Singles Quotes

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Envy, like the worm, never runs but to the fairest fruit; like a cunning bloodhound, it singles out the fattest deer in the flock.

If I had played my career hitting singles like Pete (Rose), I'd wear a dress.

There are some who want to get married and others who don't. I have never had an impulse to go to the altar. I am a difficult person to lead.

All my singles went platinum-plus.All my records and videos were groundbreaking.

I tend not to listen. When I'm listening to records, I don't listen to much new wave stuff, I tend to listen to the stuff I used to listen to a few years back but sort of odd singles.

I don't believe in singles. The singles market has changed. I am trying to get back to the old days of releasing albums at will, like Star Wars coming out again.

I'm single because I was born that way.

Marriage? I ain't got time for a husband or child. All my life I've looked after myself as if I was my own child.

Singles hitters drive Fords. Home-run hitters drive Cadillacs.

The Chicago Cubs are like Rush Street-a lot of singles, but no action.

I go from stool to stool in singles bars hoping to get lucky, but there's never any gum under any of them.

Most artists should be able to make the album that they want. You don't necessarily pick the singles that you want when you're making a record, but for the most part it's the same process.

I'm a bit of a nerd, I wouldn't mind working in a shop selling records, or having a radio show where I could play obscure singles.

Every woman has to have something which singles her out, which catches the eyes, which makes her the center of attention. I am going to be french.

I asked [my doctors] if I'd be able to play singles tennis and they said I could. That made me very happy since I haven't played in five years.

I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow, than a man swear he loves me.

People don't make albums any more. It's always about singles. I wanted to take that old-school approach.

[I]n the end this shall be for me sufficient, that a marble stone shall declare that a Queen, having reigned such a time, lived and died a virgin.

I'm a free agent so I'm probably gonna be signing a major deal that I'm gonna be announcing pretty soon, and a few good singles are coming out.

Back in the day you wanted your albums to have a theme, and 'Sports' theme was really a collection of singles. It was really a record for its time.

If I follow the inclination of my nature, it is this: beggar-woman and single, far rather than queen and married.

Maybe staying single meant that you never had to grow up.

Back in the days the great emcees made singles, had great shows, won battles, had all the girls and dressed fly. That¹s what I'm about...the total package emcees.

If I'd just tried for them dinky singles I could've batted around .600.

So if everything goes off great, then it being a triple threat match will make it even more exciting instead of a singles match.

Pairs skating and singles are two different things. Although some skaters have achieved this successfully, it is a very difficult transition. You’re looking at double work.

Winning in women's singles felt surreal. I felt that everything I had done - the hard work, the tough times - was all worth it.

I remember when we were in the World Cup in Australia and I had to win the singles against Tony Payne, best of seven legs, to win it. I was 2-0 down but ended up beating him 4-2.

It's always the same, Combs walks, Koening singles, Ruth hits one out of the park, Gehrig doubles, Lazzeri triples. Then Dugan goes in the dirt on his can.

I think it's a lot harder for the pros to have a long career in ice dance and in pairs. It seems the singles have a little bit of a longer career.

With The Guess Who, it took us fifty-something singles before we had hits.

You can't get the visual thing on the record as much as you'd like to. We produced this album, and we'd never done that before, except when we produced singles for ourselves.

Do you realize that I have had five albums in the Top 30. Elvis and The Beatles have never done that. I had five singles in the Top 5, I mean, no one's ever done that.

Obviously, the hit singles get the biggest reaction - that's when you can see people really getting excited.

I want to hit line droves. I want to hit my doubles, my singles, get on base.

My worst decision was not learning Spanish yet. I think it would really help my business if I could do some of my singles in Spanish or a Spanish/English mix.

At least as a single woman, I had time to pursue my own interests, read voraciously, and travel when opportunity presented.

You had to go to a different part of town from where I was to get Muddy Waters singles. I had him on singles.

I'm as embarrassed as hell about it. I purged myself of my shame by buying the Beatles 'all you need is love', one of the most evocative singles of all time.

One of my favorite occupations is making radio/video edits. I love singles.

I've always listened to jazz or folk or blues. I was always listening to the prophets. I don't really go for...I don't know how to say anything about the singles scene without slamming people.

If people had good albums, they'd be buying albums. But people are buying singles because they only have good songs.

I don't want to put 12 singles on an album. I want to make a story, a little movie.

I always thought I was commercial. I always thought I was writing hit singles. These days, whatever's on the radio is considered commercial. People like what's on the radio, whatever it is.

Singles are always simple.

I have been fortunate enough to record several singles and a whole album with Chet Atkins.

I was a better builder than a manager. I'd rather focus on maximizing the opportunities swinging for the fences than minimizing the risk with bunts and singles.

What's going to make me happy is going on the court and holding up trophies, singles and doubles.

Show me a woman with a subscription to a bridal magazine and I'll show you someone who doesn't even have a boyfriend.

I grew up in the day when the Beatles sold 1 million singles in a week. And all you’ve got to do now is sell about 10,000 singles and you’re in the charts.