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  • And now for something completely different...

    "Q&A: And now for something completely John Cleese". Interview with Ian Brown, www.theglobeandmail.com. November 21, 2014.
  • Listen -- strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.

    "Fictional character: Dennis". "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", 1975.
  • [Wyatt Earp and the Holy Grail] it is a big story, which is why there are two more films coming, which will bring the total length of the series to 3 hours.

    Source: xstuckinthepastx.blogspot.com
  • While the (America's) Cup is yachting's Holy Grail, it has also come to represent the ultimate test in 'the game of life.' Just as in life, success demands commitment and commitment demands a positive winning attitude. I told all the guys who came into our Cup campaign that if they were going to make the grade they needed three essential ingredients: attitude, attitude and attitude. I wanted commitment to the commitment. When they finally made the crew, some of them joked that they ought to be committed for their commitment to the commitment.

  • What's most galvanizing for me is the opportunity to be topical and relevant and entertaining. That's the holy grail.

  • If you win a National Championship, or you win two, people think you have not only seen the Holy Grail, but you've embraced it. Basically, I do what a lot of people do, but I've been able to win.

    American Academy of Achievement interview, www.achievement.org. May 22, 1997.
  • A second book that makes you rethink the first book is the Holy Grail of a series.

  • The Holy Grail of advertising has always been advertisement that people want to watch, which occasionally happens. You know, the Super Bowl, people sit there and watch the advertisements. Some print advertising is very beautiful.

    "How Free Web Content Traps People In An Abyss Of Ads And Clickbait". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, wncw.org. October 17, 2016.
  • Wyatt Earp and the Holy Grail: The Tale of the Three Gates is a look at humankind's relationship to the elements which surround them. Oftentimes, these elements encroach on them in a way that is not normal.

    Source: xstuckinthepastx.blogspot.com
  • When you're a comedian, the Holy Grail is an hour long HBO special.

    Hbo   Long   Holy Grail  
    "Gabriel Iglesias Interview — Two Fluffy Men Talk Comedy". Interview with Josh Board, fox5sandiego.com. July 26, 2014.
  • Sir Beldevere: What makes you think she's a witch? Peasant 3: Well, she turned me into a newt! Sir Beldevere: A newt? Peasant 3: [meekly after a long pause] ... I got better. Crowd: [shouts] Burn her anyway!

  • Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government.

    "Fictional character: Dennis". "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", www.imdb.com. March 14, 1975.
  • The gods know what's important, what's wrong about you. They know everything. If you go out searching for the Holy Grail, they won't let you find it.

    Tom Spanbauer (2007). “In the City of Shy Hunters”, p.48, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
  • These books can't possibly compete with centuries of established history, especially when that history is endorsed by the ultimate bestseller of all time." Faukman's eyes went wide. "Don't tell me Harry Potter is actually about the Holy Grail." "I was referring to the Bible." Faukman cringed. "I knew that.

    Book   Eye   Holy Grail  
    Dan Brown (2003). “The Da Vinci Code: A Novel”
  • Some men are searching for the Holy Grail, but there ain't nothing sweeter than riding the rail. Pregnant women and Vietnam vets, beggin on the freeway, bout as hard as it gets.

    Men   Holy Grail   Riding  
    "Song: 'Cold Water' ('Mule Variations')". 1999.
  • We are no longer the knights who say Ni! We are now the knights who say ekki-ekki-ekki-pitang-zoom-boing!

  • The insane pursuit of the holy grail of a balanced budget in the end is going to drive the economy into a depression.

  • People influence people. Nothing influences people more than a recommendation from a trusted friend. A trusted referral influences people more than the best broadcast message. A trusted referral is the Holy Grail of advertising.

  • The Americans all love 'The Holy Grail', and the English all love 'Life Of Brian', and I'm afraid on this one, I side with the English.

    Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. February 5, 2008.
  • The holy grail for a music fan, I think, is to hear music from another planet, which has not been influenced by us whatsoever.

    Source: pitchfork.com
  • The Holy Grail of universal coverage in the United States may remain out of reach unless, through rational collective action overriding some individual self-interest, we can reduce per capita costs.

    "The Triple Aim: Care, Health, And Cost" by Donald Berwick, Thomas W. Nolan and John Whittington in "Health Affairs", Volume 27, No. 3 (pp. 759-769), May/June 2008.
  • Sleep is like the holy grail. My trainer says if you're tired, your workout will suffer. Sleep is magic stuff.

    Workout   Tired   Sleep  
  • I remembered my days and nights of sunshine and starshine, where life was all a wild sweet wonder, a spiritual paradise of unselfish adventure and ethical romance. And I saw before me, ever blazing and burning, the Holy Grail.

    Life   Spiritual   Sweet  
    Jack London (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Jack London (Illustrated)”, p.7429, Delphi Classics
  • In the end what will prevail is your passion not your tale, for love is the Holy Grail.

    Tom Robbins (2005). “Villa Incognito”, p.235, Bantam
  • The whole world is determined by trade - which is really the blood of the world. The driving force is everyone's desire to have a better life. How? By consuming. For countries, the "Holy Grail" is economic growth.

    "Spotlight: Yann Arthus-Bertrand, cinematographer and Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme". UN News Centre Interview, www.un.org. February 7, 2011.
  • The ability to diagnose an imminent heart attack has long been considered the holy grail of cardiovascular medicine.

    Heart   Medicine   Long  
    "Will you have a heart attack? New test can possibly predict", www.eurekalert.org. March 21, 2012.
  • Modern society, which, soon after its birth, pulled Plutus by the hair of his head from the bowels of the earth, greets gold as its Holy Grail, as the glittering incarnation of the very principle of its own life.

    Hair   Holy Grail   Gold  
    Karl Marx (2007). “Capital: A Critique of Political Economy - The Process of Capitalist Production”, p.149, Cosimo, Inc.
  • The Holy Grail of neuroscience has been to understand how and where information is encoded in the brain.

  • Securities based on risky mortgages are what toppled financial institutions but it was the government that made the mortgages risky in the first place, by making home-ownership statistics the holy grail, for which everything else was to be sacrificed, including commonsense standards for making home loans.

    Thomas Sowell (2011). “Dismantling America and Other Controversial Essays (Large Print 16pt)”, p.44, ReadHowYouWant.com
  • Well can I just make a point about the numbers because people talk a lot about police numbers as if police numbers are the holy grail. But actually what matters is what those police are doing. It's about how those police are deployed.

    Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
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