#monk

When you're dealing with monkeys, you've got to expect some wrenches. ↗

— Alvah Bessie

#expect #got #monkeys #some #you

You never monkey with the truth. ↗

— Ben Bradlee

#never #truth #you

If you can get a twelve year-old kid to go listen to Thelonius Monk, what more do you want? Do you want a big pile of cash, too? That's a home run for me. ↗

— Jimmy Chamberlin

#cash #get #go #home #home run

I learned the way a monkey learns - by watching its parents. ↗

— Prince Charles

#learned #learns #monkey #parents #watching

His name, even, is part of the marketing scheme, I mean, Thelonious Sphere Monk - how can you think of a better name to fit his style of playing? ↗

— Matthew Shipp

#even #fit #his #how #i

Every few generations there are people who come along that change the way we look at the world, for musical enthusiasts Monk is one of these individuals. ↗

— John Conyers

#change #come #enthusiasts #every #few

Too much free time is certainly a monkey's paw in disguise. Most people can't handle a structureless life. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#disguise #free #free time #handle #life

The president is here, strong and firm as a monkey's tail. ↗

— Jean Claude Duvalier

#here #monkey #president #strong #tail

Postwar America was a very buttoned-up nation. Radio shows were run by censors, Presidents wore hats, ladies wore girdles. We came straight out of the blue - nobody was expecting anything like Martin and Lewis. A sexy guy and a monkey is how some people saw us. ↗

— Jerry Lewis

#anything #blue #came #censors #expecting

When I would be myself, I was being big-headed. I was being egotistical. I was a megalomaniac, when it really was just having not to be a monkey for a few hours a day. And fulfilling the need to be a man. ↗

— Jerry Lewis

#being #day #egotistical #few #fulfilling