Xanadu quotes

View Quote Sonny: I've come to take you out of here.
Kira: It can't be done. No one's ever taken anyone out of here. Not in the whole history of... the whole history!
Sonny: I'll make them let you go. Zeus! Zeus, you hear me?
Kira: Oh, God.

View Quote [Sonny is painting Kira's likeness on the Nine Sisters album cover. His boss Simpson is displeased]
Simpson: It is supposed to look exactly like the album cover I gave you! Is that too difficult?
Sonny: If you want me to work, I'll work. If you want stand there and argue, I can get into that, too.
Simpson: Don't be a wiseass, Malone. That painting should be done; what are you wasting all this time on the girl for?
Sonny: Because that's how she really looks.
Simpson: I don't give a damn how she really looks, just get it FINISHED! Now, when are you gonna have it done?
Sonny: Well, I'd say it probably will be done...when it's done, but that's only an approximate guess.
Simpson: Five minutes, my office. If it's six, keep walking.

View Quote A place where nobody dared to go the love that we came to know They call it Xanadu And now, open your eyes and see what we have made is real We are in Xanadu A million lights are dancing and there you are, a shooting star An everlasting world and you're here with me, eternally Xanadu

View Quote But how can our love succeed A miracle is what we need And so I appeal to you To keep me suspended in time with you Don't let this moment die I get a feeling when I'm with you None of the rules apply But I know for certain Goodbye is a crime So love if you need me Suspend me in time

View Quote Come take my hand, you should know me, I've always been in your mind You know I will be kind, I'll be guiding you Building your dream has to start now, There's no other road to take You won't make a mistake, I'll be guiding you.

View Quote From where I stand you are home free, the planets align so rare There's promise in the air, and I'm guiding you

View Quote The love, the echoes of long ago you needed the world to know They are in Xanadu The dream that came through a million years That lived on through all the tears, it came to Xanadu

View Quote You have to believe we are magic, nothin' can stand in our way You have to believe we are magic, don't let your aim ever stray And if all your hopes survive, destiny will arrive I'll bring all your dreams alive, for you

View Quote Ah, what the hell. Guys like me should not dream anyway.

View Quote We've been painted by Michelangelo. Shakespeare's written sonnets about us. Beethoven's played music for us. We're not supposed to feel emotion or show any feelings. Muses are just supposed to inspire.

View Quote You know, I used to be in the music business, but now I'm what you might call retired. It's a refined name for bum.