Alvin Dark Quotes

Slow thinkers are part of the game too. Some of these slow thinkers can hit a ball a long way.

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• I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Good
  • Women
  • Influence

• You know Texas is - even more now that Enron has bit the dust - it's held up on the back of small businesses.

  

  Rachel Griffiths
  • Up
  • Small
  • Know

• I could never let the teacher down. I always worked hard, too scared to get in trouble.

  

  Zoe Sugg
  • Teacher
  • Down
  • Scared

• My aim is to change the social norms of Pakistan; women here look up to me. I started very early, worked on myself, and the effect is for all to see.

  

  Qandeel Baloch
  • Up
  • Women
  • Change

• The health care industry can play a great role in this by being aware of the fact that these children form perhaps the most neglected group of people in the country, largely because it is hard to find them.

  

  C. Everett Koop
  • People
  • Great
  • Country

• They don't call it the Internet anymore, they call it cloud computing. I'm no longer resisting the name. Call it what you want.

  

  Larry Ellison
  • Internet
  • Name
  • Cloud

• When I was right out of college, I felt competitive with some of the guys in my class over career stuff.

  

  Aaron Staton
  • Career
  • College
  • Class

• I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.

  

  Yani Tseng
  • Beautiful
  • Dream
  • Wish

• I'm not sad at all about turning 40.

  

  Halle Berry
  • Sad
  • About
  • Turning

• I could battle rap forever, but it's a joke to me.

  

  Fat Joe
  • Me
  • Forever
  • Rap

• 'The Simpsons' money got bigger and bigger. When I left 'The Simpsons', no one thought that this thing was going to still be around. It's the cumulative effect. It's like, 'Oh my God, 25 years later, and it's still coming in.'

  

  Sam Simon
  • God
  • Money
  • Thought

• I differ materially from Capt. Lewis, in my account of the numbers, manners, and morals of the Sioux.

  

  Zebulon Pike
  • Numbers
  • Manners
  • Morals

• I was this kid who never sat down. Nobody liked me? Well, I'd make sure they'd like me. I was the class clown, always doing crazy stuff and causing riots.

  

  Bas Rutten
  • Me
  • Crazy
  • Doing

• When I was a kid, I wanted desperately to be a jazz musician. I would practice the trumpet for hours, but when I got braces, that messed up my ability to play, so all of a sudden I had all this free time.

  

  Zach Woods
  • Up
  • Time
  • Free

• I don't think anyone has written a great graphic novel.

  

  Ted Rall
  • Great
  • Think
  • Novel

• Let me encourage you, if someone has wronged you, and you still get that cringing feeling on the inside when you see or think about that person, take it to God and allow Him to keep your heart soft and sensitive.

  

  Victoria Osteen
  • God
  • Heart
  • Think

• New York is a much more bourgeois city, more of a tourist attraction than a muscular metropolis. It's lost moxie and a rough energy, while gaining grace and friendliness. I love both versions of the city, but I wish the prosperous Manhattan would become a little easier for young people to afford.

  

  Rafael Yglesias
  • Energy
  • City
  • Young

• I wouldn't bother to describe me. I'm Eartha Kitt.

  

  Eartha Kitt
  • Me
  • Describe
  • Bother

• I love bands that can collaborate, and I feel like the Rolling Stones wouldn't be nearly as great as they are if it wasn't for them having a real group.

  

  Britt Daniel
  • Great
  • Real

• To a New Yorker, a 1948 Indians World Series baseball signed by the whole team might be worth only $200 to $300, but to a Clevelander like myself, it might be, like, $1,000 to $2,000.

  

  Fred Willard
  • World
  • Team
  • Baseball

• Everything has gotten vulgar and out of line for children to watch. It's more of a swearing match.

  

  Bubba Smith
  • Children

• You get very comfortable doing the open mic circuit, turning up to the same places and playing to 20 people. In that situation, it won't matter if you aren't great on that night because no one will really remember who you are. Then suddenly you are doing rooms to 400 people and you have to up your game.

  

  Pippa Evans
  • People
  • Up
  • Great

• I now proceed to demonstrate that the Mexicans are wholly incapable of self-government, and that our liberties, our fortunes and our lives are insecure so long as we are connected with them.

  

  William H. Wharton
  • Long
  • Liberty
  • Fortune

• Slow thinkers are part of the game too. Some of these slow thinkers can hit a ball a long way.

  

  Alvin Dark
  • Long
  • Game