Henry Quotes

I like a composer called Henry Purcell, and I love to listen to Neil Young.

I think it's incredible because there were guys like Mays and Mantle and Henry Aaron who were great players for ten years... I only had four or five good years.

The only hero known to my childhood was Henry Clay.

And it's impossible for me to read Henry James.

Patrick Henry did not say, 'Give me absolutely safety or give me death.' America is supposed to be about freedom.

I read numerous books - loads in fact - and, as I always do when recording a historical project, immersed myself into the subject matter. I spent many hours at Henry's old homes, such as Hampton Court, and visiting the Tower of London. I read no other books during that period.

As long as I sit at Henry Clay's desk, I will remember his lifelong desire to forge agreement, but I will also keep close to my heart the principled stand of his cousin, Cassius Clay, who refused to forsake the life of any human, simply to find agreement.

The nearest we have to a Henry James or an Edith Wharton of the East Coast's Wasp upper classes.

I've played Henry Fonda's mother so often that, whenever we run into each other, I call him 'son' and he calls me 'Ma', just to save time.

Henry Fonda gave me a spanking during a scene in Spencer's Mountain.

Owing to the difficulty of obtaining horses, Mr. Henry returns from this place. In descending the Mississippi I will request him to pay his respects to you.

The events with Henry III happened, obviously the way it happened, liberties were taken.

People have all these preconceptions about me. Whereas if you look at the roles, Henry Hill was the nicest guy in 'Goodfellas!' I was a nice guy too in the comedy 'Heartbreakers.' And I was a really sweet father to Johnny Depp in 'Blow!'

We felt that although they were patchy, there was a tremendous political energy in the Henry plays.

If I have enough ego to say I'm a writer, a director, a producer, and an actor, I should have the energy and the knowledge to write a scene for this great actor named Henry Fonda and direct him in it and have it work.