#benny

The first memory I have was my sisters dancing to the radio when they played records by Benny Goodman and Harry James and of the sort. But the record that got me was a record by Derek Sampson, who was a young guy, called 'Boogie Express,' and it was boogie-woogie. Really, it was on fire, and that got me. ↗

— Jerry Leiber

#boogie #called #dancing #derek #express

I was not influenced by Jack Benny, and people have remarked on my timing and Jack's timing, but I don't think you can teach timing. It's something you hear in your head. ↗

— Bob Newhart

#head #hear #i #influenced #jack

Well, sometimes love seems easy. Like ... it's easy to love rain ... and hawks. And it's easy to love wild plums ... and the moon. But with people, seems like love's a hard thing to know. It gets all mixed up. I mean, you can love one person in one way and another person in another way. But how do you know you love the right one in every way?" "I'm not sure, but I think you'll know. I think if it's the right person, it'll be better than rain and hawks and wild plums. Even better than the moon. I think it'll be better than all that put together. ↗

— Billie Letts

#confusion #epiphany #love #marriage #novalee-nation

My idol was Jack Benny and he was the master of subtlety and timing. ↗

— Don Knotts

#idol #jack #jack benny #master #subtlety

I have often been told that I have many of the same mannerisms as Jack Benny and certainly Bob Cummings. ↗

— Dwayne Hickman

#benny #bob #certainly #i #jack

I consider you as old as you look and feel. And in that case I feel - I feel I'm about 39, like Jack Benny. ↗

— Joan Collins

#benny #case #consider #feel #i

No, that's not it. The first time we met was at Fat Tuesday's. Benny was playing, this was, I think in 1989? ↗

— Benny Green

#fat #first #first time #i #i think

Benny Goodman was one of the big influences as a clarinet player. That's why I wanted the clarinet. ↗

— Lee Konitz

#big #clarinet #goodman #i #influences

Are we not perhaps all afraid in some way? If we let Christ enter fully into our lives, if we open ourselves totally to him, are we not afraid that He might take something away from us? Are we not perhaps afraid to give up something significant, something unique, something that makes life so beautiful? Do we not then risk ending up diminished and deprived of our freedom? . . . No! If we let Christ into our lives, we lose nothing, nothing, absolutely nothing of what makes life free, beautiful and great. No! Only in this friendship are the doors of life opened wide. Only in this friendship is the great potential of human existence truly revealed. Only in this friendship do we experience beauty and liberation. And so, today, with great strength and great conviction, on the basis of long personal experience of life, I say to you, dear young people: Do not be afraid of Christ! He takes nothing away, and he gives you everything. When we give ourselves to him, we receive a hundredfold in return. Yes, open, open wide the doors to Christ – and you will find true life. Amen. ↗

— Pope Benedict XVI

#papa-benny #pope-benedict-xvi #trust #beauty

It's a spirit that was given me and the relationships and meeting all these great people, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong; through Max I met a lot of people too. My first album was with Benny Carter. ↗

— Abbey Lincoln

#armstrong #benny #carter #duke #duke ellington