Hawk Quotes

See also Birds Quotes, Core English Vocabulary (H) Quotes

On his first meeting with Alfred Hitchcock: I had heard that he loved to tell stories and so I watched him like a hawk and when I was of the opinion he had just told the punchline of a story, I broke out in such laughter that I almost fell off my chair

- Peter Lorre

Lying down from 50 feet, I was perfect. So I could really kill someone. Which is always good to know (On learning how to use a gun in _Black Hawk Down (2001)_).

- Ewan McGregor

Hackman replaced George Segal in the role of Kibby in the notorious flop Lucky Lady (1975). Possibly anticipating that the film would be a turkey, Segal bailed out of the production and Hackman was brought in at the last-minute. The desperate producers paid Hackman -- riding high from the huge box office success of The Poseidon Adventure (1972), a reported $1.2 million for his role, $500,000 more than Segal`s going-rate. Hackman knew co-star Burt Reynolds from starring in the first episode of Burt`s short-lived 1966 TV series "Hawk" (1966).

- Gene Hackman

"And then there`s all these other creeps that surround your band and suck off you like leeches and try to manipulate you and your business. You have to watch like a hawk. I`m always ready to fight. I see it very much as a battle."

- Shirley Manson

(on Hudson Hawk (1991)) I always thought it was a little ahead of its time, a little too hip for the room.

- Bruce Willis

I already loved Orlando like a little brother before we started shooting. We did spend five months together in Morocco during "Black Hawk Down". And you have to take care of Orlando. He doesn`t even know how to make coffee. (Starts imitating Orlando`s voice) Do you want coffee, Eric? How is it done again? Do you put the coffee in the water? Or in the filter? Can you make the coffee, Eric?

- Eric Bana

On how he got the part in Black Hawk Down (2001): "My character breaks his back, and I had mentioned I had done that when I was up for the part. Who knows why one actor gets a job and another doesn`t? I think it was just good timing that I happened to be there and I had had the experience - I mean, I was lucky."

- Orlando Bloom

It`s all very surreal. I`ve had two very fantastic experiences. In Lord of the Rings and in Black Hawk Down. I feel very lucky. I`m sort of doubly excited.

- Orlando Bloom

It seems that the most important thing about Reagan was his anti-Communism and his reputation as a hawk who saw the Soviet Union as an `evil empire.`

- Mikhail Gorbachev

I don`t think radio is selling records like they used to. They`d hawk the song and hawk the artist and you`d get so excited, you`d stop your car and go into the nearest record store.

- Herb Alpert

(on his first meeting with Alfred Hitchcock) I had heard that he loved to tell stories and so I watched him like a hawk, and when I was of the opinion he had just told the punchline of a story, I broke out in such laughter that I almost fell off my chair.

- Peter Lorre

We (the company) have small Killer Bees up to Global Hawk,

- Dave Edwards

Did you know I staged the first performance in America of At the Hawk`s Well?

- Allen Settle

Before leaving for our camp at Kitty Hawk we tested the chain drive for the propellers in our shop at Dayton, and found it satisfactory.

- Amjad Jamal

Our success in Singapore was a Herculean effort by the whole team. Now I am determined to deliver on all we promised. I will be watching like a hawk.

- Andrea Kottler

(Michael Durant, who broke a leg and his back when his Black Hawk crashed, recalled in his 2003 memoir that as he recovered,) I had begun to really understand how much my comrades resented the actions of the Clinton administration, and their anger and bitterness over the refusal to provide us with the armor and the air support we needed. ... I wasn`t going to stand on the White House lawn and make it appear that all was forgotten and forgiven, while my comrades were barely cold in their graves.

- Angelica Diaz

The `Survivor` that`s filmed in (the fall) time range and airs in spring, you don`t know where you`re going or where it`s going to be held. They had taken our cell phones away, so our families didn`t know where we were going. We weren`t allowed to tell them. Once I got back home, I could tell my parents I had been in Panama. My sister and best friend knew I was going to be on `Survivor,` but they all had to sign confidentiality agreements with CBS. I was not allowed to contact my family the entire time, and they pretty much watched me like a hawk.

- Anita Roy

We know John Kerry likes fowl. But we were confused if it was hawk or dove. So we decided to send wings,

- Assemblyman Guy Gregg

Tony Hawk games are known for having incredible soundtracks that match the look and feel of the game play. Tony Hawk`s American Wasteland pays homage to the roots of skateboarding and the music on the CD does the same with the assembly of some of the best new bands of today giving us their take on punk classics.

- Barbara Stader

Tony Hawk games are known for having incredible soundtracks that match the look and feel of the game play, ... Tony Hawk`s American Wasteland pays homage to the roots of skateboarding and the music on the CD does the same with the assembly of some of the best new bands of today giving us their take on punk classics.

- Barbara Stader

Tony Hawk games are known for having incredible soundtracks that match the look and feel of the game play, ... Tony Hawk's American Wasteland pays homage to the roots of skateboarding and the music on the CD does the same with the assembly of some of the best new bands of today giving us their take on punk classics.

- Barbara Stader

We`ve compiled the ultimate Tony Hawk music lineup, ... Whether skating their way through East L.A. or biking through Hollywood, the soundtrack will draw players into the game with its perfect accompaniment to the adrenaline pumping action.

- Barbara Stader

I defended him (John McCain) in those hearings when some stupid-ass right-wing idiot accused him of being the Manchurian Candidate, that somehow the Vietnamese had brainwashed him. This is the most unbelievably callous, degrading, nonsensical piece of crap I`ve ever heard in my life, coming from some chicken hawk out there, to hurl at somebody who spent as long as he did being tortured and standing up for his country, and caring about it as much as he did. It`s incredible that people would behave like that, absolutely stunning.

- Senator John Kerry