Magnificent Quotes

See also Core English Vocabulary (M) Quotes

"The sign of a clever auteur is to achieve the illusion that there is a sole individual responsible for magnificent creations that require thousands of people to accomplish."

- Louis B. Mayer

(on Al Jolson) The screen didn`t give him enough space to project in. I remember as a kid seeing him on stage and I think to this day there have been two great performers in the world: one is Jolson and the other is Judy Garland. They had some kind of magic in front of people that no one could surpass -- they were sheer, magnificent talent beyond belief.

- Joan Blondell

"Surfing soothes me, it`s always been a kind of zen experience for me. The ocean is so magnificent, peaceful, and awesome. The rest of the world disappears for me when I`m on a wave."

- Paul Walker

(on Rudolf Valentino) That Valentino was certainly a very splendid fellow. And his unique glamor was not entirely due to the fact that he was unhampered by banal dialogue. Modern dialogue is not always banal, and the screen hero who could match Valentino`s posturing technique with an equally polished vocal technique has a perfectly fair chance of becoming his romantic peer. It was his magnetism and dignity that assured him a peak of magnificent isolation.

- James Mason

I`m magnificent! I`m 5`11" and I weigh 135 pounds, and I look like a racehorse.

- Julie Newmar

Everything Marilyn (Marilyn Monroe) does is different from any other woman, strange and exciting, from the way she talks to the way she uses that magnificent torso.

- Clark Gable

I`m very grateful for the career that I`ve had. And I`m very grateful for the experiences that "Star Trek" has afforded me along with my past background. When I look back and think how fortunate I`ve been to work with some wonderful people and had some marvelous experiences, then I can look at "Star Trek" and think it`s almost like the cream on the coffee. I don`t approach it as anything but a magnificent plus.

- DeForest Kelley

(on her audition with Andrew Lloyd Webber for The Phantom of the Opera (2004)) He had the most magnificent apartment I had ever seen and I was floored by it. I went in and started vocalizing with the accompanist and Andrew walked in as we were preparing. He didn`t say hello, didn`t introduce himself, and just sat down in front of me and said, "Shall we?" I thought to myself it was my one shot so I had better just stand up and do it, so I didn`t introduce myself, I nodded to the accompanist and I did the two biggest numbers in the show. Then he stood up and said, "That was great. I`m Andrew."

- Emmy Rossum

That`s why those fellas were so magnificent playing the same part, because they`d played it forty times. That`s why John Wayne finally became a good actor in True Grit (1969) - he`s got 150 of them behind him. Now he`s developed a saltiness and an earthiness and a humor and a subtlety that comes from mining that same vein over and over again.

- Gregory Peck

I don`t have the slightest desire to speak about my dead brother. It gets on my nerves to always be compared with him. My brother was a magnificent person and an outstanding actor.

- Joaquin Phoenix

(on Errol Flynn) Flynn was a magnificent specimen of the rampant male. Outrageously good looking, he was a great natural athlete who played tennis with Donald Budge and boxed with "Mushy" Calahan. The extras, among whom I had many friends, disliked him intensely.

- David Niven

(Announcing his run for re-election) I have come to realize this job is a magnificent job.

- George W. Bush

(on Rudolf Valentino) That Valentino was certainly a very splendid fellow. And his unique glamor was not entirely due to the fact that he was unhampered by banal dialogue. Modern dialogue is not always banal, and the screen hero who could match Valentino`s posturing technique with an equally polished vocal technique has a perfectly fair chance of becoming his romantic peer. It was his magnetism and dignity that assured him a peak of magnificent isolation.

- James Mason

My close-up was magnificent!

- Bela Lugosi

And yet there are some magnificent things from Freud, profound insights into the nature of man.

- Chaim Potok

The Vagina Monologues is beautifully written and I`m delighted to be following in the footsteps of magnificent actresses like Annie Potts, Gina Gershon, Audra McDonald and Claire Danes. In addition, working for the brilliant director Joe Mantello is an opportunity not to be missed.

- Donna Hanover

Ah yes, I remember well what it was like to be a true collector, that soft explosion in the heart, that thundering inner "Yes!" when you see something you must have or die. For over 30 years I made periodic visits to Renoir`s "Luncheon of the Boating Party" in a Washington museum, and stood before that magnificent masterpiece hour after hour, day after day, plotting ways to steal it.

- Edward G. Robinson

My first Western was called The Magnificent Seven.

- Eli Wallach

You know what `ROMANCE` stands for? It stands for `Relying On Magnificent And Necessary Compatible Energy.`

- Gary Busey

I`m magnificent! I`m five feet eleven inches and I weigh one hundred thirty-five pounds, and I look like a racehorse.

