Dempsey Quotes

I've seen Dempsey fight and I was impressed with his lack of knowledge. ~ Gene Tunney

Like the philosophy credited to Jack Dempsey: The more punches a man takes, the closer he is to the end. Because a man has only a fixed number of punches he can take in his lifetime. Pa? ~ Joyce Carol Oates

Watching him walk over, Alex mused that Eli Cooper was the sort of man who knew how to use his physicality. Beneath his handmade shirts and tailored suits, a street fighter hummed through every loose-limbed motion. But that impression did not extend to his face, which was structurally perfect. Skyscraper-high cheekbones. Superhero jaw. A mouth that should have a government warning. There were no signs of past trouble with a jealous husband or an abandoned girlfriend. No one had ever broken his nose. No one had busted his lip.
Strange, because her first instinct on seeing him was to roundhouse kick him into the next millennium. ~ Kate Meader

In order to run, an engine must have spark, fuel, and at least 60 psi of compression. One or more of these prerequisites is lacking if a cold engine refuses to start after three or four pulls on the starter cord. ~ Paul K. Dempsey

So quickly? Todd cleared away another wave of tears and looked down at the body on the table. Dempsey's eye was still half-open, but it didn't look back at him any longer. Where there'd been a sliver of bright life, where there'd been mischief and shared rituals - where, in short, there'd been Dempsey - there was nothing. ~ Clive Barker

Kids take you outside your comfort level because you ask yourself, 'How do I answer that question for them?' You think back to your childhood, and it's like: I don't want to give them that, I want to give them this. My life is my children. ~ Patrick Dempsey

Manassa naught,
a padded white envelope
with no return address,
landlocked and antiseptic,
exploited like a gas station.
Beauty
passes through in the briefest of cameos. ~ Brian D'Ambrosio

Payton grinned. "You must be Chase." As she extended her hand in introduction, she took the opportunity to give him a more thorough once-over.
He had dark wavy hair and warm brown eyes. Very Pat-rick Dempsey/McDreamy-esque. Good build, not terribly tall, maybe only five-ten-ish, but since Payton measured in at exactly five-three and one-third inch, she could work with this ~ Julie James

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

What you want in a romantic comedy, is to have two people that you want to see together and how do they overcome the obstacles that are in the way for that to happen. ~ Patrick Dempsey

When I was twenty, in the summer between my sophomore and junior years in college, I fell head over heels for a barista at my local coffee shop. His name was Sam, and he is the most beautiful boy I have ever seen - in any context - and I can promise you that if you saw him, he'd be the most beautiful boy you've ever seen, too. His good looks were beyond the court of public opinion. He looked like the result of a magical gay union between Patrick Dempsey and Freddie Prinze Jr. Think about that for a few minutes. Close the book and set it aside, then close your eyes, and just think about that. I will wait here. I'm actually going to take a few minutes to think about him, too. All right. Calm down. ~ Katie Heaney

I could not have written this book the way I wanted to without the insight of one such friend, Brent Dempsey. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for being so generous with your time and for helping me get it right. I solemnly swear to never again use the words stakeout or perp. ~ Julie James

I did six years of planning to win the championship from Jack Dempsey. ~ Gene Tunney

The best defense is a good offense. ~ Jack Dempsey

How pointless, harboring romantic fantasies about a man who'd made it abundantly clear that he wasn't interested. ~ Diana Dempsey

By forgetting the past and by throwing myself into other interests, I forget to worry. ~ Jack Dempsey

A good fighter usually knows, to within a very few seconds, when a three-minute round is going to end. ~ Jack Dempsey

Can you get any better than Patrick Dempsey? I don't think so! ~ Ellen Pompeo

All you can do is play how you know how to play. ~ Clint Dempsey

When you discover first love as a teenager, your whole life revolves around it and you open yourself up to it. ~ Patrick Dempsey

Sometimes in television, if there are storylines that are oft-told, people can be hypercritical of them. ~ Patrick Dempsey

I was 17 when I left the small Maine town where I'd grown up. I wanted to do something I thought was important with my life, so I headed to California and didn't look back. ~ Patrick Dempsey

Nailing him was like trying to thread a needle in a high wind. ~ Jack Dempsey

Come with me, and I shall become your everything. ~ L.J. Dempsey

God's Word brought me peace and a desire for a relationship with Him. I found that questioning Him and searching for answers through Scripture helped me grow and gave me direction. Now my faith in Christ is what gives me confidence for the future. I know that through both good times and bad, He is faithful and will watch over me. ~ Clint Dempsey

