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Got any excuses tonight Roy? -- Antonio Tarver
Roy Mustang looks dead sexy...in a miniskirt! -- Vic Mignona
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In many ways Roy Keane is bigger than One Direction. -- Kevin Kilbane
Yeah I got a question: Any more excuses tonight, Roy? -- Antonio Tarver
Roy Schneider was cool. I learned quite a bit from him. -- Jonathan Brandis
This fight is more about what Roy Jones lost than what I took -- Antonio Tarver
Roy Orbison was the only act that The Beatles didn't want to follow. -- Ringo Starr
I see in the papers where Roy Guthrie committed suicide. Why, I wonder? -- Robert E. Howard
But Roy Rockwood, it was science fiction for the sake of science fiction. -- Jack Vance
I thought I'd gone to heaven, because I grew up watching Roy and Gene Autry. -- Lee Majors
A lady is as young as the gentleman she feels," said Roy and cackled happily. -- M.C. Beaton
I thought I'd gone to heaven, because I grew up watching Roy and Gene Autry -- Lee Majors
Roy Orbison is singing for the lonely, hey, that's me and I want you only. -- Bruce Springsteen
It looked like Roy Rogers rode through on Trigger, and Trigger kicked the guy in the face. -- Mickey Mantle
Roy Keane is Damien, the devil incarnate off the film The Omen. He's evil. Even in training. -- Ryan Giggs
None of the other guys in the band really sang, so that's when I brought Roy Clark in. -- Wanda Jackson
Roy's wife of Aldivalloch, Wat ye how she cheated me, As I came o'er the braes of Balloch? -- Anne Grant
I liked Roy Jones, Sugar Ray Leonard, Ali... those were the guys I was looking at growing up. -- Nonito Donaire
By the time I finished the book [All Alone in the Universe], Robin Roy was saying, "More pictures!" -- Lynne Rae Perkins
I like good food and decent wine as much as Roy Jenkins does, but I keep quiet about it. -- David Steel
Roy: The immutable heart of what we are that bleeds through whatever we might become. All else is vanity. -- Tony Kushner
Roy was just another bureaucrat to me, but I realized very soon that without Roy this thing would have died. -- Ben Shahn
Christmas, my child, is love in action." ~ Dale Evans (1912-2001), American film actress, singer and songwriter. Wife of Roy Rogers. -- Dale Evans
I had been on tour with people like Roy Orbison. I knew Bobby Darin, Sam Cooke. So many great performers. -- Bobby Vinton
Marlene Dietrich and Roy Rogers are the only two living humans who should be allowed to wear black leather pants. -- Edith Head
Roy: "Looks like it's starting to rain" Riza: "But..It's not raining..." Roy: "Yes it is. This is the rain. -- Hiromu Arakawa
[James vowed again to] use the National Guard and state troopers to prevent the removal [of Judge Roy Moore's Commandments display]. -- Fob James
In 83 I thought we were going to go all the way. We had Roy Smalley, and Steve King, and good players. -- Bert Campaneris
Roy Blount's stuff makes me laugh so hard, sometimes I have to go sit in a room and shut the door -- Garrison Keillor
I liked the Paul Ince and Roy Keane partnership Manchester United had. They would have been my team had I moved to England. -- Xavi
Roy memang gemar kemping, kemana saja ia mau. Karena baginya tidak ada yang lebih menyenangkan selain berada di alam terbuka, menikmati keagungan Tuhan. -- Gola Gong
Roy Acuff's from Maynardville, and that's where a lot of my family's from. So he's, I've been told, a distant cousin, as well. -- Ashley Monroe
Roy Keane's like a shark. He has those eyes. You don't know if he is going to buy you a drink or eat you. -- Ian Holloway
You look at Patrick Vieira and Emmanuel Petit at Arsenal or Roy Keane at Man United, and they are players that can do everything. -- Jamie Redknapp
I will be gutted if Roy does go because I would far rather he stayed at Old Trafford. (on Roy Keane leaving Manchester United) -- Rio Ferdinand
Lee Roy was the best college linebacker - bar none. He would have made every tackle on every play if they had stayed in bounds. -- Bear Bryant
Roy Oswalt is a drop and drive pitcher. What is a drop and drive pitcher? He is a guy who drops and drives. Very simple. -- Tim McCarver
I was a pretty good imitator of Roy Acuff, but then I found out they already had a Roy Acuff, so I started singin' like myself. -- Hank Williams
Roy, you left the girls and I surrounded by love. Our families and friends have been amazing. We love you and we miss you so much. -- Susan Wallace
