Esperanza Spalding Quotes

There's the juiciest music that makes me so happy, music that I need on that deserted island when I'm stranded for the rest of my life, and nobody cares that it's there.

Esperanza Spalding

• Music
• Happy
• Cares
• Island

• Previous
• Next

Quotes to Explore

• I had done some TV movies that were great experiences but, no, I wasn't looking to do a series.

  

  Victor Garber
  • Great
  • Done
  • Movies

• You can blow on the dice all you want, but whether they come up 'seven' is still a function of random luck.

  

  Barry Ritholtz
  • Up
  • Want
  • Luck

• I was quite good at football once, although other than that my speciality would be maths. I'm great at sudokus and find all the spin-off games pretty easy too.

  

  Gary Lineker
  • Good
  • Great
  • Pretty

• Do not quit! Hundreds of times I have watched people throw in the towel at the one-yard line while someone else comes along and makes a fortune by just going that extra yard.

  

  E. Joseph Cossman
  • People
  • Fortune
  • Quit

• I never thought for a second that anything I ever did was going to make someone cringe. That never occurred to me.

  

  Larry David
  • Never
  • Thought
  • Occurred

• The principles governing Western democracies, of which Israel rightly considers itself a part, are based on the assurance that everyone has a vote, but also that the minority needs to yield to the wishes of the majority.

  

  Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
  • Vote
  • Wishes
  • Minority

• As a child, I had the opportunity to meet the captain onboard a British Airways flight. It was so exciting to see the cockpit and controls. I was in awe of the captain, and he stamped my log book, which I still have to this day.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Book
  • Opportunity
  • Day

• I pretty much try to stay in a constant state of confusion just because of the expression it leaves on my face.

  

  Dana Carvey
  • Pretty
  • Try
  • Expression

• I grew up on a wide range of stuff. OutKast, they been around for over 20 years, and some of the L.A. cats like Defari, Dilated Peoples and Likwit Crew. I was always going to these shows and catching the KRS-One tennis ball, as he would throw those out, EPMD. I could go on and on.

  

  Mahershala Ali
  • Up
  • Years
  • Tennis

• Tell a man that he is putting on a stage performance in order to get what he wants, and he will irritably reject your observation. Why? Because most people go through life as cunning actors with a permanent horror of getting found out.

  

  Vernon Howard
  • People
  • Life
  • Why

• Kindness and intelligence don't always deliver us from the pitfalls and traps: there are always failures of love, of will, of imagination. There is no way to take the danger out of human relationships.

  

  Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
  • Imagination
  • Human
  • Kindness

• The hair department is always on my case about washing my hair. I am incredibly lazy, and a brat about washing my hair.

  

  Eden Sher
  • Hair
  • Lazy
  • Washing

• I always grew up with, 'Question authority.'

  

  Dana Carvey
  • Up
  • Question
  • Always

• Treat a child as though he already is the person he's capable of becoming.

  

  Haim Ginott

• To me, when I watch movies, it's always fun to watch the bad cop or the bad guy.

  

  Alexander Skarsgard
  • Bad
  • Fun
  • Guy

• Freedom of love is freedom to say yes to many lovers.

  

  Brigitte Boisselier
  • Freedom

• Now, so, if you want to blame someone for wasteful spending, the Republicans are in the majority.

  Chaka Fattah

• There are millions of people, refugees, who have experienced the same conflicts and struggles I did. They have the same potential to defy the odds and achieve great things.

  

  Clemantine Wamariya
  • People
  • Great

• It's always a pleasure when you get to work with people that you actually really like.

  

  Mekhi Phifer
  • People
  • Work

• I like to relax a lot the night before a race. I like having people around me. I don't like being on my own, particularly. Music helps psych you up, too.

  

  Hannah Mills
  • People
  • Up
  • Music

• I think most diets are torture, which is why I don't believe in them. But, as is true with exercise, when you make a change and feel the benefits, you want to stick with it.

  

  Khloe Kardashian
  • Believe
  • Why
  • True

• My general rule is that if everyone knew how to cook fresh produce from their local area, and Monday to Thursday within 20 minutes, you know, there's millions of recipes out there to be had.

  

  Jamie Oliver
  • Monday
  • Thursday

• There's the juiciest music that makes me so happy, music that I need on that deserted island when I'm stranded for the rest of my life, and nobody cares that it's there.

  

  Esperanza Spalding
  • Music
  • Happy
  • Cares