When it comes to popping pills, probably 90 percent bad. And people say they're not addictive - I still have yearnings for them. Especially after a few pints. I don't think you ever lose the yearning for them. ~ Damien Dempsey

My first song was about the smog over Dublin in the 1980s, so yeah, I suppose I was always socially conscious. My first song was not a love song, it was about smog. ~ Damien Dempsey

You know how diamonds grow, Mick? How they become?' The tears were rolling down his face as he spoke, the words coming like water gushing through breaches in a dam. 'By adding microscopic layers of crystals bit by bit, day by seemingly inconsequential day, over millions of years. It's the sum of all those days that makes them whole. That's how we grow, each experience adding another layer, turning us into the people we become. That's why none of us are the same, even though some of us look like we should be. We might have the same DNA, but we're different people. You've grown differently to me, into the brightest diamond of them all. I've been living in your light all this time. ~ Eoin Dempsey

She should pull away, even though she had begged for it with her smart mouth. She should punish him for every crime he'd perpetrated. For being too good-looking, too sexy, too everything. But the kiss was like him - just too damn good. Warm and brutal, providing answers to questions she never knew she had. He teased with his tongue along the seam of her mouth, seeking that last nudge of acceptance as if it was his God-given right.
She parted her lips, and like a predator hinged on her threshold, he took. ~ Kate Meader

My big thing is to make sure the lipsticks taste good when you kiss. And, well, so far they taste pretty darn good. ~ Patrick Dempsey

I'd love to do an acoustic album alright, just on stage. That'd be nice. ~ Damien Dempsey

The hardest thing about having three kids is trying to find a balance, because there's always the odd man out, and you also need to make sure each child gets the attention he or she needs. ~ Patrick Dempsey

I look forward to a time when my career in a place where I can get out of Los Angeles and find a nice small town like I grew up in to raise my family. ~ Patrick Dempsey

It's never too late, not while you've got breath in your lungs and life within you. ~ Eoin Dempsey

With competition there is always ego and hubris ... competition gets in the way of work. ~ Patrick Dempsey

The motivations to humiliate your adversary after pinning him down should not be the way to go. After all, the first rule in politics is to strangle your opponent without leaving finger prints. But for the US and the EU, this cardinal rule seemed to have completely escaped them. They have been all over the place trying to show Russia and indeed the rest of the world who is boss. ~ Smith Dempsey

We are all students. We are all teachers. ~ Dewey Dempsey

I'm the best ever. I'm the most brutal and vicious, the most ruthless champion there has ever been. No one can stop me. Lennox is a conqueror? No! I'm Alexander! He's no Alexander! I'm the best ever. There's never been anyone as ruthless as me. I'm Sonny Liston. I'm Jack Dempsey. There's no one like me. I'm from their cloth. There is no one who can match me. My style is impetuous, my defense is impregnable, and I'm just ferocious. I want his heart! I want to eat his children! Praise be to Allah! ~ Mike Tyson

Drama is easier to do because you just have to have the emotion and not get caught acting, but comedy is much harder. ~ Patrick Dempsey

She thought of the Allied airmen dropping the bombs, wondered if they knew what they were doing, who their bombs were killing. Were they war criminals, as most of the people in the air-raid shelter would testify? Or were things like accountability for war crimes decided by the victors? ~ Eoin Dempsey

In Jack Dempsey's early days he had a fight contract, which paid him two dollars per fight for the fights he won. He received nothing for the fights he lost. Jack Dempsey said that in his early days he was knocked down a lot of times and he usually was tempted to stay down because he knew that no one would hit him again until he started to get up. But Jack was a hungry fighter and he knew that if he was going to eat, he must get up in order to get the two dollars. He tells of one occasion when he was knocked down 11 times in one fight, and 11 times he got up in order to win the $2. ~ Sterling W. Sill

Nobody owes anybody a living, but everybody is entitled to a chance. ~ Jack Dempsey

friends to the dining hall as guests and pay for their food. I suspect that for some of these kids, that was the main meal they ~ Bobbi Dempsey

Turning to Turnip, Miss Dempsey said, 'Do you think?'. 'As little as I can,' Turnip replied honestly. ~ Lauren Willig

