Quotes about america
american-businessman himself intrinsic man measure net poor poorer relative tends values worth
Poor is the man who does not know his own intrinsic worth and tends to measure everything by relative value. A man of financial wealth who values himself by his financial net worth is poorer than a poor man who values himself by his intrinsic self worth.
american-businessman change decide people
The world will change for the better when people decide they are sick and tired of being sick and tired of the way the world is, and decide to change themselves.
american-musician band hard people realize
People don't realize who this band is always been because we're so young, and it's hard to get over that stigma. Taylor Hanson
american-athlete bigger game question
Baseball's future? Bigger and bigger, better and better! No question about it, it's the greatest game there is! Ted Williams
american-athlete god
God gets you to the plate, but once your there your on your own.
america believe god
God's blessing has been on America from the very beginning of this nation, and I believe God isn't done with America yet. Ted Cruz
american-businessman life
Life is like a B-movie. You don't want to leave in the middle of it but you don't want to see it again. Ted Turner
american-musician assume certain civil experience life listen people songs tells writers
Sometimes I listen to songs by very smart writers who assume that the world is a civil place with certain formalities that people follow, but I don't see things that way. My own experience tells me that life is not like that. Suzanne Vega
american-musician belongs category humanist
To me, a feminist belongs in the same category as a humanist or an advocate for human rights. I don't see why someone who's a feminist should be thought of differently.
american-author feminine men virile women
What is most beautiful in virile men is something feminine; what is most beautiful in feminine women is something masculine. Susan Sontag
american-producer
I never seen no shootin'. I only know what I heard and what I read. I had no involvement. Suge Knight
american-producer
If I stay in here until I am 100 years olds, I will still be a man.
american-producer anybody far man rap talked walked
As far as anybody in the rap game ever tryin' to assassinate my character, that's impossible. You talkin' about a man who has always walked the walk and talked the talk.
american-producer best
I like Biggie. Like 'Pac, he was one of the best rappers in the business. Why would I try to do something to him?
american-producer belongs gonna
They been callin up here, asking when I am gonna get out. When I hit bricks, it all belongs to me.
american-producer
If you always been my enemy, it's still that way.
american-journalist people
So people are ready. I feel hopeful in that sense. Studs Terkel
american-journalist happens health people somewhere takes wrote
That's why I wrote this book: to show how these people can imbue us with hope. I read somewhere that when a person takes part in community action, his health improves. Something happens to him or to her biologically. It's like a tonic.
american-journalist great people
We are the most powerful nation in the world, but we're not the only nation in the world. We are not the only people in the world. We are an important people, the wealthiest, the most powerful and, to a great extent, generous. But we are part of the world.
american-journalist eventually happens realist time
Why are we born? We're born eventually to die, of course. But what happens between the time we're born and we die? We're born to live. One is a realist if one hopes.
american-activist knowledge
The knowledge I have now is not the knowledge I had then. Stokely Carmichael
american-novelist groucho meant people realize wicked
The thing that made Groucho special was the way he used his body parts. He also had a wicked tongue. People didn't realize it, but when Groucho said something, he meant it. Sidney Sheldon
american-activist power
Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have. Saul Alinsky
american-novelist art
What is art but a way of seeing? Saul Bellow
american-author answered dry expect expectation hope life prayers rains seasons wondrous
Expect to have hope rekindled. Expect your prayers to be answered in wondrous ways. The dry seasons in life do not last. The spring rains will come again. Sarah Ban Breathnach
american-author precede striving struggle
Always remember that striving and struggle precede success, even in the dictionary.
american-author
You get weird and unsettling behaviour in the country. Sara Paretsky
american-author came female likable private time
I thought it was time for a tough, smart, likable female private investigator, and that's how VI came to life.
american-author pick piece public trying wants
I'm afraid I'm still trying to find that balance. Especially now that everyone wants a piece of me. I find that I have to become more and more reclusive, and pick and choose when I am public and when I am private. Sandra Cisneros
american-author basic
The basic rule of free enterprise: You must give in order to get.
american-author best happy hobby money
The best way to make happy money is to make money your hobby and not your god.
american-author complement money
Making money is a hobby that will complement any other hobbies you have, beautifully.
american-author cheating good mediocrity stay
All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and mediocrity is easy. Stay away from easy.