Charley Famous Quotes & Sayings
100 Charley Famous Sayings, Quotes and Quotation.
For most entertainers, there is a single experience, one defining moment, when confidence replaces the self-doubt that most of us wrestle with.— Charley Pride
It would be a miracle to solve this case. Luckily, I believed in miracles. No, wait, that was testicles. I believed in testicles.— Darynda Jones
There must be a special, less volcanic portion of hell that was partitioned off and set aside for people who weren't all bad, just a little vindictive. They could call it the drama queen ward. It would be a huge hit.— Darynda Jones
Every night in my dreams, a man appeared from the darkest recesses of my mind, as if he'd been waiting for me to fall asleep. His mouth, full, masculine, would sear my flesh. His tongue, like flames across my skin, would send tiny sparks quaking through my body. Then he would dip south, and the heavens would open and a chorus singing hallelujah would ring out in perfect harmony.— Darynda Jones
That's the thing with Holy Moses: big as a house and scary as heck if you don't know him, but Charley Manson and his whole family could come parading through here and he'd give them you room key for a slice of sharp cheddar.— Kirt J. Boyd
Ms. Fisher, The Last Stop
Reyes and I sat arm in arm in the back of the rented SUV. He seemed relieved. Happy.— Darynda Jones
People pay attention to lyrics, and the race matter was delicate.— Charley Pride
If he were ever to break up with me, I would so be that stalker ex-girlfriend who stole his underwear and hid in the hedges outside his bedroom window.— Darynda Jones
Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.— Charley Reese
Did you catch the time-of-great-suffering thing?"— Darynda Jones
Her expression softened. "Can you just make sure I'm not around when it happens?"
"No can do," I said, strolling back to my office with a negating wave of my hand. "If I have to suffer, then so does everyone else within a ten-mile radius."
She pursed her lips. "What ever happened to taking one for the team?"
"Was never much of a team player."
"Sacrificing yourself for the greater good?"
"Not that into human sacrifice."
"Suffering in silence?"
I stopped and turned back to her, my eyes narrowing accusingly. "If I have to suffer, I'll be screaming your name at the top of my lungs the whole time. You'll be able to hear me all the way to Jersey, mark my words."
- Charley to Cookie
My brothers and sisters all sang, too, and they all have good voices.— Charley Pride
A wicked grin crinkled one corner of his mouth as he secured another sticky note on the door before shutting it in my face.— Darynda Jones
I blinked, then read the note.
Use the key.
Given the low level of competence among politicians, every American should become a libertarian. The government that governs least is certainly the best choice when fools, opportunists and grafters run it. When power is for sale, then the government power should be severely limited. When power is abused, then the less power the better.— Charley Reese
Flying was as necessary to my business as fiddles and footlights.— Charley Pride
We ... are not really free if we can't control our own government and its policies. And we will never do that if we remain ignorant.— Charley Reese
[N]o American should retreat an inch on the right of jurors to acquit if they perceive the law or its administration to be unjust.— Charley Reese
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The politicians in this world ... have at their command weapons of mass destruction far more complex than their own thinking processes.— Charley Reese
American tyranny has come gradually, like a slow rising river. Each of us does not realize the danger until the water comes to our door. Until then, it is merely someone elses problem and a problem that we fool ourselves into thinking won't reach us.— Charley Reese
That's my entire weekend. I had plans"— Darynda Jones
"A Vampire Dairies marathon is not plans." She looked at me like I lost my mind.
"Have you even seen the Salvatore brothers? Holy mother of gingersnaps.
I want to think God for his blessings, healing me and giving me guidance.— Charley Jordan
Her ravings were so crowded with recriminations and insults and petitions, with weeping and caterwauling and wild expressions of love, that it seemed bewildering to Bob and Charley that Jesse remained there for minutes, let alone hours; yet he did. She was four inches taller than Jesse, a giant of a woman, but she made him seem even smaller, made him seem stooped and spiritless. She made him kiss her on the mouth like a lover and rub her neck and temples with myrtleberry oil as he avowed his affection for her and confessed his frailties and shortcomings.— Ron Hansen
Surely my macking on some guy in an insane asylum wouldn't hurt him. He'd been living with his stalker, for heaven's sake.— Darynda Jones
I was just passing by. Saw the commotion. Figured you were involved.— Darynda Jones
Charley! Maggie shrieked drunkenly and I watched as my name hit Jake's ears. I noted the way he tensed, my fingers trembling around my beer bottle.— Samantha Young
His eyes shot up from his group and tore through the crowd across the room. His chest jerked as his gaze collided with mine and his arm fell away from the girl cuddled into him. His lips parted as shock slackened his handsome features and I watched him mouth my name.