Fame is a delicate and dangerous creature; I saw people who didn't honor it, who refused to take responsibility for it, get destroyed by it. I also saw that stardom in and of itself was empty. ~ Patrick Dempsey

She leaned in, a tip she had read today on HuffPo's Love & Sex section. Boobs out, smile wide, voice low.
Being sexy was exhausting. ~ Kate Meader

I did a play called 'On Golden Pond' in a dinner theater in Maine and then went to New York for a talent competition having put together a three-man juggling routine and some one-liners and I got myself an agent from that. ~ Patrick Dempsey

They're a slow-moving lot, reporters. Slothlike. Weighed down by all that righteous indignation about the freedom of the press and the public's right to know, not to mention the liquid lunches they see as their constant due. Go out now and you're playing right into their grasping, ink-stained hands." He cocked an ear to the door. "I'm doing my best to protect your reputation here. It wouldn't do to have a serving wench caught in a compromising position with the lord of the manor."
"You don't have the cleavage to make a good serving wench, Eli. ~ Kate Meader

If there are threats to the United States, then I would of course go back to the president and make a recommendation that may include the use of U.S. military ground force. ~ Martin Dempsey

I was a pretty good fighter. But it was the writers who made me great. ~ Jack Dempsey

When I was a young fellow I was knocked down plenty. I wanted to stay down, but I couldn't. I had to collect the two dollars for winning or go hungry. I had to get up. I was one of those hungry fighters. You could have hit me on the chin with a sledgehammer for five dollars. When you haven't eaten for two days you'll understand. ~ Jack Dempsey

Knowing what she did to him made her feel powerful, just as knowing what he did to her made her feel weak. ~ Kate Meader

I was in my teens and I was going through a bit of a phase, drinking a lot and doing E tablets and getting into street fighting and getting depressed. Then I'd listen to Marley and it lifted me out of it. I'd like to try and do the same for kids, that my music would give them a bit of hope and strength, and they'd know that I was telling the truth and I wouldn't lie to them. ~ Damien Dempsey

With bikes, it is absolutely the case that you will get what you pay for. Invest in quality so it will endure wear and tear. ~ Patrick Dempsey

People sometimes mistake being serious with being taken seriously. ~ Patrick Dempsey

Jack Dempsey and I became friends in the very early 1920s. ~ J. Paul Getty

I have a specialized racing bike, which is great because it has a solid build, is comfortable to ride, and is lightweight. ~ Patrick Dempsey

Let the pawns make their moves. ~ Ernest Dempsey

Champions get up when they can't. ~ Jack Dempsey

When we sing a song we give our soul a cuddle ~ Damien Dempsey

Little did I know that the sport I loved and the skills I learned would later play a role in my relationship with God. ~ Clint Dempsey

The key to a successful marriage is accepting that you're not going to change the other person. And the words Yes, dear. Whatever you want. ~ Patrick Dempsey

When you're fighting, you're righting for one thing - money. ~ Jack Dempsey

All parents set out with expectations, hopes and dreams for their child. When a child is diagnosed with a health problem, these aspirations are altered. While one parent is hoping to see their child graduate from university, another is praying that they can live pain free ~ Sharon Dempsey

Dempsey himself said you only spend so much time in the spotlight before they change the bulb. He had a very clever way with words. ~ Roger Kahn

My wife and I try not to get into each other's work too much. ~ Patrick Dempsey

I love having a big family. I think it's easier, oddly, in some ways, having three children as opposed to one. ~ Patrick Dempsey

If biking is your passion, set aside time to enjoy a good ride. ~ Patrick Dempsey

I don't necessarily want to direct because it's too much work and I don't have the attention span to stay with it that long. But I think getting everyone together on something that appeals to me and developing the material is something that I like to do. ~ Patrick Dempsey

Day One, Morning The Dempsey Penthouse, New York On the morning the ships came, Meyer Dempsey found himself preoccupied with drugs, sex, and business. It would have been hard to believe that just six days later, only one of the three would seem to matter. "You're not listening to me, Heather," he said into the phone. "I'm going to be in LA from Friday to Tuesday. I've already booked time with the studio on Monday. The whole reason I'm coming early is - " Heather cut him off, probably to feed her need for a zinger more than a reply that couldn't wait. Heather was always "on," never really able to take a break and just be a person for once. It was one of the reasons they hadn't been able to stay married. It was like living with a jester. "Because you want to do the Walk ~ Sean Platt

