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Being around people like Aretha Franklin and Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick and Roberta Flack, all these greats, I was taught to listen and observe. -- Whitney Houston
Bobby Knight told me this: 'There is nothing that a good defense cannot beat a better offense.' In other words a good offense wins. -- Dan Quayle
I never was obsessive about anything I watched when I was a kid, except maybe 'The A-Team' and 'Airwolf'... And I loved 'Knight Rider' and then later 'Baywatch.' -- Benedict Cumberbatch
I was a screenwriting major at Georgetown, and I was in class with some really strong writers like Jonathan Nolan, who co-wrote 'The Dark Knight' with Chris, his brother. He wrote 'The Prestige,' the story for 'Memento.' -- Mike Birbiglia
Heath Ledger's performance in 'The Dark Knight' quite simply changed the game. He raised the bar not just for actors in superhero films, but young actors everywhere; for me. His performance was dark, anarchic, dizzying, free, and totally, thrillingly, dangerous. -- Tom Hiddleston
I really like 'Gladiator.' I like 'The Dark Knight.' I really liked, when I was a kid, 'U.S. Marshalls.' I like funny movies, too. 'Old School' and 'The Hangover.' 'The Hangover' was up there; I liked it. -- Matthew Stafford
So many heroes are driven by destiny. Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, they were all chosen and born to heroism. Even with Batman, it doesn't feel like Bruce could do anything else. His whole life was leading him to become the Dark Knight. -- Andrew Kreisberg
Christopher Nolan's astounding third Batman feature, 'The Dark Knight Rises,' represents the true maturation of the superhero movie - and provides the key to understanding the bottomless craving moviegoers have for these films, 34 years after the Christopher Reeve Superman gave birth to the genre. -- John Podhoretz
When I seemed to be irritable or sad, my father would quote the learned Dr. Knight, and then say, 'Just go to sleep.' Like all smart aleck kids, I thought the advice was silly. But as I've grown older, I've realized just how smart Knight was. -- Ben Stein
I'm Phil Knight, and I don't believe in advertising. -- Phil Knight
Remember the White Knight. -- Trenton Lee Stewart
Knight without fear and without reproach. -- Richard Harris
Knight without fear and without reproach. -- Richard Harris
Knight saved it with his back arm -- Ian Brown
A Gentle Knight was pricking on the plaine. -- Edmund Spenser
In blitz, the Knight is stronger than the Bishop -- Vlastimil Hort
Anglo-Saxon barbarians. Arthur should have been made a Knight -- William W. Johnstone
Confidence is one thing, disrespect is quite another. (Justice Elizabeth Knight) -- David Baldacci
Knight takes Knight," I called into the cloudy night air. "Check. -- Jim Butcher
Keith Knight is mapping out a previously unknown vector of the vast cartoon universe. -- Garry Trudeau
This is ridiculous. I look like the Games Workshop version of a Jedi Knight. -- Jim Butcher
All right, you primitive screwheads. Listen up. I'm Harry Dresden. I'm the new Winter Knight. -- Jim Butcher
Dark Knight' shot in London and Chicago, and we were on that for so long. -- Chin Han
The Dark Knight' is a really good movie that reached both critics and mainstream audiences. -- Anurag Kashyap
The Bishop and Knight, in contradistinction to the Queen and Rook, are called Minor Pieces. -- Howard Staunton
Ah, my Knight in Shining Armor. What, you don't think I can fend for myself? -- James Dashner
'The Dark Knight' is a really good movie that reached both critics and mainstream audiences. -- Anurag Kashyap
My handsome Knight of Night came over to me and kissed me softly on the cheek. -- Ellen Schreiber
I was excited about The Dark Knight until Heath Ledger gave away the ending, Batman always wins. -- Zach Braff
Howard Dean is narrowing the field of potential running mates. It's down to Mike Tyson or Bobby Knight. -- Craig Kilborn
Then when Gladys Knight came in to do my songs that was the straw that broke the camel's back. -- Brenda Holloway
I've been waiting nearly twenty years to have my own light saber. Nothing's cooler than being a Jedi Knight. -- Ewan McGregor
American capitalism has been both overpraised and overindicted. It is neither the Plumed Knight nor the monstrous Robber Baron. -- Max Lerner
I should have blown this mic like I said I might Got the force of 20 men like a Jedi Knight. -- Kwame
Poor Knight! he really had two periods, the firsta dull man writing broken English, the seconda broken man writing dull English. -- Vladimir Nabokov