- Julie Newmar

I did Star 80, which was a magnificent experience as well, but still, I was at the height of my career at the beginning. Then I had to jump down the ladder and climb back up again, which I didn`t understand. That was very hard.

- Mariel Hemingway

Jackie Kennedy was magnificent in the days and weeks immediately following her husband`s assassination. She was especially wonderful to me.

- Pierre Salinger

Carl has been a magnificent contributor to the game here and we wish him well,

- Russell Gray

The dining room in my old house was truly magnificent, but by far the worst room for conversation. I`d get up from the table, a very long table, and somebody would always say, Paul, I never got to talk to you.

- Paul Lynde

And I had a big opportunity with Richard Brooks, The Professionals, which is really a magnificent movie.

- Claudia Cardinale

I think what they`re doing for College for Kids is magnificent. These retired football players, baseball players and all these athletes seem to be getting into this.

- Wilson Pickett

If we lose the whole migration, we lose one of the nation`s most magnificent phenomenon.

- Chip Taylor

I saw Beckham go over and applaud the Welsh fans at the end of the match which was a magnificent gesture on his behalf. He appreciated the fantastic support they had given the Welsh team.

- David Collins

This is an amazing honor for us, ... This movie is our love letter to the city of New York. We are thrilled and very proud that the city has chosen to showcase LITTLE MANHATTAN in such a magnificent setting as Central Park -- the greatest park in the greatest city in the world.

- Mark Levin

On the other hand, you look around this magnificent part of the Pentagon that has been reconstructed by the renovation folks, and it has every conceivable safety built in.

- Peter Murphy

Notwithstanding these setbacks, the dream of a beautiful American orchestra goes on, and I share Dr. King`s faith that each year we move inexorably closer to a magnificent opening night.

- Adam Schiff

No other people have a government more worthy of their respect and love or a land so magnificent in extent, so pleasant to look upon, and so full of generous suggestion to enterprise and labor.

- Benjamin Harrison

It was one of the most magnificent things in the history of Tucson. We didn`t have near enough pillows and blankets. It was such an amazing gift.

- Tom Hill

Standing on that platform, I said a silent prayer. I thanked God for giving me the strength and the opportunity to come back, to play basketball again, and to be part of that whole magnificent Olympic experience. It`s a memory I will always cherish.

- Earvin "Magic" Johnson

If he could win eight games a year ... he`d be a miracle worker. If he can get into a BCS bowl game ... that`d be magnificent.

- Lee Corso

Generally speaking the people here have done nothing short of a magnificent job keeping our products flowing under very difficult circumstances,

- Henry Hall

(The Victor Fleming-directed Gone With the Wind was originally marketed with the tagline) The most magnificent picture ever. ... Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.

- Rhett Butler

Defense can help you get on some magnificent runs and put teams away. That`s what we`re looking forward to because we know we can score. We have a lot of offensive-minded guys that can fill it up so, if we get stops, we`ll have no problems on the other end.

- Caron Butler

I am convinced that the world is not a mere bog in which men and women trample themselves in the mire and die. Something magnificent is taking place here amid the cruelties and tragedies, and the supreme challenge to intelligence is that of making the noblest and best in our curious heritage prevail.

- Aaron Mattox

Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises; for never intending to go beyond promises; it costs nothing.

- Abbie Alft

Magnificent promises are always to be suspected.

- Adrianne Marsh

Why has God given me such magnificent talent? It is a curse as well as a great blessing.

- Aiesha Harper

The winners in life treat their body as if it were a magnificent spacecraft that gives them the finest transportation and endurance for their lives.

- Alan Stissel

There is only one optimist. He has been here since man has been on this earth, and that is man himself. If we hadn`t had such a magnificent optimism to carry us through all these things, we wouldn`t be here. We have survived it on our optimism.

- Albert Sterner

The Odyssey is, indeed, one of the greatest of all stories, it is the original romance of the West; but the Iliad, though a magnificent poem, is not much of a story.

- Alex Morrison

We are all proud of having thus contributed to the heretofore magnificent successes of our army.

- Alex Zwart

I pointed out on the floor last year, after Hurricane Katrina, we were very proud that one of our National Guard engineering battalions was called to Louisiana. And they did a magnificent job.

- Allenstown Capt. Shaun Mulholland

Hello from above our magnificent planet Earth.

- Allison Gibney

Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light.

- Allison Hrestak

We have magnificent brains, but we use a great deal of our brilliance to keep ourselves stuck and ignorant, to keep ourselves from not shining. We are so afraid of our beauty and radiance and brilliance because it scared the adults around us when we were children.

- Amrit Bohara