Booker T. Washington Quotes

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• I want to continue to be me and share with people.

  

  J. R. Martinez
  • People
  • Want
  • Me

• But the weakness comes from these Westernised co-opted Muslim leaders who just want to look good in the eyes of the West and Western media.

  

  Abu Bakar Bashir
  • Good
  • Eyes
  • Media

• I was king of the mountain for a long time, well, I don't want that no more. I like to perform every once in a while for people who want to see me, and cut albums of music that is what I'm really about.

  

  Waylon Jennings
  • People
  • Time
  • Music

• I think there's a lot of naivete and hubris within our mix of personalities. That's probably our worst crime. I keep wondering what a 'mature' record means.

  

  Ian Williams Battles
  • Think
  • Crime
  • Worst

• With me serving as the president, we filed a $3-million lawsuit against the league and its member clubs in an attempt to win increased pension benefits and a larger share Of television revenue.

  

  Ted Lindsay
  • Win
  • President
  • Member

• Stop a minute, right where you are. Relax your shoulders, shake your head and spine like a dog shaking off cold water. Tell that imperious voice in your head to be still.

  

  Barbara Kingsolver
  • Stop
  • Water
  • Dog

• The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • People
  • Real
  • Why

• The world is not black and white; there are lots of shades of grey. There are good things and bad things in every era, and I think it's kind of very blindfolded to say one era was wonderful, as it was wonderful, but there were a lot of bad things as well.

  

  Iris Apfel
  • World
  • Good
  • Bad

• Getting a great idea with song writing is a lot like love. You don't know why this one is different, but it is. You don't know why this one is better, but it is. It sticks in your head, and you can't stop thinking about it.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Great
  • Different
  • Thinking

• I look formidable.

  

  Vin Diesel
  • Look
  • Formidable

• Ringside seats mean you hear the breaking of ribs, the splattered cartilage of what was once the boxer's nose, the dislocation of the jaw, the horrifying 'ugggh' that the boxer utters milliseconds after receiving a crushing left hook to the solar plexus or kidneys or head.

  

  Dan Hill
  • Mean
  • Nose
  • Solar

• I'm sure it is, I'm not for any kind of war, we've been engaged in several wars since the second world war and we lost in Korea, we lost in Vietnam, they are political wars, they have nothing to do with any real threat, nor does this one.

  

  Larry Hagman
  • World
  • Real
  • War

• If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time.

  

  Edith Wharton
  • Time
  • Good
  • Trying

• Follow the wisdom of the great actor, James Cagney, you hit your mark, you look the other guy in the eye, and you tell the truth.

  

  Larry Merchant
  • Great
  • Truth
  • Guy

• When I was living in Paris in the '80s, I used to go out with an American model who couldn't speak French. But suddenly everyone could speak English because he was so cute.

  

  Edmund White
  • American
  • English
  • Model

• Most companies don't have the luxury of focusing exclusively on innovation. They have to innovate while stamping out zillions of widgets or processing billions of transactions.

  

  Gary Hamel
  • Innovation
  • Luxury
  • While

• My degree was in theater administration. So I can sell the hell out of a ticket at the box office.

  

  Jack McBrayer
  • Hell
  • Office
  • Box

• Every argument for Negro suffrage is an argument for women's suffrage.

  

  W. E. B. Du Bois
  • Women
  • Argument
  • Suffrage

• I have a problem with the way the House is run. I believe that a few people at the top of a pyramid of power have controlled this place for a long time.

  

  Dan Webster
  • People
  • Time
  • Believe

• Usually when I work, I'm totally dedicated to the role, and when I leave the set, I bring some of my character home with me, but I can't bring anyone home with me now because my son would freak out.

  

  Marion Cotillard
  • Work
  • Home
  • Character

• In Halloween, I viewed the characters as simply normal teenagers. Laurie, Jamie Lee's character, was shy and somewhat repressed. And Michael Myers, the killer, is definitely repressed. They have certain similarities.

  

  John Carpenter
  • Character
  • Halloween

• I figured things would be better in Washington, that I'd find a lot of people I admired and belonged with. Washington is worse, Paul-Ilium to the tenth power. Stupid, arrogant, self-congratulatory, unimaginative, humorless men. And the women, Paul-the dull wives feeding on the power and glory of their husbands.

  

  Kurt Vonnegut
  • People
  • Men
  • Women

• If you are telling the truth, then you can speak gently, and your words will have power.

  

  Chogyam Trungpa
  • Power
  • Truth
  • Words

• Character is power.

  

  Booker T. Washington
  • Character
  • Power