Rattle Quotes

There`s definitely a lot of trash that comes with the prize of being famous. It`s a nice gift, but there`s a lot of wrapping and paper and junk to cut through. Back then, when a movie came out and people saw you on the street, their reaction was so supercharged that it was scary. It would frighten other people. It used to really rattle me. I mean, everybody would love to have their clothes torn off by a mob of girls, but being screamed at is different.

There are two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone who won`t stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won`t go?

For example, before, they couldn`t grab an object like a rattle. Now they can.

I have a tendency to kick it up. I like to rattle the cage.

Would those of you in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you`ll just rattle your jewelry.

Will all the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? All the rest of you, if you`ll just rattle your jewelry. (At Royal Variety Performance 4th November 1963)

In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield.

I don`t even think we did anything to rattle him,

I did rattle a couple of (fences) but I think that`s quite good because if you don`t touch them you get a bit casual.

I have all these computers and keyboards and synthesizers, and I rattle away. For instance, with The Lion King I wrote over four hours` worth of tunes, and they were really pretty --but totally meaningless. So in the end I came up with material I liked. We worked on The Lion King for four years, but I wasn`t toying until the last three-and-a-half weeks properly. On Crimson Tide, on the other hand, I just went in and within seconds I knew what I wanted.

Then came the hostage crisis during which Carter did nothing to rattle the ayatollahs who hung tough until Ronald Reagan was inaugurated, when they suddenly backed down.

The breath of an aristocrat is the death rattle of freedom.

Violence in the voice is often only the death rattle of reason in the throat.

I did rattle a couple of (fences) but I think that`s quite good because if you don`t touch them you get a bit casual.

You just can`t let it get to you. You got to know that they`re trying to rattle you, and they rattled us.