James A. Baldwin Quotes
Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.
Quotes to Explore
-
I am the daughter of the Chairman of the Board and thus, was raised with great music.
-
Bin Laden was born filthy rich and died in a rich man's house, which he had painstakingly built to the highest specifications.
-
I tell people in Chicago to take care of themselves.
-
I like playing sort-of-crazy people. There's something really, really fun about that.
-
Socialism requires that government becomes your god.
-
I do want to lose weight for my children. I don't want them to think being fat is okay.
-
It's so hard for me to wrap my head around the concept of truth, I don't even know what people mean by it.
-
Unfortunately, the Senate Democrats have become an extreme party. They have become a party that has abdicated their responsibilities. Under Harry Reid and the Senate Democrats, we have a do-nothing Senate.
-
I let characters be human and flawed and relatable. When we do things that aren't that great, we can understand it.
-
Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
-
Everyone should learn to tango in Argentina before they die.
-
When men reach their sixties and retire, they go to pieces. Women go right on cooking.
-
I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story.
-
If you look at a lot of the songs I've been involved in, there's always been this retro vibe. I started getting worried that I wasn't moving forward very much, nor was I even in tune with the music today. I almost scoffed at it.
-
On what can we now place our hopes of solving the many riddles which still exist as to the origin and composition of cosmic rays? It must be emphasized here above all that to attain really decisive progress greater funds must be made available.
-
I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.
-
If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
-
I am sure it does not hurt that Mitt Romney is my dad. I'm sure it's opened a lot of doors for me. But I think I've been pretty effective once I've gotten through the door at doing a pretty good job.
-
The iPad is an amazing phenomenon. It is disrupting the enterprise. If you are an average employee, you can do anything for HR and Finance on the iPad.
-
I've always written about social concerns. My first book was about Spanish Harlem.
-
Irish readers, British readers, American readers: is it odd that I haven't a clue about how differently they react? Or better say, I cannot find the words to describe my hunch about them.
-
I can't imagine taking up running.
-
My grandparents from the old country, Latvia, were all musical on my father's side.
-
Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.
