Bill Withers Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
Captain Cook discovered Australia looking for the Terra Incognita. Christopher Columbus thought he was finding India but discovered America. History is full of events that happened because of an imaginary tale.
-
Just as water is a key ingredient to growth on the farm, capital is required for businesses to thrive.
-
Historically, the Balkans have been an incubator of war.
-
Women become the objects of rules; they are repressed and lose their rights in the name of religion, or they lose their freedom in the name of tradition, while the state legitimates this foolishness with laws.
-
In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a woman.
-
I don't accept any money, free products, or anything else of value from the companies whose products I cover or from their public relations or advertising agencies.
-
My aim in painting is to create pulsating, luminous, and open surfaces that emanate a mystic light, in accordance with my deepest insight into the experience of life and nature.
-
Northwest Ohio is flat. There isn't much up. The land is so flat that a child from Toledo is under the impression that the direction hills go is down. Sledding is done down from street level into creek beds and road cuts.
-
Hong Kong girls have a genius sense of style. I came back to the States thinking no one here has any individuality. Or cute enough socks.
-
Twenty-six million Russians died in the defense of their homeland against the Nazis.
-
I liked St. Louis, when they were in the American League, because that was going home. I had all my family and friends there.
-
I have always done exercise because I was a dancer, and it is probably good for you. I have done yoga consistently.
-
I was still closeted, but from the day I decided to run for office, knowing that I was gay, I decided that I would, of course, still be closeted but that I would work very hard for gay rights. It would be totally dishonorable, being gay, not to do that. So I had that as kind of a secondary agenda.
-
Chelsea have made a good investment for me, but I did not put any pressure on them.
-
One day, when I was 33, I shifted. I suddenly saw acting as a higher calling. I understood that my goal was to serve the play. And I realized if an actor can make audiences' hearts resonate or make them question their values - that's an important thing to do!
-
I have strong views about South African politics and I still don't feel I need to make public statements.
-
I like Anastacia's version of Love is Alive best.
-
I run all the brands like cousins. You want your cousins to do well, but you want to do better. All of our brands want to win, but we certainly want to fight fair and coordinate as much as we can behind the scenes. But to the consumer, we want to offer the broadest, most competitive set of products that we can.
-
I know a lot of artists say this, but it's hard to put myself in a box. I just write songs that I strongly believe in and that are coming form a special place. There's no tricks.
-
I really feel that the thing that I love the most about my career is that it is so eclectic. You know, I've gone from so many genres and so many different mediums and I love that most - that people have always given me the chance to do vastly different things.
-
One pound invested for five years gives the same result as five pounds invested for one year, the product being five pound years.
-
Adventure begins with you, personally. It is in the way you look at things. It is the mental stance you take as you face your day. It is finding magic in things. It is talking with people and discovering their inner goodness. It is the thrill of feeling a part of the life around you. The attitude of adventure will open things up for you. The world will become alive with new zest and meaning. You'll become more aware of the beauty everywhere. Nothing will seem unimportant. Everything will be revealed as having pattern and purpose.
-
I like the songwriting. I don't ever listen and then go back and change stuff. For me when I wrote the song, it's always really fun and exciting.
-
If nobody throws all their rules at you, you might make a song with no introduction.
