B. B. King (Riley B. King) Quotes
Many people leave the country to see beautiful places. I just look out the window and see some of the most gorgeous scenery ever, right here in the USA.
Quotes to Explore
-
I collect handkerchiefs. I know that's sort of old-timey, but my mom started the collection for me, and now I have a bunch. Basically, I have a myriad of beautiful handkerchiefs, and I carry them like a grandmother in my purse. And I opt for hankies in any situation.
-
Don't let nobody tell you that you can't do it. Love what you do until you don't love it anymore. Nothing's impossible.
-
If I must choose between healthy and tasty, I go for the second: having only one life to waste, it might as well be a pleasurable one.
-
There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free, or you are not free.
-
In thinking about it, the villains often have a little bit more range because their morality is different. You can have just a really good time as an actor, and there is just more there that you can explore on that side of the story.
-
I want audiences to see me in different avatars.
-
I think I'm a critic of corporate power, whether locally or globally. And the term 'globalization' I've never found all that helpful.
-
I'm a chubby middle-aged white guy with short hair. I think that's it, really. I kind of have a look. Right now, I'm not fat enough to be the fat friend, but I'm not thin enough to be the leading man, so I look like a cop.
-
Americans have the right under the Second Amendment to own firearms, and that is not going to change.
-
It's really bizarre because no one knows this, but elephants have killed more animal trainers than any other animal.
-
In the twentieth century one of the most personal relationships to have developed is that of the person and the state. It's become a fact of life that governments have become very intimate with people, most always to their detriment.
-
Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of all men can fortify and inspirit and compose the souls of men.
-
It's weird how people were always asking us, 'Are you real? Are you joking?' That seems like something Americans care about a lot. You can't answer the question 'Are you real?' If we're anything, we're documentary fiction.
-
Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way - and the fools know it.
-
Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.
-
Many think kids have lots of time and few responsibilities. And that's just not true. They are stressed and under pressure.
-
If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.
-
Today it is becoming increasingly apparent to thoughtful Americans that we cannot fight the forces and ideas of imperialism abroad and maintain any form of imperialism at home. The war has done this to our thinking.
-
Die before you Die. There is no chance after.
-
Honestly, in retrospect, it probably was a little easier being an adolescent and not having people immediately know that Hef was my dad.
-
I would love the opportunity to create my own program. I feel like a TV show with a format of monologue with lots of sketches thrown in could be really fun. But you know, that may never happen. Minimally, I just want to keep making stand-up.
-
I grew up in a strongly socialist family. While I was at school, I worked in party politics and with organizations like the Anti-Nazi League. Everywhere I saw it, I fought prejudice.
-
Having red hair is never good when you're a kid. I was picked on a lot and didn't have a lot of friends. But I think that gave me a thick skin and helped make me a better person.
-
Many people leave the country to see beautiful places. I just look out the window and see some of the most gorgeous scenery ever, right here in the USA.
