Charles Foster

Charles Foster may refer to:

  • Charles Foster (politician) (1828–1904), U.S. Republican politician from Ohio
  • Charles Foster (athlete) (born 1953), American hurdler
  • Charles Foster (writer) (born 1923), British-born Canadian writer
  • Charles A. Foster (born 1962), British writer, traveller and barrister
  • Charles Foster (figure skater), former president of the United States Figure Skating Association
  • Charles Foster (attorney), U.S. immigration attorney from Texas

Famous quotes containing the words charles foster and/or foster:

    “Thatcher: Now tell me honestly, my boy. Don’t you think it’s rather unwise to continue this philanthropic enterprise, this Inquirer that’s costing you a million dollars a year?
    Charles Foster Kane: You’re right, Mr. Thatcher. I did lose a million dollars last year. I expect to lose a million dollars next year. You know, Mr. Thatcher, at the rate of a million dollars a year, I’ll have to close this place in sixty years.”
    —Orson Welles (1915–1985)

    “Charles Foster Kane: You always said you wanted to live in a palace.
    Susan Alexander: Oh, a person could go crazy in this dump. Nobody to talk to, nobody to have any fun with.
    Charles Foster Kane: Susan.
    Susan Alexander: Forty-nine thousand acres of nothing but scenery and statues. I’m lonely.”
    —Orson Welles (1915–1985)