Richard Petty Quotes
Now they're getting so politically correct you can't even stick your tongue out at somebody.
Quotes to Explore
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I knew I was going to be somebody.
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If it were not for the fact that editors have become so timorous in these politically correct times, I would probably have a greater readership than I have.
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Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.
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I was terrified of getting the chemo. It's not pleasant. And the radiation is not pleasant.
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It wasn't until I let go of the idea of the brass ring that it showed up, and fortunately for me, it coincided with getting clean.
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That's all I cared about too, was getting it right.
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But I know somebody who has a bedside urinal. How do I compete with that?
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We're all terminal; none of us are getting out of this alive.
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You cannot get an A if you're afraid of getting an F.
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One thing I love to do is produce. I've produced a couple of bands. I mean, nothing ever really happened with 'em, but I enjoy getting a young band into the studio and guiding them, and making them feel at ease.
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My attitudes have changed, but somebody would have to read all my books to find out how they have.
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How can you train if you're constantly worried about getting injured?
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Getting a tattoo would probably make me cry.
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Then I would have felt sorry for the dear Lord. The theory is correct.
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Iran is not getting rid of any of its nuclear plants. They're not getting rid of anything.
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I hope in general that my music allows somebody to follow what they really like doing.
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There will always be apologists for the powerful and politically connected who commit crimes.
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I think so many women allow themselves to be defined by somebody else's narrative.
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Jesse Jackson has to get back to "I am somebody" instead of "I am some color."
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I enjoy, in the summer, getting back to writing in my own voice.
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I was in my house, alone in the living room, anxious about you, watching the flashes of lightning. And a flash of lightning lit up this truth for me, right in front of my eye. That night i lost you, I lost something inside me. Or perhaps several things. Something central to my existence, the very support for who I am as a person.
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My dad is like a cactus - introverted and tough. I'm a people person, like my mom, but I got my competitiveness from my dad. He came to this country from Belarus with nothing and built a real business. He's my hero for giving me that need to run a business and for having enormous confidence in me.
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Now they're getting so politically correct you can't even stick your tongue out at somebody.