Everyone disappeared around me as we locked eyes for the first time in years. The music dulled to a throb, the conversation to a muffled buzz, and all I could hear was my heartbeat.
He was increasingly irritable and suspicious, and a cantankerous mood could fly over him as quickly as the shadow of a bird. But Jesse was neither close-mouthed nor sulky for long, and over the weeks that he and Charley were on the road, he unscrolled yarns and anecdotes that excited interest in Charley only insofar as they permitted him a corresponding reminiscence.— Ron Hansen
Denton struck Charley as the kind of man who never wasted energy on extra movement or idle chitchat. He was foursquare Sonny Boy Williamson and Sister Rosetta Tharpe, a Silvertone guitar, older than old school.— Natalie Baszile
Chet Atkins ... is probably the best guitar player who ever lived.— Charley Pride
Have you slept yet?'— Darynda Jones
'Sure. I took a power nap on the way over.'
'Didn't you drive there?'
'Yeah. Other drviers kept waking me up. Car horns should be illegal.'
- Charley & Cookie
I've tried to help a lot of young artists get started.— Charley Pride
He's an enigma wrapped up in sensuality padlocked with a dozen chains of desire and topped off with a razor-sharp ribbon of danger. There are more layers to him than a billionaire's wedding cake.— Darynda Jones
We stood there, the three of us, our jaws firmly planted on the floor. Aunt Lil recovered first. She nudged me with her elbow and said with a cackle of delight, I think you guys should make some more of those brownies, 'cause that boy looks hungry.— Darynda Jones
I was busy perusing the suicide notes and waiting for Belvedere's water to finish its treatment when I heard a thud from Cookie's office. Then a mousy squeak. The a throaty moan.— Darynda Jones
"Cookie," I said, wiggling my fingers at Belvedere to get him acquainted to with our strange ways, "are you masturbating?"
"No, I got a paper cut."
Oh, I didn't see that coming.
Hello? I said, because Charley's House of Pasties seemed wrong.— Darynda Jones
If onThe serious way Mark talked about the rule reminded Charlay what a marvelous age ten was. And Charley thought it was a pity that everybody couldn't stay ten for the rest of their lives. I everybody were ten, Charley thought, meybe rules and common decency and horse sense would have a Chinaman's chance.— Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Any entertainer who tells you that the adoration of fans is not a heady experience probably never had the experience.— Charley Pride
The dead guy looked at me with wide eyes. "I can't move my legs."— Darynda Jones
I snorted. "You can't move your arms either, or your feet or your freaking eyelids. You're dead.
Singing as a full-time job was not something I had given a lot of thought to and I had no clear notion of the money to be made in it.— Charley Pride
Writing is transcendental. It is a form of expression, a form of art that you can take anywhere. That you can do anywhere. It poses the deepest questions in the universe. It generates emotion. It elicits empathy, promotes learning, creates an intellect you simply cannot get from any other medium. For me, it is air.— Darynda Jones
Charley Davidson, Private Investigator, Because No One Is Better At Investigating Your Privates— Darynda Jones
For the first time in my life, I was in a shoot-out. A real, honest-to-goodness shoot-out with a bad guy. And, apparently, we both sucked.— Darynda Jones
My powers of persuasion are only as strong as the bullshit I have to back it up.— Darynda Jones
- Charley Davidson
That's what scares me the most, Paul. That I'll just pass through life and all the people I know will just disappear, without a trace, without me ever telling them how much they mean to me, no matter how small the time spent was or how great the friendship was. That they'll be gone and they'll forget me and I'll end up with nothing."— J.C. Joranco
I saw in my head Charley laughing, Charley sticking his head out the window and screaming, Charley playing a video game so intensely he was a foot from the screen. Moments flashed before my eyes in a quick, unrelenting sequence.
I shook my head. "I know. Believe me, I know.
I don't care what the religion is called; as far as I'm concerned, one God, the God I adhere to, is in charge of all of them.— Charley Pride
I knew dating the son of Satan would turn out badly— Darynda Jones
Where you just possessed?" Cookie asked after a long moment, awe softening her voice. "'Cause let me tell you, sweetheart, if that was possession, I'm selling my soul.— Darynda Jones
I was always a dreamer, in childhood especially. People thought I was a little strange.— Charley Pride
Once your name becomes well known, politicians come courting.— Charley Pride
When I'm not scouring through the backstreets of every city in the state, I keep an eye on the girl. My girl.— Darynda Jones
The truth is that neither British nor American imperialism was or is idealistic. It has always been driven by economic or strategic interests.— Charley Reese
The dreams continue for over a month. Each reveals a new facet of her personality. One night, she is wild and unpredictable. The next, she is shy or giggly or coy. She laughs and growls and bites and sucks.— Darynda Jones
I noticed you tore down Donovan's house."— Darynda Jones
He lifted his gaze until it locked with mine. "He's alive because he left town. His house chose to stay. It paid the price.
