Slick Rick (Richard Martin Lloyd Walters) Quotes

Let me spell my name out for you, it's Ricky: R: Ravishing, I: Impress, C: Courageous or Careless, K: for the Kangols which I've got, That I wear everyday and Y: Why not?

Slick Rick

• Everyday
• Courageous
• Impress

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• I have a love/hate relationship with just about everything, but certainly with America.

  

  Gary Shteyngart
  • America
  • Hate
  • Relationship

• You need to get down among the people who are the dirtiest and dustiest, and the depravity, and you need to see Christ's light shining there.

  

  Karen Kingsbury
  • People
  • Light
  • Down

• In my opinion we are at the limit now, and 17 races is really too much. With all the testing that we do now, it means we're always on the bike and it's quite difficult.

  

  Valentino Rossi
  • Opinion
  • Bike
  • Too Much

• Dartmoor proper consists of that upland region of granite, rising to nearly 2,000 feet above the sea, and actually shooting above that height at a few points, which is the nursery of many of the rivers of Devon.

  

  Sabine Baring-Gould
  • Sea
  • Feet
  • Height

• Religious belief itself is an adaptation that has evolved because we're hard-wired to form tribalistic religions.

  

  E. O. Wilson
  • Religious
  • Belief
  • Form

• When our backs are on the wall, that's the time when we enjoy having fun, relax out there, do our thing, don't get the pressure on, see the results, day by day, game by game.

  

  Pablo Sandoval
  • Time
  • Fun
  • Game

• You'd have to be an idiot to say no to 'Hunger Games.'

  

  Natalie Dormer
  • Games
  • Hunger
  • Idiot

• I have a deep compassion for the idea that it's okay to be myself. The idea that anything 'other' is bad and wrong and broken is so wildly off base.

  

  Natasha Lyonne
  • Bad
  • Myself
  • Deep

• My parents always encouraged me to do creative stuff, to do weird stuff.

  

  Jack Kilmer
  • Parents
  • Weird
  • Creative

• There is no concept more generally cherished by publishers than that of the Undeserving Poor.

  

  A. J. Liebling
  • More
  • Poor
  • Cherished

• A large nose is in fact the sign of an affable man, good, courteous, witty, liberal, courageous, such as I am.

  

  Edmond Rostand
  • Good
  • Witty
  • Liberal

• I have never yet seen any plan which has not been mended by the observations of those who were much inferior in understanding to the person who took the lead in the business.

  

  Edmund Burke
  • Business
  • Understanding

• You know what Americans are really sensitive to? Issues of fairness. I think this is a modern phenomenon, born of the civil rights movement. Once you convince Americans that something is basically unfair, you've got a winning cause.

  

  Gail Collins
  • Think
  • Winning
  • Civil Rights

• I never write in a linear way. And I tell students not to. You can only know so much about a book when you first start.

  

  Carol Anshaw
  • Book

• Great businessmen are creators.

  

  Eric Cantona
  • Great

• My favorite period is World War II, and I'm in the middle of writing my fourth novel set in that era.

  

  Ken Follett
  • World
  • Writing
  • War

• I cry a lot because I miss people.

  

  Maurice Sendak
  • People

• Even when you look at, like, movies with some of our famous celebrities, they don't really cry and bring out their tears until, like, forced.

  

  Karamo Brown
  • Famous
  • Tears

• We are constantly protecting the male ego, and it's a disservice to men. If a man has any sensitivity or intelligence, he wants to get the straight scoop from his girlfriend.

  

  Betty Dodson
  • Men
  • Ego
  • Girlfriend

• Make it simple. Make it memorable. Make it inviting to look at. Make it fun to read.

  

  Leo Burnett
  • Fun
  • Simple

• 'It was the work of opportunists, crooks, thugs for their own self-gain and interest.'

  

  Kamisese Mara
  • Work

• If a guy ever walks into a restaurant on a date wearing mandals, you need to leave immediately. It's just not necessary.

  

  Amber Valletta
  • Guy

• I don't see (subprime mortgage market troubles) imposing a serious problem. I think it's going to be largely contained.

  

  Henry Paulson
  • Problem
  • Serious
  • Market

• Let me spell my name out for you, it's Ricky: R: Ravishing, I: Impress, C: Courageous or Careless, K: for the Kangols which I've got, That I wear everyday and Y: Why not?

  

  Slick Rick
  • Everyday
  • Courageous
  • Impress