#king

We have been working with Habitat for Humanity and we have built eighty homes, 80% of which are being lived in by New Orleans' musicians. It is called the Musicians' Village and at the center is the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#being #built #called #center #eighty

My definition of an intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger. ↗

— Billy Connolly

#definition #intellectual #listen #lone #lone ranger

I don't believe in angels, no. But I do have a wee parking angel. It's on my dashboard and you wind it up. The wings flap and it's supposed to give you a parking space. It's worked so far. ↗

— Billy Connolly

#angels #believe #far #flap #give

To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#appears #comes #languages #man #many

I've never really taken anything very seriously. I enjoy life because I enjoy making other people enjoy it. ↗

— Tim Conway

#because #enjoy #enjoy life #i #life

My friends in the Congress, I have known Coretta King since I went south during the civil rights movement as a lawyer. She was a vibrant, consistent, totally dedicated partner with her husband. ↗

— John Conyers

#civil rights #civil rights movement #congress #consistent #dedicated

Too many of my constituents, like many other hard working Americans across the country, are suffering unnecessarily due to our flawed health care system. ↗

— John Conyers

#care #constituents #country #due #flawed

I've always been drawn to discomfort and that limbo of unease you get between comedy and tragedy. Making people laugh one moment and the next making them feel really uncomfortable. ↗

— Steve Coogan

#been #between #comedy #discomfort #drawn

I say it with my tongue firmly planted in cheek but there's truth to it - being a comedian is very close to being a therapist. When you're working smaller clubs, you're listening. You're feeling an energy, you're going with a tone but when people start yelling out, you almost start a conversation with people. ↗

— Dane Cook

#being #cheek #close #clubs #comedian

I need a form of escape even when I'm working really hard. ↗

— David Copperfield

#even #form #hard #i #need