Mae West Quotes

I've always had a weakness for foreign affairs.

Mae West

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• Timidity does not inspire bold acts.

  

  Mae Jemison
  • Inspire
  • Bold
  • Timidity

• If I didn't believe in what I'm doing, I'd rather go to work in a dime store.

  

  Natalie Wood
  • Work
  • Believe
  • Doing

• When people who are not black are interested in what I do, frankly, I'm always surprised. I don't know if it's my low expectations for white people or what.

  

  Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • People
  • Black
  • Expectations

• I studied at the Hebrew University Medical Faculty, graduated, and was an Israel Defense Forces' combat physician on a Navy ship.

  

  Aaron Ciechanover
  • Medical
  • Ship
  • Physician

• Fortunately, I grew up in a family that was grounded. My mother and father knew how to guide my career and look out for my best interests.

  

  Larenz Tate
  • Up
  • Family
  • Mother

• I hear daily from Hoosier veterans who are forced to wait months on end for their disability claims to be processed. Unfortunately, this is typical.

  

  Jackie Walorski
  • End
  • Daily
  • Disability

• We are breaking new ground in the territory of dumb with 'Shooting Fish.' Dumb, but in good taste. Silly, but not ridiculous.

  

  Dan Futterman
  • Good
  • Silly
  • Dumb

• Detroit's a good investment because, first of all, the entry fee for everything is lower. And, you've got the talent that is here that is ambitious and motivated, so you're going to get in on a much lower cost structure in every way, shape, or form from labor to buildings to whatever.

  

  Dan Gilbert
  • Good
  • Talent
  • Motivated

• Understanding does not cure evil, but it is a definite help, inasmuch as one can cope with a comprehensible darkness.

  

  Carl Jung
  • Help
  • Evil
  • Understanding

• I can go to any restaurant without a reservation, but while I'm there, everyone's gonna be staring.

  

  Macaulay Culkin
  • Everyone
  • Restaurant

• A lot of people think that reptiles don't feel, and they do. I think everyone should keep in mind what it is they are buying and if it is really worth it to them.

  

  Laura Vandervoort
  • People
  • Mind
  • Think

• Ghost! I miss him! Is that weird? I miss him even though I invented him. I feel a lot of tenderness toward him. I don't write a lot of stuff that is sad or that is tender and affectionate, so that has a very special place in my heart.

  

  Mallory Ortberg
  • Heart
  • Weird
  • Sad

• I think we should just tip the government if it does a good job. Fifteen percent is the standard tip, isn't it?

  

  Pat Paulsen
  • Good
  • Job
  • Government

• The music of Hendrix wakes people up to their possibilities. It's more than just dreaming about being a guitar hero.

  

  Carlos Santana Santana
  • People
  • Up
  • Music

• I could work 24 hours and I wouldn't complain once because I'm happiest when I'm working.

  

  Victoria Justice
  • Work
  • Working
  • Complain

• No man is esteemed for gay garments but by fools and women.

  

  Walter Raleigh
  • Women
  • Gay

• Heroes and victims are the product of the mood they were in when opportunity came or when circumstances were at their worst.

  

  Orson Scott Card
  • Opportunity
  • Mood

• Ultimately I am an employee of a corporation, and that’s weird, and does contradict some of the things I believe in. But at the same time, I have to make a living.

  

  Andy Hurley Fall Out Boy
  • Time
  • Believe
  • Weird

• If you like rock and roll, if you like rhythm and blues, if you like jazz, if you like hip-hop, you might be black-ish.

  

  Laurence Fishburne
  • Black
  • Rock

• I think the Enlightenment is leading us into a dark hole, really.

  

  David Hockney
  • Dark
  • Enlightenment

• One day, I'm designing a candy product; the next day, I'm going to a candy factory. The day after that, I might be traveling to Los Angeles to look at a possible location for another store.

  

  Dylan Lauren
  • Candy

• Everyone wants to be an arena act, and it's making country music evolve. People are cutting things more for that arena environment. But who's to say that that is a sign of any more of a successful career than what James Taylor has been able to do, when he still comes and plays the Ryman every two years?

  

  Tracy Lawrence
  • People
  • Music
  • Country

• I've always had a weakness for foreign affairs.

  

  Mae West