Top 25 Brooks Quotes of 29

There is no Garbo! There is no Dietrich! There is only Louise Brooks!

There is no Garbo! There is no Dietrich! There is only Louise Brooks!

Henri Langlois

Garbo, Brooks

Brook Lopez had a better game than Deron Williams

Bill Simmons

Games, Brooks

The brook would lose its song if we removed the rocks.

Wallace Stegner

Song, Rocks, Brooks

My friends that are snobs think its cool I did a movie with Albert Brooks.

Robin Tunney

Friends, Thinking, Brooks

There's a fine line between a stream of consciousness and a babbling brook to nowhere.

Dan Harmon

Lines, Consciousness, Brooks

Terrible thing to live in fear. Brooks Hatlen knew it. Knew it all too well. All I want is to be back where things make sense. Where I won't have to be afraid all the time.

Stephen King

Redemption, Want, Brooks

"The Shawshank Redemption". www.imdb.com. 1994.

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

Claudia Cardinale

Opportunity, Bigs, Brooks

Interview with Adrian Wootton, www.theguardian.com. May 10, 2003.

The only bipartisan place in D.C. is Brooks Brothers.

Tony Hale

Brother, Brooks Brothers, Brooks

Albert Brooks is definitely one of my biggest influences, for sure.

Jonah Hill

Influence, Brooks

"Jonah Hill On Set Interview Get Him To The Greek – Also Talks The Adventurer’s Handbook, His Career, Sequels, And So Much More". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. April 13, 2010.

Miloš Forman is a great director; Jim Brooks is a wonderful writer and director.

Twyla Tharp

Directors, Wonderful, Brooks

"The High Priestess of Creative Movement". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 25, 1993.

I do have to step out and take time to let people know that I'm Ronnie Dunn and not Brooks and Dunn.

Ronnie Dunn

People, Steps, Brooks

Brooks Robinson belongs in a higher league.

Pete Rose

Sports, League, Brooks

They wanted me to play third like Brooks so I did play like Brooks - Mel Brooks.

Andy Van Slyke

Sports, Play, Brooks

From Helicon's harmonious springs A thousand rills their mazy progress take.

Thomas Gray

Spring, Progress, Brooks

Thomas Gray (1836). “The works of Thomas Gray (ed. by J. Mitford).”, p.23

This is not a brook [Bach means "brook" in German], it's an ocean.

Ludwig van Beethoven

Ocean, Mean, Brooks

Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks In Vallombrosa, where th' Etrurian shades High over-arch'd imbower.

John Milton

Arches, Shade, Brooks

John Milton, James BUCHANAN (Grammarian.) (1773). “The First Six Books of Milton's Paradise Lost, Rendered Into Grammatical Construction ... With Notes ... To which are Prefixed Remarks on Ellipsis and Transposition ... By J. Buchanan”, p.45

He murmurs near the running brooks A music sweeter than their own.

William Wordsworth

Music, Running, Brooks

William Wordsworth (1828). “The Poetical Works”, p.227

True love will not brook reserve; it feels undervalued and outraged, when even the sorrows of those it loves are concealed from it.

Washington Irving

Love, Sorrow, Brooks

Washington Irving (1999). “Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories”, p.43, Penguin

I was reading Carl Sandburg and Gwendolyn Brooks, and I'm still very, very deeply moved by Gwendolyn Brooks's life and her work.

Sandra Cisneros

Reading, Brooks, Very Deep

"Talking in Our Pajamas: A Conversation with Sandra Cisneros on Finding Your Voice, Fear of Highways, Tacos, Travel, and the Need for Peace in the World". Interview with Ruth Behar, quod.lib.umich.edu. 2008.

There are many writers who have influenced me and who I enjoy reading, but Lucille Clifton and Gwendolyn Brooks are at the top of the list.

Renee Watson

Reading, Lists, Brooks

Source: www.teachingbooks.net

Lecturing Brooks was as useful as lecturing a cat.

Maureen Johnson

Cat, Brooks, Lecturing

Maureen Johnson (2013). “The Key To The Golden Firebird”, p.30, Hot Key Books

My music comes from country music. Merle Haggard is God, and I do believe that. I'm not too tuned in to country music. I don't know who Brooks and Dunn are. I like Shania Twain, though!

Loudon Wainwright III

Country, Believe, Brooks