Walter Mosley Quotes
Losing my parents really set me adrift in more ways than one. It's not just losing them. It's losing the possibility of family.
Quotes to Explore
-
I'm not shy or reclusive. I just spend my time with people rather than journalists.
-
I felt unhappy and trapped. If I left baseball, where could I go, what could I do to earn enough money to help my mother and to marry Rachel? The solution to my problem was only days away in the hands of a tough, shrewd, courageous man called Branch Rickey, the president of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
-
I think my numbers speak for themselves.
-
We do high heels, and people know us for that, but the idea of wearing a flat from day to night feels special.
-
I started at the top and worked my way down.
-
The story of civilization is, in a sense, the story of engineering - that long and arduous struggle to make the forces of nature work for man's good.
-
But I used to have a bit of a gambling problem. And that would have been the answer to my prayers. It got worse when I started playing this character, too.
-
The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
-
I have, like, two and a half years of failed jokes that I know I wouldn't repeat, but I certainly have no comprehension of what definitely works. And the only gauge that I can go by is, 'This makes me laugh,' and is joyful... I like to, if possible, do things that people can enjoy and it doesn't take anybody down.
-
I have a condition called Aspergers Syndrome, which is like a mild form of autism It means I don't interact properly in certain social situations.
-
I know a lot of people who use the Internet really wisely. It enriches their lives in some way.
-
To light a candle is to cast a shadow.
-
Eclecticism - every truth is so true that any truth must be false.
-
A startup is literally just a series of unfortunate events where you failed, failed, failed, and failed until you succeed.
-
I had a lousy marriage and I drank too much.
-
I am an earnest advocate of manual training and trade teaching for black boys, and for white boys, too.
-
Human experience depends on everything that can influence states of the human brain, ranging from changes in our genome to changes in the global economy.
-
I'm obsessed with radio. It's a good start to Sunday morning.
-
I'm from the school of, 'if you want more, you have to require more from yourself.'
-
I know bugger all about golf.
-
By the reduction of the Arabs on the one hand and Jewish immigration in the transition period on the other, we will ensure an absolute Hebrew majority in a parliamentary regime.
-
I was born and grew up in Fitzgerald, way down in south Georgia. It was a mill town and my family ran the cotton mill. My grandfather was mayor many times and my family felt deeply rooted to that spot.
-
I'm an actor I'm not a politician. I always kick myself when I talk too much about family, or personal things.
-
Losing my parents really set me adrift in more ways than one. It's not just losing them. It's losing the possibility of family.