Dontel Benjamin on 'Eastbound' is a loud-mouth, braggadocios, crazy man, while Roy on 'Rake' is a very deliberate, thoughtful man, and he doesn't scream a lot. -- Omar Dorsey
If grammar is medicine, then Roy Clark gives us the spoonful of sugar to help it go down. A wonderful tour through the labyrinth of language. -- Anne Hull
The late Roy Jenkins was both a mentor and a personal friend. He was a man of both phenomenal intellect and political achievement in equal measure. -- Charles Kennedy
All my friends got dogs and cats for Christmas, and I got a starfish called Roy. I used to take him down to the park on a lead. -- Noel Fielding
Roy Acuff was a big hero for me, and I was so sad when he passed. It's hard as you get older to lose your friends and family. -- George Jones
On 'Arrow,' we have Ray Palmer and Roy Harper, and if you call Roy 'Ray' and Ray 'Roy,' you have to put money into the jar. -- Marc Guggenheim
We were grooving, at that point, in the same direction, but remember, Roy Hamilton and myself were going into a path and a direction that had no programming. -- Solomon Burke
I've never seen a truly great fighter get knocked onto the ropes unconscious... knocked out cold before... and I saw Roy Jones get knocked out twice in a row. -- Jim Lampley
Maybe now people will give a man credit where credit is deserved. Roy Jones was beaten by a better fighter period. I'm one of the best in the world. -- Antonio Tarver
It was a great thrill just to know Roy Orbison, so to play, sing, write hit songs with him and have him in The Traveling Wilburys was beyond my wildest dreams! -- Jeff Lynne
[Thinking about his first day if he were the Fuhrer] "On that day, all female officers will be required to wear... tiny miniskirts!" [Strikes pose] Roy Mustang, The Flame Alchemist, Full metal Alchemist -- Hiromu Arakawa
I have two moods. One is Roy, rollicking Roy, the wild ride of a mood. And Pam, sediment Pam, who stands on the shore and sobs... Sometimes the tide is in, sometimes it's out. -- Carrie Fisher
Ego depletion comes from American psychologist Roy Baumeister, who believes that enduring something stressful exhausts our capacity for willpower to the extent that we give in to our temptations that we would rather avoid. -- Bruce Hood
One of my favorite expressions ever uttered by a player is Roy Campanella's line about how, in order to be a major-league player, you have to have a lot of little boy in you. -- Vin Scully
I've never been more moved by a voice than I have been by Roy Orbison. I loved him personally, and I loved his voice. I think of him often and frequently listen to his songs. -- Dolly Parton
The first song that made me interested in music was 'Oh, Pretty Woman' by Roy Orbison. It was the guitar intro, that riff, that I really liked and made me listen in a different way. -- Geddy Lee
I grew up with the television product being old Western serials like Roy Rogers, and John Wayne and Gary Cooper, and many others were my favorites when I was a young person going to films. -- Steve Kanaly
As much as I loved Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Junior Gilliam, and Don Newcombe, I loved watching Willie Mays play more than all of them combined, even if he played for the 'bad guys!' -- Cheech Marin
Roy remembered the time he and his father had a talk about fighting. 'It's important to stand up for what's right,' Mr. Eberhardt had said, 'but sometimes there's a fine line between courage and stupidity. -- Carl Hiaasen
I remember when I was working on All Alone in the Universe, and Robin Roy was my editor. When I first sent it to her, she said kids this age don't want pictures in their books. -- Lynne Rae Perkins
Ronnie Moran, Joe Fagan, Bob Paisley, Roy Evans - they were hard on us young players. If you got a 'well done' off Ronnie Moran, you must have played well... They never used superlatives at Liverpool. -- Paul Jewell
Roy Blount, who is the funniest person I know, journeys deep into the dark heart of humor and brings back a wonderfully insightful, superbly crafted song of the soul that had me laughing and crying too -- Dave Barry
Durkon: You're only saying that because you don't want the world to end.Roy: Of course I'm only saying that because I don't want the world to end. This is not an otherwise common topic of conversation . -- Rich Burlew
