Nat King Cole Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I think my numbers speak for themselves.
-
I'm not very good at being domesticated. I've tried. The domestic life I find claustrophobic - the rituals and habits and patterns.
-
We didn't push the Russians to intervene, but we knowingly increased the probability that they would.
-
I write because I like to make things and the only things I am good at making things with are words.
-
We'll always be fascinated by people who live above the law.
-
I can't bear to see myself even in movies. The feeling is complex. I can't stand the sight of myself.
-
I've done a lot of practical anthropology, living in villages with people and realizing how difficult it is to get out of poverty. When in poverty, people use their skill to avoid hunger. They can't use it for progress.
-
Anyone who is interested in the psychology of children will have observed that whereas one child will resist temptation or seduction, another will easily yield to it. There are children who will hardly oppose any resistance to the invitation of an unknown person to follow him; others who react in an opposite way in the same circumstances.
-
There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.
-
Harpists spend 90 percent of their lives tuning their harps and 10 percent playing out of tune.
-
Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.
-
The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success: Concentration, Discrimination, Organization, Innovation and Communication.
-
No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.
-
I don't think I can play Mr. Bachchan.
-
If you're not in it you can't win it.
-
I never read the tabloids.
-
In order to create there must be a dynamic force, and what force is more potent than love?
-
Cyndi Lauper is really good at talking to you about normal things. It's strange to be in the presence of a big celebrity like that. You want to make these connections and say things related to being a fan. It's not as interesting for them. She's amazing at making small talk without it seeming small.
-
Ideas? My head is full of them, one after the other, but they serve no purpose there. They must be put down on paper, one after the other.
-
The right of an individual to conduct intimate relationships in the intimacy of his or her own home seems to me to be the heart of the Constitution's protection of privacy.
-
It feels like being in a band is a luxury now: like you can only do it if you're signed really early or you come from a wealthy family.
-
My first concert was Pantera.
-
Economics should be defined in terms of what it is about. It should be about how people produce things, how people exchange them, how people earn income, how they pay taxes, how the government provides infrastructure with tax revenue, and how it conducts monetary policy. The subject has to be defined in terms of the object of inquiry.
-
There's just one thing I can't figure out. My income tax!