The story of Ulysses and Agamemnon and Menelaus, of Jesus, of the Good Knight of Chaucer, lives in every one of us. -- James Lee Burke
Every Great Story deserves a Great Ending and 'The Dark Knight Rises' is our Attempt to give that GREAT story, a GREAT ENDING. -- Christopher Nolan
I can see why you opted out of Knight training," I countered. "They'd have "?accidentally' killed you before you made it to adulthood. -- Jenna Black
Even before coming into the industry, I was a big fan of Motown, the Jackson 5, Gladys Knight, the Temptations, Diana Ross and The Supremes. -- Stephanie Mills
Marvelous! Very exciting. I thoroughly enjoyed the story and I can't wait to read more." (About the book Dominique Ick Lessont and the Dragon Knight) -- Stephen Noce
While some are as loathe to trade a Bishop for a Knight as a Cadillac for a Chevrolet, others are prepared to do so without hesitation. -- Larry Evans
Before I was cast on The Surreal Life my knowledge of Christopher Knight was pretty much he was on The Brady Bunch and I hated The Brady Bunch. -- Adrianne Curry
Let go of your past, and look to Mine, where I died for you. Yield to Me, and I will make you a true Knight of the Prince. -- Chuck Black
Either it brings tears to their eyes, or else -" "Or else what?" said Alice, for the Knight had made a sudden pause. "Or else it doesn't, you know. -- Lewis Carroll
I never was obsessive about anything I watched when I was a kid, except maybe 'The A-Team' and 'Airwolf' And I loved 'Knight Rider' and then later 'Baywatch.' -- Benedict Cumberbatch
You don't expect to get the letter saying, Her Majesty would like to appoint you Knight Commander of the British Empire! It was just a completely overwhelming and exciting day. -- Antony Sher
Josh Duhamel is somebody you can't take your eyes off of, and same with T.R. Knight. It's a car that you want to run up to 100 mph, right away. -- Bridget Carpenter
When I read Frank Miller's 'The Dark Knight Returns', I think it's a wonderful record of the Reagan era. I think it's amazing. This is the time I lived in. -- Max Brooks
I knew about AIDS. My friends were dying right, left, and center. I did a record with Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder, and Gladys Knight. I did a couple of benefits. -- Elton John
I was the adoring son of a Welsh-Irish father, a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat, a Catholic Knight of Columbus who was a blue-collar, trade union organizer and, not surprisingly, a fervid Nixon-hater. -- Bob Gunton
I knew of like - I remember, for most of my life, I grew up, and "Knight Rider" was, you know - David Hasselhoff was a Dutch character in my world. -- Trevor Noah
I therefore have to use The Force. And weirdly, this doesn't work very well. I don't understand why, because on the last census, I put my religion down as Jedi Knight... -- Jeremy Clarkson
To refer to the oft mooted question, "Which piece is stronger, the Bishop or the Knight?" it is clear that the value of the Bishop undergoes greater changes than that of the Knight. -- Emanuel Lasker
Of course, history is only a muddle of facts and a fuddle of professors, and anyone who thinks it is one clear voice saying "Arise, sir Knight" deserves a life sentence in Camelot. -- Wilfrid Sheed
Tartakower once wrote that after planting a Knight in the center you can go to sleep. This is not to be taken literally, of course, but it contains more than a germ of truth. -- Samuel Reshevsky
Most of the auditions I went on, I passed up the projects because I just wasn't interested. When I read A Knight's Tale, that was that. I knew I wanted to do this movie. -- Shannyn Sossamon
This China trade deal is basically like the Bobby Knight of trade deals. You know, you abuse, you abuse, you abuse, and then they say 'Well, OK, we'll let you try one more time.' -- David Bonior
This China trade deal is basically like the Bobby Knight of trade deals. You know, you abuse, you abuse, you abuse, and then they say 'Well, OK, we'll let you try one more time.' -- David Bonior
I think I might be one of the only people in America, or at least the only person I know, who saw both 'The Dark Knight' and 'Mamma Mia!' on their shared opening weekend. -- Diablo Cody
Although the Knight is generally considered to be on a par with the Bishop in strength, the latter piece is somehat stronger in the majority of cases in which they are opposed to each other. -- Jose Raul Capablanca
I looked down at the chessboard. The move with the knight was wrong. I put it back where I had moved it from. Knights had no meaning in this game. It wasn't a game for knights. -- Raymond Chandler