Ram Mohan Roy would have been a greater reformer and Lokmanya Tilak a greater scholar if they had not to start with the handicap of having to think in English and transmit their thoughts chiefly in English. -- Mahatma Gandhi
Night Owls is a fast, fun read that kept me turning the pages. Lauren M. Roy delivers a plot that zips, dialogue that zings, and a cast of characters you'll cheer for to the very end. Thumbs up! -- Devon Monk
Don't Let Him Know is a rich, evocative and brilliantly told tale of family, of loyalties, and of love that must stay secret. Sandip Roy has broken new ground in this tale of the modern Indian family. A lovely read -- Abraham Verghese
The first piece I ever collected was a Roy Lichtenstein: a sculpture called 'Surrealist Head II'. There was a waiting list. I remember Steve Martin wanted one, and I wanted one. I got the 'Surrealist Head', and I was thrilled. -- Jeff Koons
Roy Blount is so funny, and he sounds like he's just talking, and the next thing you know he has tossed off an essay as elegant and intricately structured as a birdsong. His ear for American speech is better than anybody's. -- Ian Frazier
I love it when mothers get so mad they can't remember your name. "Come here, Roy, er, Rupert, er, Rutabaga... what is your name, boy? And don't lie to me, because you live here, and I'll find out who you are." -- Bill Cosby
When I was in Congress, I worked with Joe Kennedy to rename the Justice Department for Bobby, and when I retired, Teddy Kennedy sent me this Roy Lichtenstein print of his brother, inscribed: 'Bobby would have been proud of you.' -- Joe Scarborough
Lee Ann Womack is from near where I grew up in East Texas, so I've always looked up to her. I sang a lot of Dolly Parton as a kid and a lot of traditional western swing, like Patsy Cline and Roy Rogers. -- Kacey Musgraves
Although the French appellation system has its roots in the 1923 system created in Chateauneuf-du-Pape by Baron Le Roy, proprietor of the renowned Chateau Fortia, Chateauneuf-du-Pape never developed a reputation for quality or achieved the prestige enjoyed by such regions as Burgundy and Bordeaux. -- Robert M. Parker, Jr.
Some worked in collaboration with each other to produce comics as well as short stories.I was partnered with Anita Roy. We critiqued each other's stories. Hers is a corker: future Masterchef. I chortled. There's not a single dud in Eat the Sky. -- Justine Larbalestier
Roy Blunt is another white guy in a suit, and I think the public wants change. There's a good old boys' network out there that's hard to penetrate... and it's not always in the best interest of the party or for conservative principles. -- Sarah Steelman
Riza: Without his Alchemy he's just... Jean: A little brat who swears a lot Maes: An arrogant pipsqueak Roy: Useless. Just useless Alphonse: Sorry big brother, I don't know how to add to that... Ed *starts to cry*: YOU'RE ALL PICKING ON ME!!! -- Hiromu Arakawa
Just slip out the back, Jack, make a new plan, Stan, you don't need to be coy, Roy, just get yourself free. Hop on the bus, Gus, you don't need to discuss much, just drop off the key, Lee, and get yourself free. -- Paul Simon
Every little boy wanna pick up the mic, And try to run with the big boys and live up to the real hype. But that's like pickin up a ball, playin with Mike, Swingin at Ken Griffey or challengin' Roy to a fight. -- LL Cool J
It's sad when you see most of your friends in the business gone, like Tommy Cooper, Frankie Howard, Eric Morecambe, Roy Castle, Les Dawson. They were very dear to me. You no longer have the chance to bump into them at a celebrity do. -- Bruce Forsyth
Mickey Mouse popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad 20 years ago on a train ride from Manhattan to Hollywood at a time when business fortunes of my brother Roy and myself were at lowest ebb and disaster seemed right around the corner. -- Walt Disney
I started in high school with a teacher there. I also took lessons at the Conservatory of Music in Detroit. Detroit was very motivating. There were a lot of local people who inspired me like Kenny Burrell, Paul Chambers, Roy Brooks, Donald Byrd, etc. -- Yusef Lateef
I like Roy Orbison's video for 'I Drove All Night' because it's so literal. It is just a man driving throughout the night. I like that silliness. To be in a video is a ridiculous thing. It's almost impossible to do it without any humour. -- Richard Ayoade