When I left Maine, I always wanted to be a working actor. I never cared too much about being the star. I just wanted to do the work and get on with it. ~ Patrick Dempsey

Housekeeping is incredibly difficult with three kids. I'm trying to be more relaxed. You'll go insane if you try to have a picture-book house. ~ Patrick Dempsey

You my door gunner?" Dempsey said. "Door gunner, aircrew, combat medic, and ass kicker, sir." "PJ? ~ Jeffrey Wilson

Eventually feels a lot different than actually. ~ Patrick Dempsey

You've got to go out there and fight. ~ Clint Dempsey

Not an agent kiss, not anything remotely resembling a peck-on-the-cheek kiss, but a let's-get-started kiss. One that even in hardened, love-tired Los Angeles had a better-than-even shot of producing a happy finish ~ Diana Dempsey

Electronic books lack gravity. ~ James Dempsey

The best part about being married is feeling centered. Nothing else matters so much as long as you can come home and be with your family. ~ Patrick Dempsey

I think dreams can come true, but not necessarily like fairy-tales. It's not always so perfect like that. ~ Patrick Dempsey

I never went to bed in my life and I never ate a meal in my life without saying a prayer. I know my prayers have been answered thousands of times, and I know that I never said a prayer in my life without something good coming of it. ~ Jack Dempsey

Whatever happened to chivalry? Does it only exist in 80's movies? I want John Cusack holding a boombox outside my window. I wanna ride off on a lawnmower with Patrick Dempsey. I want Jake from Sixteen Candles waiting outside the church for me. I want Judd Nelson thrusting his fist into the air because he knows he got me. Just once I want my life to be like an 80's movie, preferably one with a really awesome musical number for no apparent reason. But no, no, John Hughes did not direct my life. ~ Bert V. Royal

A wedding is like a funeral, but with musicians. ~ Patrick Dempsey

I know it can be dangerous, but I love racing. I worry my wife, but she knows it's important to me. ~ Patrick Dempsey

For the first and only time, I was more worried about getting hurt by the crowd than by the guy I was fighting. I got a pretty good blast when introduced. The crowd was hollering and raising hell. I looked around for my bodyguard, a colorful New York character named Wild Bill Lyons, who packed two pearl-handled pistols and used to talk a lot about his days in the West. Wild Bill was under the ring, hiding. ~ Jack Dempsey

I grew up in a house full of women. I have two older sisters and my mum who is a very strong woman. ~ Patrick Dempsey

One of the floral arrangements swayed like a drunken sailor, then toppled, clattering to the floor. ~ Diana Dempsey

It seemed to me truer to the experience to be simply astounded that a small bird floated out there in this century, as its forebears had done for thousands of years before either Jesus or any of the rest of us. Nature had no moral imperative: nothing helped the bird; there was no fellow love for it out there; the water didn't help it, save harboring its food source; the other birds wouldn't mourn its passing; the weather was just the weather. A man stood on the beach, watched it pass, and spoke out loud its name, in wonder and intense joy. ~ Luke Dempsey

I think fame is one of those things where you have a window of opportunity and you have a certain amount of trust from the fans, and without that you don't have a career. ~ Patrick Dempsey

The more games you get, the more confidence you gain. I started to set the bar high for myself. ~ Clint Dempsey

If there is a less likely sight on this earth than Clint Dempsey, the Texas trailer-park kid, doing downward-facing dog poses, or the stalwart Michael Bradley deep breathing through a tree pose, I have yet to see it. ~ Tim Howard

I hate shaving. It's much easier to just do a little stubble, but my wife and daughter like it when I'm clean-shaven. If you see me with a clean face, then you know I'm in the kissing mode! ~ Patrick Dempsey

Gene Tunney called Gibbons 'the perfect boxer.' Gene said he learned more about the technique of boxing and punching from watching Mike training in New York gymnasiums and in actual fights in Gotham than he learned from any other individual associated with the fistic sport.
Moreover, Tunney has told me it was Gibbons' clean-cut victory over Jack Dillon, the mighty light heavyweight from Indianapolis, that inspired in him the belief he could whip Jack Dempsey. ~ George Aaron Barton

I like physical comedy. And I like the old comedies. ~ Patrick Dempsey