Sun Ra Quotes

I have many names; some call me Mr. Ra, others call me Mr. Re, you can call me Mr. Mystery.

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• Part of being a top-20 firm is mind-share.

  

  J. B. Pritzker
  • Mind
  • Being
  • Part

• The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of the author.

  

  Isaac D'Israeli
  • Criticism
  • Author
  • Noble

• We've improved the machine, found some good tires and I think I've improved my riding as well over these past two days.

  

  B. R. Hayden
  • Good
  • Past
  • Improvement

• I have a major problem with the division that occurs because of the division of language.

  

  Andrew Breitbart
  • Problem
  • Language
  • Division

• The thesis that the universe has an originating divine cause is logically inconsistent with all extant definitions of causality and with a logical requirement upon these and all possible valid definitions or theories of causality.

  

  Quentin Persifor Smith
  • Universe

• Oh, Jeeves,' I said; 'about that check suit.' Yes, sir?' Is it really a frost?' A trifle too bizarre, sir, in my opinion.' But lots of fellows have asked me who my tailor is.' Doubtless in order to avoid him, sir.' He's supposed to be one of the best men in London.' I am saying nothing against his moral character, sir.

  

  P. G. Wodehouse
  • Men
  • Character
  • Opinion

• For more than half a century... this Union has stood unshaken. Whatever dangers may threaten it, I shall stand by it and maintain it in its integrity to the full extent of the obligations imposed and the powers conferred upon me by the Constitution.

  

  Zachary Taylor
  • May
  • History
  • Integrity

• I play all my own instruments. I write my own material. And I do not lip-synch. I sing live.

  

  Kaci Brown
  • Writing
  • Live
  • Play

• Dropping her hand, she turned in his arms. Then, rising up on tiptoe, she cupped his face in her palms and drew him down. Her kiss was innocent, vulnerable, a caress so gentle that it made him her slave between one breath and the next.

  

  Nalini Singh
  • Up
  • She
  • Hand

• It should be possible, in a 'debreviation' mode, to type 'clr' on the keyboard and have 'The Council on Library Resources, Inc.' appear on the display.

  

  J. C. R. Licklider
  • Library

• Energy is the only universal currency: one of its many forms must be transformed to another in order for stars to shine, planets to rotate, plants to grow, and civilizations to evolve.

  

  Vaclav Smil
  • Energy
  • Civilization
  • Shine

• Exercise helps me with stress. It changes your brain chemistry. I turn to Ashtanga yoga when I feel the need to relax. I love it, but it's not right for everybody. It's taught to you a little bit at a time, according to your body type and your strength. That keeps things challenging.

  

  Lisa Edelstein
  • Time
  • Brain
  • Exercise

• I think if you come out to California trying to be an actor, it's pretty hard. There's desperation. A lot of people are desperate, and a lot of people are clueless, including me. It's hard to try to figure it out. I've never told you, but I have head shots that if you saw them... they're so terrible! It's so embarrassing.

  

  Zach Galifianakis
  • People
  • Trying
  • Pretty

• I’ve come to the conclusion that people who wear headphones while they walk, are much happier, more confident, and more beautiful individuals than someone making the solitary drudge to work without acknowledging their own interests and power.

  

  Jason Mraz
  • People
  • Work
  • Music

• If this taxation exemptions for Church were rescinded, our property taxes would be substantially lowered, and those who rent houses and apartments would consequently be able to pass along this savings in the form of lowered rents. It could have a profoundly salubrious effect on the entire economy.

  

  Madalyn Murray O'Hair
  • Church

• I really like the idea of consumption tax, and most countries have a pretty serious consumption tax. It's called a value-added tax or a goods and services tax ... It's a sales tax. It doesn't tax labor, it doesn't tax savings or investment - it taxes consumption.

  

  T.R. Reid
  • Pretty
  • Value
  • Serious

• The income tax only taxed the Rockefellers, the Morgans and the Vanderbilts. It was aimed at the top 4 percent, and the top rate then in 1913, was 7 percent. Woodrow Wilson had a big ceremony and said, "I'm delighted to be president at the creation of this popular new tax."

  

  T.R. Reid
  • Popular
  • President
  • Creation

• When you play so many outcasts and derelicts, or even a murderer, you need to play someone healthy.

  

  William Sanderson

• Some men do as much begrudge others a good name, as they want one themselves: and perhaps that is the reason of it.

  

  William Penn
  • Men
  • Want
  • Reason

• "What was the name of Pygmalion's sister?" She blinked, twice, obviously surprised. "Ummm," she said, keeping her eyes on me. "I don't know." Rogerson did," I told her. "Rogerson knew everything."

  

  Sarah Dessen
  • Eyes
  • Knows
  • Said

• I can't stand the gossip of celebrities' lives, all the time! Every minute!

  

  William Shatner
  • Life
  • Minutes
  • Gossip

• Recently, I wrote that feminism was 'finding a way of being a girl that doesn't hurt' a way for girls and women to re-negotiate our understanding of the world so that we can become a full and equal part of it rather than just a means of decorating it; to move towards a place where the mere act of being a girl isn't used against us as both a threat and an obligation. Through feminism, I have found a peace of sorts from the sense that my femaleness required a constant apology so that I might be given permission to pass through these narrow corridors.

  

  Clementine Ford
  • World
  • Women
  • Girl

• I have many names; some call me Mr. Ra, others call me Mr. Re, you can call me Mr. Mystery.

  

  Sun Ra
  • Names