Quotes with well-read

Quotes 1741 till 1760 of 1813.

  • Ben E. King Yeah. I'm amateurish. I can play enough to write a song, or strum on a little guitar to write out a song. But, I don't play well at all. I wouldn't even attempt for a second to play in public.
    Ben E. King
    American soul and R&B singer (1938 - 2015)
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  • Ben Stein Yes, Americans can still get credit for cars and trucks and refrigerators, and those businesses are doing well. But just try to get a home loan now.
    Ben Stein
    American professor, writer
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  • Art Linkletter Yes, I backed the hula hoop. And I had a lot of other people come to me with ideas that turned out well.
    Art Linkletter
    Canadian-born American radio and television personality (1912 - 2010)
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  • Carine Roitfeld Yes, I can speak a bit and I can read and write in Russian. I learned it from my grandmother who raised me with all the Russian fairytales.
    Carine Roitfeld
    French fashion editor (1954 - )
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  • C. S. Lewis You ask whether I have ever been in love: fool as I am, I am not such a fool as that. But if one is only to talk from first-hand experience, conversation would be a very poor business. But though I have no personal experience of the things they call love, I have what is better - the experience of Sappho, of Euripides, of Catallus, of Shakespeare, of Spenser, of Austen, of Bronte, of anyone else I have read.
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Voltaire You can never correct your work well until you have forgotten it.
    Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
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  • John Ford You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart.
    John Ford
    American film director (1894 - 1973)
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  • Carrie Fisher You can't find any true closeness in Hollywood, because everybody does the fake closeness so well.
    Carrie Fisher
    American actress, writer and comedienne (1956 - 2016)
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  • Carrie Fisher You can't find true affection in Hollywood because everyone does the fake affection so well.
    Carrie Fisher
    American actress, writer and comedienne (1956 - 2016)
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  • Bob Geldof You can't trust politicians. It doesn't matter who makes a political speech. It's all lies - and it applies to any rock star who wants to make a political speech as well.
    Bob Geldof
    Irish singer-songwriter, author, political activist (1951 - )
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  • George Bernard Shaw You cannot have power for good without having power for evil too. Even mother's milk nourishes murderers as well as heroes.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Robert Louis Stevenson You could read Kant by yourself, if you wanted; but you must share a joke with some one else.
    Robert Louis Stevenson
    Scottish writer and poet (1850 - 1894)
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  • George Bernard Shaw You don't learn to hold your own in the world by standing on guard, but by attacking and getting well hammered yourself.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go... Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body.
    Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
    American retired professional basketball player (1947 - )
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  • Carlos Ghosn You have to listen to the people who have a negative opinion as well as those who have positive opinion. Just to make sure that you are blending all these opinions in your mind before a decision is made.
    Carlos Ghosn
    Brazilian-born businessman (1954 - )
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  • Branford Marsalis You hear it in your brain. Whatever makes sense. Some songs work well as quartet songs, sometimes they don't.
    Branford Marsalis
    American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (1960 - )
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  • Bill Engvall You know as well as I do that the family sitcom was the stalwart of TV for God knows how many decades.
    Bill Engvall
    American comedian and actor (1957 - )
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  • Barbara Bush You know sit with your arm around a little kid and read. It not only teaches them to read but it keeps the family strong.
    Barbara Bush
    American First Lady (1925 - 2018)
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  • Barbara Boxer You know, I wish the world well. I want Iraq to have democracy and the Haitians to have democracy. I want the people of Afghanistan to thrive. Lord knows, we spend enough money there to help them. What about people at home? Isn't that our first responsibility?
    Barbara Boxer
    American politician (1940 - )
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  • Bill Kurtis You know, in the beginning when your first payroll comes up and you have to borrow money to meet the payroll, you lose sleep the night before, and you say to yourself real fast, 'Well, maybe I should keep working a couple more years. It's sobering.
    Bill Kurtis
    American television journalist (1940 - )
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