Quotes of Joe - somelinesforyou

“ I am the astronaut of boxing. Joe Louis and Dempsey were just jet pilots. I'm in a world of my own. ”

- Muhammad Ali

“ Joe Strummer died today… it's devastating, I couldn't believe it. I just heard it, someone just posted it one my website. Fifty years old… a mere youngster. ”

- Dave Davies

“ Music took a bunch of average-Joe Christians who could play electric guitar and sing and threw them into the limelight. But we were not a bunch of Billy Grahams. ”

- Amy Grant

“ I'm really normal. I play football, go to the beach, drive. We have dogs. I can imagine people calling me a character, but I'm Joe Straight. ”

- River Phoenix

“ Keep your sense of humor. As General Joe Stillwell said, The higher a monkey climbs, the more you see of his behind. ”

- Donald Rumsfeld

“ A man has to be Joe McCarthy to be called ruthless. All a woman has to do is put you on hold. ”

- Marlo Thomas

“ I originally had an idea about a family of people who were homeless, just traveling around without any solid roots or any home, who made their way around working wherever they could. I started it with them. The idea of Joe as a protagonist came along a little later. ”

- Larry Brown

“ Any ballplayers that played for me on either the Cardinals or the Yankees could come to me if he were in need and I would give him a helping hand. I made only two exceptions, Carl Mays and Joe Bush. If they were in a gutter, I'd kick them. ”

- Miller Huggins

“ I want balance. I want to see as many black professionals as possible. I don't care if a guy plays a wild, broad, completely downtrodden character, but I also want to see an average joe; the middle class has been completely unrepresented. ”

- Orlando Jones

“ Ali defeated everyone mentally first. With Frazier, Ali had him so mad Joe was trying to kill him with every shot. With Foreman, he tried to kill him with every shot. Mentally, Ali could not defeat me and physically I felt I was as much a physical power as Ali was… ”

- Ken Norton
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