Black music has become a commercial commodity. Live performances are not so accessible as they were previously. It use to be possible… — Archie Shepp Copy Share Image
Make a true estimate of your own ability, then raise it ten per cent. — Norman Vincent Peale Copy Share Image
I worked for half a cent a word. I'm not a fast writer to begin with, so for the first few years… — Jack Vance Copy Share Image
I've got a kid in Africa that I feed, that I clothe, that I school, that I inoculate for 75 cents a… — Anthony Jeselnik Copy Share Image
There are less than 1 per cent of anorexic girls, but there more than 30 per cent of girls in France -… — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
You'll have many, many friends, but if your relationship with your mate is one hundred per cent of your heart, you'll never… — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
Wind is part of the British Open. It is an examination and it took me a long time to pass the examination.… — Gary Player Copy Share Image
Till now poets were privileged to insert a certain proportion of nonsense - very far in excess of one-half of one per… — John Crowe Ransom Copy Share Image
I run probably 35-40 miles a week, and I think 80 per cent of your body is what you eat. The biggest… — Matthew Morrison Copy Share Image
The terrifying thing in my life is that I am just an actress. And I have to keep pushing it and getting… — Elaine Stritch Copy Share Image
So I think hip-hop is moving and is going to continue to move in the direction of rappers just being honest with… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
I have some figures which compare the cost of one kilo of airplane compared to one kilo of rice. One kilo of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I first came into the labor force in 1941 when the minimum wage was 40 cents an hour, and that was my… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
If the CEO's behavior is 95 per cent healthy while the rest of the organization is only 50 per cent sound, it… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
Rounding to the nearest cent is sufficiently accurate for practical purposes. — Alexander John Ellis Copy Share Image
Jamie, you know, you could go clear around the world and still come home wondering if the tuna fish sandwiches at Chock… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Most of my painting is done sitting in a chair with a book. I'd say it's 80 per cent sitting and reading,… — Susan Rothenberg Copy Share Image
We economists don't know much, but we do know how to create a shortage. If you want to create a shortage of… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
[On leaving the U.S. for Italy:] I ought to be accomplishing thrice as much as now, and feel that I am soul-bound… — Harriet Hosmer Copy Share Image
I knew my interest in the universe and I owned a telescope that I bought with money I earned by walking dogs.… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
On the average, five times as many people read the headline as read the body copy. When you have written your headline,… — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
It bothers me when people, say, you know, write for, you know, a web publication and get paid little or nothing or,… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
In one hotel, the maid who built the fire fainted in our room. Exhaustion was the cause. We talked with her later… — Agnes Smedley Copy Share Image
Even 51 per cent of a nation can establish a totalitarian and dictatorial règime, suppress minorities, and still remain democratic; there is,… — Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn Copy Share Image
He continues to give more than 100 per cent and his schoolboy-like enthusiasm for the game is something I envy and admire.… — Mahendra Singh Dhoni Copy Share Image