Opening Ceremony Quotes

Yesterday the flame of the Olympic torch was carried through our great state on its way to Salt Lake City.

I have always loved the Summer Olympics.

The night before the Olympics opening ceremony, my son, who is eight years old, gets very excited and likes to put out a plate of cookies and some milk for Bob Costas.

I've been obsessed with Opening Ceremony since I moved to New York. I've spent whole paychecks there.

There's a lot of pageantry involved in opening day, flyovers, extra long TV breaks and stuff. To say that it's not important, more so than some other ones, it is. It's the first game of the year. but I got 30 starts to make. Each win or loss is equally as important.

I really like the Chloe Sevigny for Opening Ceremony collection - all of those kind of laser-cut leather dresses.

Each Olympics is different.

I'm involved with this exhibition, which is a collection of Nobby Clarke's photos of the opening night of my own art exhibition.

In Montreal, I kept thinking, 'Pay attention: this is the Olympics! It only happens once every four years!'

The first Olympic Games were held in 776 BC. Do you know who lit the flame? Betty White.

I love Opening Ceremony, Kenzo - anything Humberto Leon and Carol Lim touch. I drool over Christopher Kane, Mary Katrantzou, Delpozo, and Wes Gordon.

Each Olympics is different with their own great parts to it.

I do look at fashion, and I love going to Opening Ceremony and seeing what they have. Seeing what Jeremy Scott is doing. And this designer Bernhard Wilhelm. Proenza Schouler.

I guess you heard about this; the U.S. Olympic Committee is coming under fire after it was revealed that the uniforms for Team USA to be worn in the opening ceremony were made in China. Turns out they were made by some of the same kids who could beat us in gymnastics. That's the worst part.

I'd like to see the Olympics live. I've only watched it on television.

The Olympic Games are the greatest sporting event in the world.

And once we reach the city, my stylist will dictate my look for the opening ceremonies tonight anyway. I just hope I get one who doesn't think nudity is the last word in fashion.

It was a dream come true for me to be at the Olympics.

There is a good reason they call these ceremonies 'commencement exercises'. Graduation is not the end; it's the beginning.

President Bush threw out the first pitch Monday at Cincinnati's great American ball park. 18 Iraqis were killed.

For the party, the Beijing Games are the biggest political happening of 2008. Everything revolves around them. This will be a huge celebration for the President Hu Jintao and the Premier Wen Jiabao.

I remember going down the tunnel into the Olympic Stadium and getting a glimpse of all the people and hearing all the noise, all the people shouting for us. I'd seen Usain Bolt on the warm-up track, and then, as I walked into the stadium, I sort of realised how big it was!

I will remember all the days at the Olympics.

The opening ceremony was good, although I missed it.

I think one of the greatest gigs I played, and we've had many, but to play the opening ceremony at - at the Olympic games in Athens 2004 was pretty special, you know? Because it's such a big deal for the whole world. And the whole world's watching. So that was definitely one of the special ones.