Roy received my comments with a forced smile. "Hardy, didn't I warn you not to date a woman who reads?" Hardy seemed amused by my outspokenness. "Keeps the arguing to a minimum," he replied. "No point in trying when I know she's going to win. -- Lisa Kleypas
If Abstract Expression reached for the sublime, Pop turned ordinary imagery into icons. Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol illuminated the transformative power of context and the process of reproduction. Claes Oldenburg's soft ice-cream cones and hamburgers changed sculpture from hard to soft, from stasis to transformation. -- Arne Glimcher
I confess that Roy was a little bit dictatorial in his editing and he ruined quite a number of my pictures, which he stopped doing later. He used to punch a hole through a negative. Some of them were incredibly valuable. He didn't understand at the time. -- Ben Shahn
I grew up in Alice, Texas, a small oil town with one theater that only showed Roy Rogers movies. So when I got the role, I had never even seen a Bond film and had only had a vague notion about the idea of a Bond girl. -- Lois Chiles
The most significant bands I played in when I first got to New York were Bobby Watson's band, Roy Hargrove's first band, Benny Golson's band, Benny Green's trio, and probably the most significant out of all of those, for me personally, was playing in Freddie Hubbard's band. -- Christian McBride
I confess that Roy [Stryker] was a little bit dictatorial in his editing and he ruined quite a number of my pictures, which he stopped doing later. He used to punch a hole through a negative. Some of them were incredibly valuable. He didn't understand at the time. -- Ben Shahn
In India, I'm always 'Aruna Roy's husband.' -- Bunker Roy
I would rather have 10,000 stories than 10,000 in my bank account @myhumancompass Roy ('Backpack') Baron author of Looking Glass Shattered. -- Roy Backpack Baron
Roy Jones still number one and it's gon' be that way baby! For all these doubters, him [points to Larry Merchant] and the rest of them that said Roy Jones is a fluke, now they know. -- Roy Jones Jr.
One thing you gotta know about Roy. The way I always saw myself, is I'm just like you. In the ring, I have a gift...That gift ain't on the basketball court. That gift ain't at home. You understand me? That gift is in the ring. -- Roy Jones Jr.
I'm a hybrid-genre person, which a lot of people find confusing. I grew up listening to American country music and rock n' roll made between 1955 and 1959. The Everly Brothers and Chuck Berry were my first musical loves and are still what I am most moved by. Roy Orbison came a little bit later. -- Teddy Thompson
I love the song 'Into the Night.' It's Roy Orbison meets David Lynch meets Iggy Pop on amphetamines. It has a punk edge that is not HIM, per se. It is super melodic and super '60s, and that is very new to me and it is a sense of achievement to me. -- Ville Valo
I loved Roy Acuff with all my heart, and I never dreamed I'd be able to meet him or see him onstage, or especially become good friends with him. For all this to happen, it's hard to explain what a dream this is when you love something as much as I love traditional country music. -- George Jones
When I first moved to L.A., I discovered Roy London. I didn't know anything about the arts, the profession; I had no technique, I knew nothing, I'm fresh from Missouri. I sat in on a few classes, and they just felt a little guru-ish and just didn't feel right to me. Until I met Roy. -- Brad Pitt
I love golf. But do you know how I got good at golf? Because of Charles Barkley. I was playing with Charles, Michael Jordan and Roy Green, and Charles was talking so much trash. On every shot, he was talking trash. So I left the tournament, and I went and practiced for a year and half. -- Eric Dickerson
There are characters that have made me uncomfortable. I did a film called 'Rob Roy,' and I played Killearn, who was this sort of greasy fallen-angel character who was voyeuristic and sleazy and really unpleasant. It was a great role, but I didn't especially enjoy living with this awful man for the length of time it took to make the movie. -- Brian Cox
I came to Los Angeles only after filming 'A Good Day to Die Hard,' when I was cast in the independent movie 'Delirium.' Director Lee Roy Kunz was looking everywhere for a Russian actress. He saw my photos, and only then he learned where I starred before! Eventually, I spent several months in the U.S., and we made the film quickly. -- Yuliya Snigir

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