174 Tony Quotes for You to Enjoy

Tony Awards boost Broadway attendance and sell the shows on the road. They're the sugar to swat the fly. If you needed more explanation for the yearly ballyhoo, in the metropolitan areas where a Broadway show plays, the local economy is boosted by three and a half times the gross ticket sales. So when we're talking Tonys, we're talking moolah. John Lahr

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I watch other wrestlers. I watch movies with Jackie Chan and Jet Li and Tony Jaa. Then there's breakdancing and Capoeira - just anything I see that looks awesome that I think I could adapt in the ring. Just your typical Kung Fu, breakdancing, Capoeira moves. John Morrison

There was only one punch. Tony Blair rang me and he said 'Are you OK?' and I said 'Yes', and he said 'Well, what happened?' and I said 'I was just carrying out your orders. You told us to connect with the electorate, so I did. John Prescott

Stacy had this more fluid style. You meet him, he's just such a nice guy. Tony's an awesome guy too, but back then, he was a real aggressive kid and they were in such a different place. Stacy was so sensitive and at the same time so competitive when it came to his skating. John Robinson

Time You Fluid Style Aggressive Nice Awesome Too Meet Back Kid Guy More Had He Him Real Came Were His Same Just Same Time Different Place Sensitive Skating Then Different Place Nice Guy Competitive Tony

Tony, Stacy and Jay really looked at life completely different and that played into everything that they did, whether it was skating or with their friendships. And for the three of us, we had such a close relationship off screen, that it was so easy to have that on screen. John Robinson

Tony Bennett and me are all the same... and he's still singing. I don't know what else to do. Johnny Mathis

Me Singing Else Bennett He Know Still Same Tony

Peter Parker is sort of our ground-level view of this Marvel universe. You know what it's like to be in the penthouse with Tony Stark or have this god-like view like Thor, and I want to show what it's like for regular people in this world. Jon Watts

I grew up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, watching the Tony Awards on TV. Not just 'watching' the Tony Awards on TV - I would record them on a VHS tape and bring them in to school and show them to the other kids. Jonathan Groff

School Other Other Kids Kids TV Would Pennsylvania Record Tape Up Just Grew Lancaster Them Show Awards Bring Watching Tony

I was convinced there as only one actor to play Templeton the Rat, and that was Tony Randall. Joseph Barbera

Rat Only Convinced Actor Play Tony

Some memorizers arbitrarily associate each playing card with a familiar person or object, so that the king of clubs is represented by, say, Tony Danza. The grand masters associate each card with a person, an action, or an object so that every group of three cards can be converted into a sentence. Joshua Foer

There's a reason Tony Stark makes fun of 'Thor,' and mentions 'Shakespeare' in the park in 'The Avengers.' It's great to play high drama and comedy alongside a modern story. Joss Whedon

Great Comedy Drama Thor High Shakespeare Park Alongside Makes Modern Story Avengers Reason Fun Play Stark Tony

I got the call to play Tony Manero in 'Saturday Night Fever' in Madrid, a role I'd always wanted, as it's such a well-constructed show, and my background is in musical theatre. I'd been travelling back and forth between London and Spain for auditions and had been borrowing money from friends to do it. Juan Pablo Di Pace

Theatre Money Back Musical Background Musical Theatre Madrid London Borrowing Had Between Call Always Got Auditions Been Friends Role Fever Wanted Spain Forth Show Travelling Play Saturday Saturday Night Night Tony

I think one of the reasons all the comics I worked with dropped off the log so early, and a lot of them did - Tony Hancock, Frankie, Sid James, it's dreadful really - was the stress. You can only be as good or better than the last show, and there's the permanent aggro of hoping you get the right writers and the right material. June Whitfield

Good You Better Stress Think Frankie Dreadful Log Hoping Only Writers Dropped Permanent Material Comics Lot Off Than Get Did James Them Worked Really Show Reasons Right Early Last Tony

Next fight? If the UFC tell me, 'What do you want?' I'm going to say Tony Ferguson. Khabib Nurmagomedov

Me You Fight Say Tell Ferguson Going Want Next Tony

I remember seeing Tony Bennett on television. He was the only guy in the orchestra who was wearing a white tux, and I thought, 'That would be good. To be the only man on stage in a white jacket.' Kurt Elling

Good Man Remember Thought Stage White Bennett Television Would Would-Be Wearing Seeing Guy Only He Jacket Orchestra Who Tony

One of the things I liked about playing Tony Gates in 'Line of Duty' was that I don't think he gave much thought to justifying his actions until he was under investigation. Lennie James

Thought Duty Think Gave One Of The Things About Investigation He Liked Until Line His Justifying Much Actions Things Playing Gates Tony

For good or for ill, Britain is in some respects moving away from a prime-ministerial system towards a presidential one. This is emphatically not, as is sometimes argued, simply a function of Tony Blair's personal ambition. The shift towards a more presidential style was already visible under Margaret Thatcher. Linda Colley

Good Sometimes Style Ambition Presidential Visible Respects System Some More Blair Argued Simply Towards Shift Personal Thatcher Moving Moving Away Ill Function Away Margaret Margaret Thatcher Britain Tony

I am a Tony voter; it is an honor that I take seriously. Each season, I enter the process with a degree of enthusiasm and optimism, which dissipates as I slowly plow through show after show. Lynn Nottage

Seriously Honor Degree Enthusiasm Enter Plow Slowly Through Take Voter Am Optimism After Process Which Show Each Season Tony

I played Laura Bush in a Tony Kushner piece, and afterward, I think my phones got tapped. Marcia Gay Harden

Phones Think Laura Laura Bush Piece Got Afterwards Bush Played Tony

I've been so lucky to work with some great, great writers: Tony Kushner and Yasmina Reza. Marcia Gay Harden

Work Great Some Writers Been Lucky Tony

When you're a kid, regardless of the age you grew up, everything is high opera. With hormones raging, you have to fight external and internal battles that you've never had to deal with before. Unlike Tony Stark and Steve Rogers, who have seen it all and been through it all, everything heightens the drama. Mark Waid

You Age Fight Seen Before Drama Unlike Everything Kid Battles High Hormones Through Never Had Steve Opera Deal Been Up Rogers Grew Regardless Heightens Internal Who Raging Stark External Tony

My guess is that good and bad parenting is spread fairly evenly across different social groups. But can you imagine Tony Blair lecturing the middle class on how to bring up their children? He is far more comfortable as a latter-day exponent of the Poor Law mentality. Martin Jacques

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Tony Blair has made a good contribution to the cause of peace in Ireland. He has made a great effort to understand it. He has great empathy with the need to resolve the conflict. Martin McGuinness

Good Great Peace Conflict Cause Made Resolve Tony Blair Blair He Empathy Understand Ireland Effort Contribution Need Tony

Everyone probably says this, but my favorite athlete is Tony Hawk. I'd really love to meet him. Mason Cook

Love Meet Everyone Says Favorite Athlete Hawk Him Really Tony

Tony Blair personified the shift away from democracy, towards control by bankers. Max Keiser

Democracy Control Tony Blair Blair Towards Shift Bankers Away Tony

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