Nelson Quotes · Page 8

One individual can begin a movement that turns the tide of history. Martin Luther King in the civil rights movement, Mohandas Ganhi…

— Jack Canfield

I haven't spent years, like Alyse Nelson of Vital Voices, toiling for female economic empowerment on five continents.

— Tina Brown

Golf took young kids like Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan and myself out of the caddie ranks and gave us money and a…

— Jimmy Demaret

A French friend brought over a load of Gainsbourg vinyl and I worked my way through it: by the time I got…

— Sylvie Simmons

Michael Phelps and Willie Nelson are teaming up to do an album. ... They're covering The Doobie Brothers.

— Reba McEntire

Economics, as it is often taught today, portrays us as homo economicus-someone who doesn't vote in presidential elections, doesn't return lost wallets,…

— Robert H. Frank

Willie Nelson's the one who told me the reason it costs so much to get divorced is because it's worth it.

— Merle Haggard

I met Nelson Mandela, and I really didn't know what to say. It was years ago at a benefit. I was just…

— Robin Williams

Peace on earth and good will toward men - that is something we need to work on. Like Nelson Mandela, we should…

— Ian Astbury

Like you do about Nelson Mandela, you can't help feeling the guy's a good man.

— Ralph Steadman

Craig Nelson who is an actor and is in a show called Coach in the United States. We began to do some…

— Barry Levinson

Everybody when they saw it, they said, "Did Willie Nelson sign your hat?" I'd say, "No, that'd be Willie Knucklehead - Robertson,…

— Si Robertson

Don't talk to me about what's happened since [Nelson] Mandela! His successor was absolutely hopeless - "no such thing as AIDS" -…

— Bob Hawke

I think even though he [Nelson Mandela] was feted and praised as he was, he always was at pains to say, I'm…

— Kumi Naidoo

I like people who are minimalist with their words. Jack Nicholson thinks a lot then says something, and it's always spot on.…

— David A. Stewart

I had the honor to meet Nelson Mandela, and I heard him explain his forgiveness of his captors of 27 years by…

— Dick Gephardt

I grew up with the Highwaymen, which was Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson. Mom and Dad rode rodeo,…

— Christian Kane

Somebody bought me a Snuggie as a joke gift. Haha, the joke's on you, I enjoy it. I toss and turn at…

— Daniel Tosh

The political, social, and spiritual impact of the life example set by Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela might be measured in part by the…

— Aberjhani

Being black and speaking properly are not mutually exclusive. My father was an African, and he spoke beautifully at home. Nelson Mandela…

— Franklyn Ajaye

In the winter I was with Nelson Piquet. He was talking about his capacity to race faster. He said that he was…

— Jean Alesi

Nelson Mandela was in jail when I was really young, and Winnie Mandela was one of the biggest faces of the movement.…

— Trevor Noah

It was spine tingling, actually, when you saw how people kept saying, "Release Nelson Mandela," and meaning really, "Release all of our…

— Desmond Tutu

If Willie Nelson had been Rosa Parks, there never would have been a civil rights movement in this country, because he refuses…

— Kinky Friedman

I always loved Willie Nelson, but I loved the songs that Willie made famous.

— Shane McAnally