Ricky Williams (Errick Lynne "Ricky" Williams Jr.) Quotes

Everywhere I go, people hear Ricky Williams and the next thing they think is marijuana or wasted talent.

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• If I could distil the relevance of Bruce Springsteen's music to Australia it would be this: don't let what has happened to the American economy happen here. Don't let Australia become a down-under version of New Jersey, where the people and the communities whose skills are no longer in demand get thrown on the scrap heap of life.

  

  Wayne Swan
  • People
  • Life
  • Music

• One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • People
  • Past
  • Should

• People realize this man knows what the hell's going on and nobody else does.

  

  Kary Mullis
  • People
  • Man
  • Hell

• Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life.

  

  Naveen Jain
  • People
  • Life
  • Best

• People are going to label you anyway, but the one that bugs me the most is when they say, 'One of the funniest female comedians.' There's s no 'funniest male comedians.' You're either a funny comedian, or you're not!

  

  Wanda Sykes
  • People
  • Funny
  • Comedian

• I want to make it clear that I honestly answered every question put to me during the so-called Iran-Contra hearings. But if they didn't ask me about something, I wasn't about to reveal things that would put other people in jeopardy.

  

  Oliver North
  • People
  • Want
  • Question

• I've wanted to be a writer since I was a boy, though it seemed an unlikely outcome since I showed no real talent. But I persevered and eventually found my own row to hoe. Ignorance of other writers' work keeps me from discouragement and I am less well-read than the average bus driver.

  

  Garrison Keillor
  • Work
  • Real
  • Boy

• After all, the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned with producing, buying, selling, investing and prospering in the world.

  

  Calvin Coolidge
  • People
  • World
  • Business

• When I first came to the Bay area, I worked in Silicon Valley in the early to mid-'90s, and I think what mattered then was our ability as designers to create a vision around people's ideas.

  

  Yves Behar
  • People
  • Ideas
  • Vision

• I feel like, maybe in the '90s, 'Rookie' would have been shamed for trying to reach a lot of people or trying to be 'mainstream', but I'm so pleased that our readers are happy to see me promoting the 'Rookie' yearbook on TV or whatever.

  

  Tavi Gevinson
  • People
  • Trying
  • Happy

• Some people just don't like you; you cannot satisfy everyone. But I've got a lot of supportive fans – people who do like me, do enjoy what I do.

  

  Daniel Cormier
  • People
  • Like
  • Enjoy

• People make music to get a reaction. Music is communication.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • People
  • Music
  • Communication

• It is a weird thing that actors have people applaud when they're done working. I still find that entertaining.

  

  Val Kilmer
  • People
  • Done
  • Weird

• A lot of people love to do affirmations first thing in the morning - to keep themselves feeling peppy and positive.

  

  Karen Salmansohn
  • People
  • Feeling
  • Positive

• There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • People
  • Love
  • For Her

• I found that being online has opened a window for me to look into other people's lives... The greatest fear that I have is losing touch.

  

  Queen Rania of Jordan
  • People
  • Fear
  • Losing

• I think we need politicians; we need people who want to serve.

  

  Iain Banks
  • People
  • Think
  • Want

• People always say, 'Is it tough getting up at four in the morning?' I'm not terrible with that, but the weird thing for me is that I start to feel like a 3-year-old in need of a nap at about 7:30 at night; and, at 9:30, my head is teetering like that.

  

  Matt Lauer
  • People
  • Up
  • Night

• I'm an actor and I've created a lasting and memorable character named Frasier, who is not me, but who most people think is. So when I have a chance to play something that's different, I embrace it because it's fun; also in this case, he's a memorable character.

  

  Kelsey Grammer
  • People
  • Different
  • Character

• Whatever white people do not know about Negroes reveals, precisely and inexorably, what they do not know about themselves.

  

  James Baldwin
  • People

• Both reading and writing are experiences--lifelong-- in the course of which we who encounter words used in certain ways are persuaded by them to be brought mind and heart within the presence, the power, of the imagination.

  

  Eudora Welty
  • Writing
  • Mind
  • Heart

• As a teacher you can see the difference in kids who have parents who were involved. That difference, by the time these kids get to the third grade, is drastic.

  

  Jenna Bush
  • Time
  • Kids
  • Parents

• Everywhere I go, people hear Ricky Williams and the next thing they think is marijuana or wasted talent.

  

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