What other secrets are you hiding behind those sparkling eyes?"— Darynda Jones
He grinned. "You have my heart. That's where I hide all my secrets."
"Then I guess I don't have the key."
"Are you kidding? You forged the key.
I could fight a dozen hounds from hell, I could bring down the son of Satan with a word, but put me in the ring with a psychotic chick, and I go down in the first.— Darynda Jones
Try writing an entire story with only a thousand words at your disposal. It's a terrific lesson in economy and precession.— Darynda Jones
Few things in life are as surprising as having your husband, the man you gave your heart and soul to, throw you off a 350-foot building. I should know.— Darynda Jones
Redd Foxx was the same gruff old codger you saw on television.— Charley Pride
SARC- is my second favorite -ASM word— Darynda Jones
That's the thing about things. They tend to happen.— Darynda Jones
He'd been in surgery for-like-ever, then in recovery, but they put him in a room because, despite the amount of blood loss, his wounds were no longer life threatening. "You here to get in my pants?" he asked.— Darynda Jones
"You're not wearing any pants," I reminded him. "You're wearing a girly gown with a built-in ass ventilator.
Charley was twenty-six, with that faint musk of weakness hanging about him that is often mistaken for the scent of evil.— F Scott Fitzgerald
Government is inherently incompetent, and no matter what task it is assigned, it will do it in the most expensive and inefficient way possible.— Charley Reese
Purpose of life give away to vision, vision creates dream, and dreams become reality.— Charley Sweeney
He bombarded me with words, of all things, apparently clueless to the fact that the predawn hours rendered me incapable of coherent thought.— Darynda Jones
Gemma," I said, adding a singsong whine to my voice, "now I can't scare her. You can't go around telling people about me.— Darynda Jones
Charley: If you're not going to tell— Darynda Jones
me where you are, if you're not going to trust me to help you, then why are you here? Why bother?
Reyes: Because you're the reason I breathe.
The new laws passed by Congress in the name of fighting terrorism pose a greater danger to the civil liberties of American citizens than to the operations of terrorists. Powers once assumed are never relinquished, just as bureaucracies, once created, never die.— Charley Reese
Rey'azikeen."— Darynda Jones
He'd offered me one last glance and winked a microsecond before he was gone.
I don't think I get enough credit for the fact that I do all of this unmedicated. - T-SHIRT— Darynda Jones
And just how, exactly, do you feed off the souls of humans? Is it like a vitamin-deficiency thing?— Darynda Jones
I could hardly be responsible for my actions when everyone around me gave me every opportunity to sink to their low expectations.— Darynda Jones
For 20 years I've been screaming at these guitar companies, saying, 'It's abnormal to put your arm around an acoustic guitar that is about 6 to 8 inches deep.' Your arm reaches over, and you start to strum, and then all of a sudden you get a charley horse in your back. The older you get, the greater the charley horse.— Dick Dale
Okay, I'll strip. I'll tap dance. I'll sing 'La Cucaracha' in C minor.— Darynda Jones
If the radical right had its way we'd all be church-going polyester heterosexuals driving around in white Cadillacs eating meatloaf and wax beans while mammoth bulldozers leveled all our forests and even hummingbirds were extinct.— John Nichols
Charley, The Voice of the Butterfly
A nation dies culturally and spiritually first. Its money and its army are the last to go, but go they do once the light goes out in the nation's soul.— Charley Reese
Old soldiers never die - they're just thrown on the scrap heap!— Pat Mills
I've loved her for centuries," he said. "And I will love her until the stars burn out."— Darynda Jones
"Well, okay then," I said, leaning into him. "That's all you had to say."
He stilled when he realized for certain that I knew. That I had all my memories back. The relief I felt from him melted me. His emotions were overwhelming.
I felt so revived in spirit that I put five dollars in the plate, and afterward, in front of the church, shook hands warmly with the minister and as many of the congregation as I could. It gave me a lovely sense of evil-doing that lasted clear through till Tuesday. I even considered beating Charley to give him some satisfaction too, because Charley is only a little less sinful than I am. All across the country I went to church on Sundays, a different denomination every week, but nowhere did I find the quality of that Vermont preacher.— John Steinbeck
He had given me so much information, I wanted some time to absorb it all, but I didn't want to leave him. Not like this. Not ever, as long as I lived. Or until I had to get back on the case. Whichever came first.— Darynda Jones
You still owe me a million dollars." I'd presented him with a bill for proving his innocence and getting him freed from prison. He had yet to pay. Couldn't imagine why.— Darynda Jones
"Yeah, I was hoping we could work that out."
