Today Quotes · Page 144

My knowledge of my ancestry, like a lot of black people not living in Africa today, is very vague.

— Malachi Kirby

Most of the vices and mortal sins condemned today correspond to inclinations that were purely adaptive or at least harmless in primitive…

— Konrad Lorenz

What is fanaticism today is the fashionable creed tomorrow, and trite as the multiplication table a week after.

— Wendell Phillips

There's something missing in the music industry today... and it's music. Songs you hear don't last, it's just product fed to you…

— Jimmy Buffett

I have, despite all disillusionment, never, never allowed myself to feel like giving up. This is my message today; it is not…

— Alva Myrdal

I have a responsibility to the woman of today - to make her feel confident, modern and above all else beautiful.

— Carolina Herrera

When I came to America in the '60s, it was the place to be. I wonder if I'd come here today.

— Helmut Jahn

Many things I might not write today because I no longer believe them, but I wouldn't change them, since I believed them…

— Jorge Amado

Which European leader today would not relish the wonder-working powers of a Moses? Budget deficit? Unpopular cuts? How about just a little…

— Jonathan Sacks

I remember laughing when we made those slogans up [about abortion]. . . . We were looking for some sexy, catchy slogans…

— Bernard Nathanson

I think the executives at the studios today realize that it's easier and safer to go the - to some known territory…

— Richard D. Zanuck

The role James Baldwin played in my life is incommensurable as stated above. He helped, along with a few others, to shape…

— Raoul Peck

In order to set myself up for success, I know I can only realistically do three things well every day. So, every…

— Randi Zuckerberg

The struggle of today, is not altogether for today - it is for a vast future also. With a reliance on Providence,…

— Abraham Lincoln

There was a time when only specialized Christian missionaries needed to be able to defend the gospel of Jesus Christ against the…

— Josh McDowell

Polls are a snapshot in time and America - the American people - are whole people. They lead whole lives and they…

— Laphonza Butler

For every reader who dies today, a viewer is born, and we seem to be witnessing . . . the final tipping balance.

— Jonathan Franzen

Do not be held a cheat, even though it is impossible to live today without being one. Let your greatest cunning lie…

— Baltasar Gracian

What actresses do today when they appear on the screen is what they did once upon a time for getting to appear…

— George Burns

Your life is meant to be an epic story. How you think, perform and live today is part of that script.

— Robin Sharma

If you spend your life thinking, "I wonder if today is when it ends," you're going to miss out on everything wonderful.

— Dick Van Dyke

I wish to say what I think and feel today, with the proviso that tomorrow perhaps I shall contradict it all.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Rich people think long-term. They balance their spending on enjoyment today with investing for freedom tomorrow.

— T. Harv Eker

When I want to understand what is happening today or try to decide what will happen tomorrow, I look back.

— Omar Khayyam

In the 1950s and 1960s, the heroes were the long-term investors; today the heroes are the wise guys.

— Michael Steinhardt

I would love to do a movie naked; it would be beautiful. No one dares make that kind of film today. They…

— Megan Fox

Decide how much you want to be earning one year, five years and ten years from today. What will you have to…

— Brian Tracy

As a programmer, it is your job to put yourself out of business. What you do today can be automated tomorrow.

— Douglas McIlroy

I've heard drug experts say they believe if penicillin were discovered today, the FDA wouldn't license it.

— Ronald Reagan

You have the most important job of anyone today. Our kids need you to advocate for their futures.

— George Lucas

No man has ever been a perfect ballplayer. Stan Musial, however, is the closest to being perfect in the game today.

— Ty Cobb

You can't put those guys like Marciano or anyone else in with today's class of fighters.

— Larry Holmes

Humanity is something we're lacking, and I will continue to do my job to bring back those attributes that we lack today…

— George Hill

I think Alison Krauss and her band are the best today. The same goes for Rick Skaggs and his band.

— Rick Moranis

If you have one foot in yesterday and one foot in tomorrow, you're pissing all over today.

— Michael J. Fox

I think it is very difficult today to have a reasoned public discourse on any controversial subject. Certainly, election years present a…

— John Poindexter

Walked right by an ex-girlfriend today. Not on purpose, I just didn't recognize her with her mouth closed.

— Anonymous

These two enormous forces — truth and meaning — are at war in today's world…And something sooner or later has to give.

— Ken Wilber

I have believed for many years that Oscar Peterson is not only the greatest pianist in jazz today, but the greatest it…

— Gene Lees

Drilling in ANWR fails to lower energy prices today and sets no long term energy strategy for tomorrow.

— Dan Lipinski