To me, Batman is definately Bruce Wayne's darker side. The challenge is playing it as two separate aspects of the same person. I have to create the illusion of a Dark Knight, who's mysterious and strong. -- Kevin Conroy
The generation of consumers who swallow this pessimistic sentiment can't see past the product to its debased morality. Instead, their excitement about The Dark Knight's dread (that teenage thrall with subversion) inspires their fealty to product. -- Armond White
It's depend of the communication, I think it's very important to let the director make his own vision of the character, not making a studio movie. Look the Dark Knight it's totally the vision of Nolan. -- Xavier Gens
I totally geeked when I discovered (while in college) that Tolkien had a published version of 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight', so that's my favorite version. I think I have 3 or 4 copies on my bookshelf -- Virginia Chandler
I love 'Gabriel Knight' and will always be proud of it. Despite the fact that I've done many other things, it seems to be the one thing that people remember. I hope 'Gray Matter' is as memorable. -- Jane Jensen
I worked a lot with Nick Knight and John Galliano when John was at Dior. He also made my wedding dress. He'll always hold a special place; I have most of my memorable, iconic moments in fashion with him. -- Liberty Ross
I have mad love for the way we were taught and trained back in the day. I mean, those of us - like Chaka Khan, Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight - we didn't give into this new wave of celebrity. -- Stephanie Mills
I'm such a horror geek, comic geek and action figure geek. I'm inspired by so much - from Hunter S. Thompson and Quentin Tarantino to 'The Dark Knight' and 'Halloween'. Just show me something that doesn't suck, and I'm happy. -- Corey Taylor
It's weird to make new friends, but we're three seasons in with 'The Exes,' and now it feels a lot like 'Scrubs,' where I'm very lucky because I get to work people like Wayne Knight, who I really like. -- Donald Faison
God is no White Knight who charges into the world to pluck us like distressed damsels from the jaws of dragons, or diseases. God chooses to become present to and through us. It is up to us to rescue one another. -- Nancy Mairs
Go back," he said. "Can't. Stand aside?" "Can't." "So it's like that?" I said. Fix exhaled. Then he nodded. "Yeah." And for the first time in a decade the Winter Knight and Summer Knight went to war. -- Jim Butcher
Of all the soul divas, Gladys Knight was the one for me. Knight's always been about tone and heart, none of the big showboating or extraneous doodling. She nailed a melody and only played a little around the edges like Ma Staple. -- Alison Moyet
Of all the things I've done, the first 'Strongman' story was one of the easiest things to write. It was almost fully formed from the get-go. It's almost a 'Dark Knight Returns' riff, except you have a battle-worn Mexican wrestler instead of Batman. -- Charles Soule
Tis going, I own, like the Knight of the Woeful Countenance, in quest of melancholy adventures--but I know not how it is, but I am never so perfectly conscious of the existence of a soul within me, as when I am entangled in them. -- Laurence Sterne
I have had the privilege of working with the best in the business, from photographers to designers to magazines. There's not much more to ask for but I'm still looking forward to one day working with photographers Mert and Marcus, Tim Walker and Nick Knight. -- Chanel Iman
Son, my name isn't Knight to you, it's Coach Knight or it's Mr. Knight. I don't call people by their last name and neither should you. -- Bobby Knight
Today the American knight holds the commercial supremacy of the world. -- Betsy Ross
I'm your knight in shining armor. I'm here to save you from Linkin Park. -- Rufus Wainwright
A true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst, than in the beginning of danger. -- Philip Sidney
My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy; I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant. -- Hilary Mantel
I have played a boxer, a cowboy, a knight, a prince, an elf and a pirate. I am so glad to have done all of that already. -- Orlando Bloom
The noir hero is a knight in blood caked armor. He's dirty and he does his best to deny the fact that he's a hero the whole time. -- Frank Miller
My whole career has been fulfilling my childhood fantasies, playing characters that are larger than life, getting to play a knight, an elf, a prince, and a soldier. -- Orlando Bloom
