Jon Batiste Quotes

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• When I have people around, I'm a chatterbox. But when I'm alone, I never speak. I don't talk to myself; it's just not my schtick.

  

  J. C. Chandor
  • People
  • Alone
  • Myself

• You don't always get to work as much as you like, because I'm waiting to find things that I care about. Sometimes that's frustrating.

  

  Laura Dern
  • Work
  • Care
  • Waiting

• Women are blessed with energy - a power which is unique. I have been very fortunate to have played strong women and explored their strengths through my films.

  

  Vidya Balan
  • Women
  • Power
  • Strong

• I always start the day by washing my face and moisturizing.

  

  Halston Sage
  • Day
  • Always
  • Start

• In truth, to know oneself seems to be the hardest of all things. Not only our eye, which observes external objects, does not use the sense of sight upon itself, but even our mind, which contemplates intently another's sin, is slow in the recognition of its own defects.

  

  Saint Basil
  • Mind
  • Truth
  • Eye

• Few men can be said to have inimitable excellencies: let us watch them in their progress from infancy to manhood, and we shall soon be convinced that what they attained was the necessary consequence of the line they pursued, and the means they used.

  

  Adam Clarke
  • Men
  • Progress
  • Said

• I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.

  

  Damien Rice
  • Want
  • Stage
  • Flow

• I like things simple.

  

  Valentino Garavani
  • Simple
  • Like
  • Things

• All working parents should have paid family leave. That's one of many reasons I'm working to elect Hillary Clinton. She has a plan to guarantee workers - men and women - up to 12 weeks of paid family leave to care for a new child or a seriously ill family member.

  

  Randi Weingarten
  • Men
  • Women
  • Family

• Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.

  

  Gautam Adani
  • You
  • Government
  • Mean

• A person who has been punished is not less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.

  

  B. F. Skinner
  • Way
  • Best
  • How

• The results showed that Joe Mokoena and I had made history. For the first time in the history of education in South Africa, two African students had passed the JC with a First Class degree, regarded as a rare achievement for any student.

  

  Oliver Tambo
  • Time
  • History
  • Education

• I think it's important to experience kindness so that you can experience it more in the future. I believe that patterns of emotional behavior are set down before adolescence. And I think that if you have not observed kindness, you will not recognize it. You have to experience kindness in order to be kind.

  

  E. L. Konigsburg
  • Believe
  • Important
  • Experience

• I love the color pink. It makes a bold statement.

  

  Samuel Larsen
  • Color
  • Bold
  • Pink

• I like almonds as a snack - keeps your energy up but doesn't fill you up.

  

  Ina Garten
  • Up
  • You
  • Energy

• Winston Cup and the Busch Series are two totally different leagues. You get put in different situations.

  

  Adam Petty
  • Different
  • You
  • Two

• Sorry, no, I'm never satisfied with my drumming.

  

  Pat Mastelotto Mr. Mister
  • Never
  • Sorry
  • Satisfied

• I think you could find some waves on the west side of Denmark, but I never tried it.

  

  Lars Mikkelsen
  • Think
  • Find
  • Waves

• He was naming the groups that were pro-war. No one minds his naming the British or the Administration. But to name 'Jew' is un-American - even if it is done without hate or even criticism. Why?

  

  Anne Morrow Lindbergh
  • Done
  • Why
  • American

• Of all the biennials, triennials, quadrennials, internationals, and massive group shows, Documenta, established in 1955 and held once every five years in Kassel, Germany, is seen as the most serious. A statement show.

  

  Jerry Saltz
  • Serious

• In 1917 - as we have seen, - Italy suffered a great reverse, losing 200,000 soldiers and immense supplies.

  

  Kelly Miller
  • Great

• I am a father, and sometimes I want to stay close to home. By varying the workplace, it gives me space to breathe. I enjoy theatre because it reminds me I'm mortal, and it's terrifying when it goes wrong but the most thrilling experience when it flies.

  

  Colin Salmon
  • Home
  • Experience
  • Father

• I'm incredibly proud of everything that we've achieved in Busted. We've enjoyed some of the best times in our lives together.

  

  Charlie Simpson Busted
  • Together
  • Proud

• Music is a tool that brings people together.

  

  Jon Batiste
  • People
  • Music
  • Together