston.

Whitney Houston was a laser beam ... She always gave me better than what I asked for in the studio

Houston, we've had a problem here.

When I was about 12 years old back in Houston, my Dad used to take us to the driving range.

Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.

When I was a kid, I went from ground zero to Pluto. The first place I played was the Houston Astrodome.

I have been influenced by the greatest artists in jazz, pop, reggae, traditional, ballards, pop, and all types of music, taking the best from each to represent my own personality. Whitney Houston, George Michaels, Sade, Phil Collins, and many others have influenced me.

Err Houston, we've had a problem. [pause] We've had a main B bus undervolt.

If I could, I would live in Houston, and I would encourage any comic starting out looking for a good place to develop to move there.

Houston people are way cool. They're smart, they know how to have a good time, and they have the hottest chicks on the planet there.

Tom DeLay ought to go back to Houston where he can serve his jail sentence.

I never scrimmage Oilers against Oilers...What for? Houston isn't on our schedule.

I never thought I would meet Mariah Carey, but I really never thought I'd be introduced to her by Whitney Houston. She's like, "Hey, baby, this is Mariah." I'm like, "I know. I'm Darren. I don't know what I'm doing here."

There's no concession to the fact that Dylan might be a more sophisticated singer than Whitney Houston, that he's probably the most sophisticated singer we've had in a generation. Nobody is identifying our popular singers like a Matisse or Picasso. Dylan's a Picasso - that exuberance, range, and assimilation of the whole history of music.

Another real problem was over putting our helmets on for re-entry, because we all had severe head colds. They couldn't come up there and make us. Houston, you have a problem!

I doubt if the public thought of me as Christ when they next saw me as Temple Houston on television.

I began to rationalize marrying Will [William Houston Price]. 'He comes from a good family. A girl could do worse.' (As it turned out, I couldn't, but I didn't know that yet.)

Houston, we have a problem.

I wanted to bring back that big, ballad type of music that we used to love so much. Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, when they first came out, that's what I grew up singing.

Dick Moss, my agent. Dick became my agent in 1979 when I signed my contract with the Houston Astros.

The former police chief of Houston once said of me: "Frank Abagnale could write a check on toilet paper, drawn on the Confederate States Treasury, sign it 'U.R. Hooked' and cash it at any bank in town, using a Hong Kong driver's license for identification."

Houston is undoubtedly my showcase city. I saved all my best buildings for Houston.

I’m a sucker for this stuff. The @ is called chiocciola (snail) in Italian! The & was once taught as a letter of the alphabet! The manicule has been with us for a millennium! Thank you, Keith Houston, for bringing these little mysteries out of the shadows of typographic history.

The Houston Astrodome was kind of a tough field.

My lady makes me do it. I sang Whitney Houston's "Bodyguard".

I didn’t know baboons could drive recreational vehicles, but Khufu did okay. When I woke up around dawn, he was navigating through the early morning rush hour in Houston, baring his fangs and barking a lot, and none of the other drivers seemed to notice anything out of the ordinary.

I know I'm no Whitney Houston.

At one time I'd been to every park except Baltimore and Houston, but can't even keep track of who plays where these days.

I'm saying that she (Whitney Houston) looks great for a singer... the way Courtney Love is a singer.

I still have very close ties to Houston and the Astros because that was my first team.

I love seeing Houston. Houston has a great style and energy.

The Houston Astros want to change the name of Enron Field where they play. I guess the Enron name could cause problems for them. Like players could steal a base and then deny it.

Hapscomb's Texaco sat on Number 93 just north of Arnette, a pissant four-street burg about 110 miles from Houston.

Wes Anderson grew up in Houston, and he and I talk about Manhattan in similar ways, as a kind of fantasy world.

I grew up in Houston, in a pretty urbane setting.

It was sweaty Whitney (Houston) in Central Park. She knew that park pretty well. Every bush!

Whitney Houston came in. Someone dared me to do "the Gap act" on her. You know, the Gap act. So I went up to her like I didn't know who she was, and I said, 'Hi, I just wanted to let you know about our sale items and make sure to check out our new colors'. She looked at me like I was crazy.

I just really like Houston despite its craziness. There is a sense of energy and a kind of excitement, 'We're going places and God knows what'll happen next.' It's very interesting. It's very exciting.

I loved Michael Jackson and Madonna. I styled my hair like Whitney Houston.

I think the problems with being older come when your body cannot do what your mind wants. Then, Houston, we have a problem.

When I was born, my father named me Melissa, and I am still Melissa but I got the nickname Lizzo around the time I was in the Cornrow Clique. I'm from Houston, so naturally, everyone dropped the second syllable of your name and just put an "O" there.

A huge Chinese population here in... Houston.

Houston Alexander is for real!

I wanted to be an astronaut when I was a kid. I grew up in Houston. Gordo Cooper was my favorite astronaut.

Mariah and Whitney Houston were my goddesses growing up.

There was an edge of, 'Go away kid, you're bothering me'. I've kicked myself a million times since. I could've discovered Whitney Houston.

Its unbelievable, I cant even describe it. To be a big part of bringing the World Series the first World Series ever to Houston is just tremendous.

I'm still an English professor at Rice University here in Houston. They've been very generous in letting me on a very long leash to just work on 'The Passage' and its sequels.

There are places in America that have not just protected middle-class neighborhoods but reduced homelessness. Even places like Houston have been able to reduce homelessness among veterans. It's a pretty shameful situation.