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Hip-hop in Africa has been very often a duplication of an American experience, but in a context that's totally alien to it.
In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet.
I often advocate that we look at many sides of an issue, walk in someone else's shoes, and identify and reject false choices.
But often times, I feel like I'm so blessed, it's not fair. That what I'm doing is not contributing to the good of the world.
Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another - too often ending in the loss of both.
My advice to every one expecting to go into business is to hit often and hit hard; in other words, strike with all your might.
When I wear high heels I have a great vocabulary and I speak in paragraphs. I'm more eloquent. I plan to wear them more often.
Women often have a great need to portray themselves as sympathetic and pleasing, but we're also dark people with dark thoughts.
Humans are possessed, to some degree, with the power of foresight. Yet we so often learn things the hard way, through disaster.
Life is difficult, and if you sit around waiting for fun to show up, you'll find yourself going without it more often than not.
Kindness is not about instant gratification. More often, it's akin to a low-risk investment that appreciates steadily over time.
When men attempt bold gestures, generally it's considered romantic. When women do it, it's often considered desperate or psycho.
I have often wondered what my life would have been like if I had needed a size thirty-eight bra instead of a modest thirty-four.
I often think that a slightly exposed shoulder emerging from a long satin nightgown packs more sex than two naked bodies in bed.
Crab meat is surprisingly sweet in its purest form, which is why it is often pepped up with zippy chilli and lifted with citrus.
It is a mistake for a sculptor or a painter to speak or write very often about his job. It releases tension needed for his work.
I often think that the prime directive for me as a teacher of writing is akin to that for a physician, which is this: do no harm.
It is often easier to become outraged by injustice half a world away than by oppression and discrimination half a block from home.
What breaks my heart is suffering of any kind. Too often, our world is divisive and cruel where it needs to be uniting and loving.
Being a solo artist in general can be incredibly lonely. It's funny how often the bigger you get sometimes, the lonelier you feel.
I often talked to Bing Crosby, and while I liked him, I never understood why he was so popular. To me his voice was just a gimmick.
Tracing the beginnings of the interwoven stories of science can be arbitrary, as beginnings are so often lost in the mists of time.
Sometimes, if you begin to sing in a halfhearted mood, you can sing yourself up the ladder. Singing will often make the heart rise.
I've had a somewhat typical experience in that many of the contemporary writers I was exposed to early on were white and often male.
When the truth is spoken, it doesn't need to be adorned. It just needs to be simply stated, and often it only needs to be said once.
I'm often loose with my tongue. I may have said something about the NAACP being un-American or Communist, but I meant no harm by it.
Ignorant free speech often works against the speaker. That is one of several reasons why it must be given rein instead of suppressed.
We as people often subscribe to hope to feel better about our lives, to escape the harsh and sometimes cruel injustices of the world.
Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.
Government is the ultimate monopoly. And monopolies, as any economist will tell you, often breed complacency and a lack of innovation.
Fear is often our immediate response to uncertainty. There's nothing wrong with experiencing fear. They key is not to get stuck in it.
In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather than the applause of thousands of people.
For me, singing sad songs often has a way of healing a situation. It gets the hurt out in the open into the light, out of the darkness.
If I get married in the future, I want to have a relationship like friends with my other half. It'd be best if we can communicate often.
For a long time, I thought I was ugly and disfigured. This made me shy and timid, and I often reacted to insults that were not intended.
To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often a good thing to say, and always a clever thing to say.
I'm inspired by many different things. Often, I'm inspired by experiences I've had, books I've read, people I've met, stories I've heard.
I have a lot of very close girlfriends and sisters - I'm from an all female family. My father often quips that even the cat was neutered!
It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone.
People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates.
Our world needs to move from managing crises to preventing them in the first place. Too often, the world responds too late and too little.
People often ask me if I believe in God, and I kinda have to, because I'm still here. I had not planned on living this long, and here I am.
There are all kinds of monuments to adults - usually dead and usually white. But we don't often lift up the extraordinary work of children.
Sometimes I am so dry that people don't know I'm kidding and think I'm being serious. I enjoy this because their reactions are often funny.
Hindsight can be merciless. People of any given era often look back in time and wonder how their predecessors could have been so dimwitted.
Leaking tunnels, congested roads, rusting bridges, and aging railways often mean one thing: lost opportunity from delays and cancellations.
If we're stuck with having expectations, there's a very good reason to embrace positive ones: it's that we often create what we anticipate.
Donald calls me and asks me what I think. Very often I will answer him, but Donald Trump is his own adviser. He is his own campaign manager.
Often times, when you find an edge, it's not for very long. People figure it out, so you have to try and exploit it, quickly, while you can.
Businesses often forget about the culture, and ultimately, they suffer for it because you can't deliver good service from unhappy employees.