First of all the name, and the color purple, I think those two things distinguish the Vikings as much as anything. You go anywhere in the country and say 'Vikings,' they know exactly where you are. You say 'Cardinals,' well, Cardinals who? There are a dozen Cardinals teams in the country in professional and amateur sports.

- Bud Grant

When we first began and I was 14, my influences were the stuff that was in my parent's record collection like Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin.

- Daniel Johns

'Play It Again Sam's opening shot is the same as 'Purple Rose's final one: a close-up of a face, rapt in a movie house. I've certainly felt that in my life. I've been known to cry watching Gene Kelly.

- David Rakoff

We have the most beautiful planet - the Rockies, the purple fields of the United States, the Lake District, the Pyrenees, the turquoise seas of the tropics.

- Dan Aykroyd

God tells us not to judge one another, no matter what anyone's sexual preferences are or if they're black, brown or purple.

- Dolly Parton

I once received a cape that was made from the little purple bags that Crown Royal Whisky comes in.

- Dave Grohl

I was in 'Seussical,' and I was in a cage onstage in a purple yarn suit singing backup, and I was like: 'I've had it. I can't do this anymore.' I will say for the record that I did love the show, but I was like: 'I want to do something else. I need a little more.'

- Casey Nicholaw

I went to a very mean school and was bullied like crazy. I was a bit of a goth with purple hair, and I was also part of the drama group, which was filled with actors and writers and wasn't really accepted by the rest of the school.

- Christina Hendricks

Lunch is a big huge salad with every color in it. From leafy greens to purple to herbs, fresh cut herbs mixed into it for flavors. I vary what I toss into it. Sometimes it might be lentils and chopped tomatoes, other days it could be garbanzo beans, some days I might have just a salad and have some lentil soup on the side.

- Christie Brinkley

The only medal that I am certain I deserved is the Purple Heart.

- Bob Kerrey

I just feel that 'The Color Purple,' which was my 10th book, was a true gift from my ancestors.

- Alice Walker

I struggle immensely with celebrities of all kinds. I get clammy hands and turn a little purple.

- Bryce Dallas Howard

I won't eat any cereal that doesn't turn the milk purple.

- Bill Watterson

My character was obnoxious, had stinky feet and wore things like purple tights and a yellow top. I hated the clothes.

- Andrea Barber

I do quite a lot of art, with a small 'a'. I guess that is how I was dredged up, with paints and crayons. Even when I was at nursery, I knew instinctively how to mix colours, how to make purple or orange.

- Amanda Harlech

New York gave me hell for that 'Purple Swag,' man. They didn't respect me until 'Peso.'

- ASAP Rocky

Purple lipstick? Naw, that looks stupid on all girls!

- ASAP Rocky

I saw Deep Purple live once and I paid money for it and I thought, 'Geez, this is ridiculous.' You just see through all that sort of stuff. I never liked those Deep Purples or those sort of things. I always hated it. I always thought it was a poor man's Led Zeppelin.

- Angus Young

Womanist is to feminist as purple is to lavender.

- Alice Walker

I think 'The Color Purple' is so bursting with love, the need for connection, the showing of the need for connection around the globe.

- Alice Walker