Roger Quotes

Every bad decision I've made has been based on money. I grew up in the projects and you don't turn down money there. You take it, because you never know when it's all going to end. I made Cop III because they offered me $15 million. That $15 million was worth having Roger Ebert's thumb up my ass.

[In the modern game] you're either a clay court specialist, a grass court specialist or a hard court specialist... or you're Roger Federer...

If Roger stopped right now and never won another match, to me he'd already be one of the greatest players to ever play the game. To me, he's the greatest all around talent that I've ever seen.

My hero is Roger Federer.

Roger Federer certainly is my claim to be the best of all time - if there is such a thing. With Rafael Nadal not far behind.

I guess I'm like Roger Miller who used to say that he didn't have as many jokes as he thought he did.

The only guys I like watching these days are Roger Gracie, Marcelo Garcia, Kron and a few others. Those guys finish and go for submissions. They don't hold the sleeves and stall for ten minutes.

Everybody gave 100%. I mean everyone, because they all knew that the film had the bones and the heartbeat of something that could be good. And everyone was in on it and wanted it for me and wanted it for Roger and Beau.

I remember what J. Golden Kimball said when he came down to the stake where I was presiding. I introduced him as the 'Will Rogers' of the Church, and told the congregation that he was a great humorist. When he got up he said, 'You know, I think the Lord himself likes a joke. If he didn't, he wouldn't have made some of you folks!

One night Roger was in a foul mood and he threw his entire bloody drumset across the stage. The thing only just missed me - I might have been killed.

Playing against someone like Roger Federer is not easy. I had my chance today, but I guess I made a lot of errors. But I have no complaints.

I would love to live in India or in the South of France, but Roger Vivier doesn't have offices yet in New Delhi or Jaipur.

Sam Snead did to the tee-shot what Roger Bannister did to the four-minute mile.

I wish I could play like Roger Federer.

Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.

Roger, liftoff, and the clock is started.

Basically, if you could get a good trailer out of the script, Roger had no objection to you making a really good movie. He liked it if you did. He liked the more cleverness and ingenuity you could bring to it. He just wasn't going to give you any more money.

He [Will Rogers] was America's most complete human document. One-third humor. One-third humanitarian. One-third heart.

I never met a man I didn't like until I met Will Rogers.

Rogers sees daylight. Campbell makes daylight.

But the reality is that we don't live in Mr. Rogers neighborhood anymore. The reality is that our officers should be armed.

[Roger] Vadim became famous worldwide as a director, and I as an actress, but the other side of the coin was terrible. My life was totally turned upside down. I was followed, spied upon, adored, insulted. My private life became public.

Somebody said, 'Roger doesn't know how to spend money.' And I thought, 'I don't spend money because I don't have it!' If I had it, I could spend money! That's about the only time I was told that!

I am really close friends with Roger Federer and also with Benoit Paire.

I said from the very beginning that I was looking for the best person, I had no doubt it was Roger Goodell.

Roger Fry is painting me. It is too like me at present, but he is confident he will be able to alter that. Post-Impressionism is at present confined to my lower lip... and to my chin.

To paraphrase the great Will Rogers, El Rusho never met a pharmacist he did not like.

I'm really 95 percent Mr. Rogers, and only 5 percent Oscar the Grouch.'

And Roger was crazy with his robots and everything.

Roger, we copy. It was beautiful from here, Tranquility. Over.

The big turning point, really, was the Beatles' influence on American folk music, and then Roger took it to the next step, and then along came the Lovin' Spoonful and everybody else.

Roger, Tranquility. Be advised there are lots of smiling faces in this room and all over the world. Over.

It is hard to compare the eras, but Joe Jackson and Ty Cobb from the past, Sandy Koufax and Roger Clements from the present.

I really liked them, not just Syd, but all of them. Roger was very important, I thought, his contribution. And so was Rick's organ playing. It was a good band. It became something else completely, obviously.

Roger Federer is stylish.

I have often thought, says Sir Roger, it happens very well that Christmas should fall out in the middle of Winter.

I also have experience working with American producer Roger Corman who knows a lot of secrets in making movies look bigger than their budget.

Leader, bandits at 2 o'clock! Roger; it's only 1:30 now-what'll I do 'til then?

My favorite 'Mister Rogers' episodes were always the ones where Mr. Rogers would go into the community.

I don't know why Roger (Maris) isn't in the hall of fame. To me, he was as good as there ever was.

I'm looking forward to becoming a marvelous - excuse the word marvelous - character actress. like Marie Dressler, like Will Rogers.

A lot of people wrote that Roger (Maris) and I didn't like each other and that we didn't get along. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Greatest hits is easy because one has nothing to do - except that we both, Roger and I, felt that new songs should be there because I've been away for awhile.

Roger Maris was as good a man and as good a ballplayer as there ever was.

Now when we opened Disneyland, outer space was Buck Rogers.

My favorite tennis player, who I'm amazed by, is Roger Federer.

There's no doubt Milos Raonic will be a very tough final opponent, after all he beat [ Roger] Federer on Centre Court to get there.

I'm like Will Rogers, I never met a man I didn't like... well, Eichmann maybe.

Make no mistake: When I told Senator Mitchell that I injected Roger Clemens with performance-enhancing drugs, I told the truth.

It was a good experience working with Roger Vadim and Jane Fonda.