Richard Pryor Quotes

If I thought about it, I could be bitter, but I don't feel like being bitter. Being bitter makes you immobile, and there's too much that I still want to do.

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• Eating constitutes the greatest obstacle to self-control; it gives rise to indolence.

  

  Mahavira
  • Control
  • Greatest
  • Eating

• Manipulated, one manipulates others.

  

  Ursula K. Le Guin

• Do you not think that if all of us come to believe in and abide by these principles, that is, monotheism, worship of God, justice, respect for the dignity of man, belief in the Last Day, we can overcome the present problems of the world

  

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
  • World
  • God
  • Believe

• One trusted machines. But one never expected machines to return the favor.

  

  Alastair Reynolds

• I don't have a bank account because I don't know my mother's maiden name.

  

  Paula Poundstone
  • Mother

• It's cool because I think 'Ex Machina' is a little bit under the radar, which is always when I do my best work - when I feel like no one's paying attention.

  

  Brian K. Vaughan
  • Work
  • Attention
  • Cool

• YouTube is so quick and so instant, and you make a video, and you can upload it the same day, whereas with a book, you have to go through a lot of time and a lot of people and a lot of processes. So it was weird to sit down and work with other people on projects, because I'm so independent with YouTube.

  

  Connor Franta
  • People
  • Time
  • Work

• On my darkest days, I wear my brightest colors.

  

  Cyndi Lauper Blue Angel
  • Color
  • Days

• Lauryn Hill is quite political and is very bold and isn't afraid of wearing her heart on her sleeve, and same with Bjork, except she is a little bit more kind of fragile.

  

  Ellie Goulding
  • Heart
  • Political
  • Kind

• What is going on in America is extreme. The youth cult, they worship youth so much it's almost paranoid. And LA is the Mecca of it all; they're taking it to the hilt.

  

  Billie Joe Armstrong Green Day
  • America
  • Los Angeles
  • Extreme

• I played basketball in high school, and I love watching sports - I'll watch everything except maybe hockey.

  

  Andy Roddick
  • School
  • High
  • Sports

• Salespeople are the most vital people in any business. Without sales, the biggest and most sophisticated companies shut down. Sales are the spark plug in the engine of free enterprise. There is a direct relationship between the success of the sales community and the success of the entire country.

  

  Brian Tracy
  • People
  • Country
  • Business

• Don't run down dyed hair and painted faces. There is an extraordinary charm in them, sometimes.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Faces
  • Extraordinary
  • Charm

• Now, you two – this year, you behave yourselves. If I get one more owl telling me you've – you've blown up a toilet or –" "Blown up a toilet? We've never blown up a toilet." "Great idea though, thanks, Mum.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • Up
  • Great
  • Ideas

• Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.

  

  Gail Simmons
  • Balance
  • Sweet
  • Cooking

• Because I've always been a runner I love to feel that my body is shining on the inside. I wear baggy clothes, so it's not as though I like showing it off. I just like to know I'm great on the inside.

  

  Ellie Goulding
  • Great
  • Body
  • Feels

• We can't just stop. We're not rocks-progress, migration, motion is... modernity. It's ANIMATE, it's what living things do. We desire. Even if all we desire is stillness, it's still desire for.

  

  Tony Kushner
  • Stop
  • Desire
  • Progress

• I doubt if there is anything in the world uglier than a Midwestern city.

  

  Frank Lloyd Wright
  • World
  • City
  • Doubt

• If I thought about it, I could be bitter, but I don't feel like being bitter. Being bitter makes you immobile, and there's too much that I still want to do.

  

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