Serena Williams Quotes
I'm an athlete and I'm black, and a lot of black athletes go broke. I do not want to become a statistic, so maybe I overcompensate. But I'm paranoid. Oprah told me a long time ago, 'You sign every check. Never let anyone sign any checks.'
Quotes to Explore
-
As a novelist, I ask of myself only that I tell the truth and that I tell it beautifully.
-
I like to go to my simple cottage by the ocean or, really, any beach!
-
Floyd Mayweather is in the sport to give great performances.
-
It sounds trite to go after men who are nice but when you've been hurt a lot it becomes appealing.
-
We are exactly where we have chosen to be.
-
Now, I am completely independent - I earn my living by speaking and writing.
-
The Passion narratives are the first pieces of the Gospels that were composed as a unity.
-
I have an irregular heartbeat, so that means a fair amount of medication - and I have blood pressure pills, too, but no vitamins or supplements.
-
If life isn't about human beings and living in harmony, then I don't know what it's about.
-
It is a very great mistake, and a very common one, even for well-read persons, to adopt the idea that the progress of the human race in the science of government, in the arts of civilization and refinement, and in the establishment of morality and religion, has been constantly and steadily towards improvement and perfection.
-
I hope we've got a lot of fairways and greens. We'll go from there.
-
There is no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
-
Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
-
Once in awhile, there's stuff that makes me say, That's what theatre's about. It has to be a human event on the stage, and that doesn't happen very often.
-
If you look upon chronic diseases as an epidemic, and you see that the chronically ill are the poor, then you see that this issue of the uninsured is not really a moral but a financial obligation to change health care.
-
It would be a great adventure for Leicester to be in the Champions League.
-
Sometimes it's hard for us to believe, really believe, that God cares and wants good things for us and doesn't just want us to go off and give everything up and become missionaries in Burundi.
-
Movie acting may not have a certain kind of glory as true art, but it is damn hard work.
-
I didnt at first because horror movies scared me too much, but I really do love the genre and its a playground where you can really be artistic and create ideas in the minds of the audience and portray the unreal. Its very cool experimentation ground for a filmmaker.
-
The black-haired Jewish youth lies in wait for hours on end, satanically glaring at and spying on the unsuspicious girl whom he plans to seduce, adulterating her blood and removing her from the bosom of her own people. The Jew uses every possible means to undermine the racial foundations of a subjugated people.
-
I believe that the intention of Holy Writ was to persuade men of the truths necessary to salvation; such as neither science nor other means could render credible, but only the voice of the Holy Spirit.
-
A different script calls for different things. It always takes me a long time to get to know the part, and know the logic behind the words. I have to be with the script for quite a long time before things start to fall into place, before they become part of the character.
-
I'm an athlete and I'm black, and a lot of black athletes go broke. I do not want to become a statistic, so maybe I overcompensate. But I'm paranoid. Oprah told me a long time ago, 'You sign every check. Never let anyone sign any checks.'