"The interest alone is going to kill you."
"What do you charge?"
"Three hundred eighty-seven percent."
"Is that ethical?"
"It's as ethical as my dating the son of Satan.
Capitalism is like math. It is amoral. It is good at producing wealth; it's bad at distributing wealth. Unless it operates within a moral framework it will produce an unjust society.— Charley Reese
you should always be doing something that satisfies you, what makes you feel good inside.— Charley Harper
But, you're his son," I said, trying really hard to hate him. "You're the son of Satan. Literally."— Darynda Jones
"And you are the stepdaughter of Denise Davidson."
Wow. That was a bit harsh, but, "Okay, point taken.
Holy mother of banana cream pie. They had pictures.— Darynda Jones
I expect to see trade wars, foreign policy disasters, a few race riots, a decrease in personal liberty, higher taxes, higher inflation and probably, economic collapse. The silver lining is, secession will probably become more feasible.— Charley Reese
Amber, you could never embarrass me."— Darynda Jones
"Never?" she asked.
"Never."
"One time, I yelled across the store to Mom and asked her if she wanted the regular or the super-absorbent tampons. I added that, according to the box, the super-absorbent were for those heavy days. Then I asked her to rate her heaviness on a scale of one to ten."
"Okay, you could."
"Then while we were standing in line, I asked her why she was buying three boxes of Summer's Eve in the middle of winter."
I set her at arm's length. "Wow."
"I know, right? I had no idea a person could turn so red.
Shower sex sucks," Meryn announced loudly.— Alanea Alder
Elizabeth leaned forward dying to know what prompted that statement. "What happened?"
"Slippery surfaces and not the good kind, one." Meryn started ticking off reasons on her fingers. "Water not a natural lubricant, two. Height differences, three. And I got a freaking charley horse right when..." Aiden covered her mouth at that point.
Ahh. So someone had fun and someone didn't. Poor Meryn.
I have them a few minutes to absorb everything while I teased Ubie, who only had to recover from his near-death experience. I was so glad Reyes hadn't ripped him to shreds. I liked him much better un-shredded. Unlike, say, my preference for lettuce or heavy metal guitar solos.— Darynda Jones
A sheriff arrested me. I could be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure my men-in-uniform fetish began that day. The sheriff was hot. And he handcuffed me. I've never been the same.— Darynda Jones
If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.— John Steinbeck
Americans who value freedom had better be more concerned about the gun control crowd than the criminals. The criminals want your money. The Neo-Totalitarians want your freedom.— Charley Reese
Apparently, this really was Kill Charley Davidson Week. Or at least Horribly Maim Her ... It would probably never get government recognition, though, destined to be underappreciated like Halloween or Thesaurus Day.— Darynda Jones
Secrets, Charley," my mother whispered. "They'll tear you apart.— Mitch Albom
And he was damned nice to look at, even when he scowled. In fact, if I were totally honest, that scowl only added to the allure that was Reyes Farrow. Damn it. When I scowled, I looked constipated. Leave it to the son of Satan to turn a scowl into the stuff of fantasies.— Darynda Jones
It's Charley's Aunt and The Odd Couple rolled into one.— Allan Carr
I had yet to be a mother, but I would have thought it difficult to forget something it took thirty-seven hours of excruciating pain to push out from between my legs ~Charley Davidson— Darynda Jones
Although Travels with Charley is replete with whimsical vignettes, charming dialogue, and lyrical descriptions of the natural landscape that often rise to the level of poetry, there is beneath its surface a sense of disenchantment that turns, eventually, into barely suppressed anger. Steinbeck seems never quite able to bring himself to say that he was truly and often disgusted by what he saw on his journey, but the reader is left with that impression. One puts down this book aware of how remarkably prophetic it really was, and how America continues to wrestle with the problems raised in its pages.— John Steinbeck
A black man singing about a blond girl was potential trouble.— Charley Pride
Hey, wait," I said, pulling back, "you are the son of Satan. Maybe we need a safe word."— Darynda Jones
His grin morphed into something wickedly charming. "Okay, how about, 'Oh, my god, it's so big.'"
Laughter burst out of me before I could stop it. Not that it wasn't. "That would be a safe phrase, but okay." I thought about it, then said, "How about 'Is that all you've got?
If I made records for my own pleasure, I would only record Charley Patton songs.— Bob Dylan
Time-out," I said. He twisted his hand around and wound his fingers into mine. "You're putting me in time-out?"— Darynda Jones
"Yes," I said as a shaky sigh slid through my lips.
"If I don't go, do I get a spanking?