I've always supported myself. I like the sense of knowing exactly where I stand financially, but there is a side of me that longs for a knight in shining armor. -- Barbara Feldon
Spying is a like a game of chess: Sometimes you have to withdraw, sometimes you have to sacrifice one of your pieces to win - preferably a knight rather than a king or queen. -- John Rhys-Davies
I kept thinking I was always going to meet the right man, but I never did. Kept waiting for this knight in shining armour. 'When's he coming? He's taking a long time, isn't he?' -- Samantha Fox
No lying knight or lying priest ever prospered in any age, but especially not in the dark ones. Men prospered then only in following an openly declared purpose, and preaching candidly beloved and trusted creeds. -- John Ruskin
Until this movie I have played a boxer, a cowboy, a knight, a prince, an elf and a pirate. I am so glad to have done all of that already, and am ready for this phase of my career. -- Orlando Bloom
There is no greater way to ensure that universities remain a hotbed of leftist thought than to guarantee that professors knight their own successors. But that's basically how the Ph.D. system works, with sitting professors approving the work of would-be professors. -- Ben Shapiro
The Dark Knight,' for me, has the same problem that every other 'Batman' movie has. It's not about Batman. I think Heath Ledger is just phenomenal and the character of the Joker is beautifully written. He has a particular philosophy that he carries throughout the movie. He has one of the best bad guy schemes. -- Joss Whedon
The Jetsons had them in the 1960s. They were the defining element of 'Knight Rider' in the 1980s: cars that drive themselves. Self-driving cars appear in countless science fiction movies. By Hollywood standards, they are so normal we don't even notice them. But in real life, they still don't exist. What if you could buy one today? -- Sebastian Thrun
I've never had a very quiet voice. I tried in choir to make it smaller, and it just didn't work out. And I listened to a lot of soul music when I was growing up on my own accord. But I was mostly into Mama Cass and Gladys Knight, and they all had big voices too; just different than mine. -- Beth Ditto
Toil is the true knight's pastime. -- Charles Kingsley
A knight ending is really a pawn ending. -- Mikhail Botvinnik
And sometimes, you need your knight in shining armour, -- Kirsten Dunst
Fischer is Fischer, but a knight is a knight! -- Mikhail Tal
Oh what can ail thee, knight-at-arms, Alone and palely loitering? -- John Keats
Earth is a merry damsel, and heaven a knight so true -- Emily Dickinson
She hath no loyal knight and true, The Lady of Shalott. -- Alfred Lord Tennyson
Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight. -- Geoffrey Chaucer
Fly not, cowards and vile beings, for a single knight attacks you. -- Miguel de Cervantes
Beware, gentle knight - the greatest monster of them all is reason. -- Miguel de Cervantes
The only intercourse possible between the knight and the dragon is battle. -- Steven Pressfield
The code of the knight is still the code of the gentleman today. -- Baden Powell de Aquino
Not every rider is a horseman and not every horseman is a knight. -- Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
So this chocolate princess. Her knight in shining armor is the Easter Bunny. -- Rachel Cohn
First, how to sac my queen, then rook, then bishop, then knight, then pawns. -- Mikhail Tal
The very purpose of a knight is to fight on behalf of a lady. -- Thomas Malory
And so I am become a knight of the Kingdom of Dreams and Shadows -- Mark Twain
Diabetes is passed that way -- over and down, like a knight in chess. -- Maile Meloy
I think I'm not really into the handsome, chivalrous knight; I like the bad boys. -- Sophie Turner
The mounted knight is irresistible; he would bore his way through the walls of Babylon. -- Anna Komnene
I like getting on my high horse. I look good on it. Like a knight... -- Dan Miller
When people say a knight's job is all glory, I laugh, and laugh, and laugh. -- Tamora Pierce
Oh Mom, it turns out my knight in shining armor was just some liar in tinfoil. -- Taryn Plendl
Women love firefighters so much because it's like a knight in shining armor kind of thing. -- Taylor Kinney
So faithful in love, and so dauntless in war, There never was knight like young Lochinvar. -- Walter Scott
With that truncheon thou hast slain a good knight, and now it sticketh in thy body. -- Thomas Malory
Yeah, we'll call you," muttered Ron as the knight disappeared, "If we ever need someone mental. -- J. K. Rowling

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