Folks Quotes

1336 Folks quotes by 922 unique authors

There's a glorious sense of freedom in comedy, just allowing myself to tell jokes, allowing myself to interrupt myself and tell old African folk stories… — Neil Gaiman
I don't blame folks for not wanting to put me in their movies or whatever. I understand if their audiences had an association with me. — Joseph Gordon-Levitt
A significant event for me was learning Hank Williams, reconnecting with his music's simplicity, which inspired me to inhabit the same territory. It's different, because… — Stone Gossard
I'm obsessed with the countryside: woods, forests, fields, lakes, mountains. I'm really into folk music and folklore. But more so I'm into electronic music. I'm… — Ellie Goulding
I never thought I'd see the day that I would see white folks as frightened, or more so, than black folks was during the civil… — Dick Gregory
I come from a line of self-motivated, determined folk - not grand, not high society, but no-nonsense, family-minded go-getters. — Bear Grylls
Conspiracies, since they cannot be engaged in without the fellowship of others, are for that reason most perilous; for as most men are either fools… — Francesco Guicciardini
I did some research once on the way people in the past imagined the year 2000. They tended to picture the things they already had… — Gail Collins
I don't think the folks in the low-tax states really want to go into a fairness discussion. Residents of Connecticut and New York would love… — Gail Collins
There's more student debt than credit card debt! Everywhere I go, I run into young people trying to build careers while they keep shelling out… — Gail Collins
My mom and dad passed away from cancer. Within nine months, I lost both of my folks. Immediately after that, I had a horrible betrayal… — Dane Cook
They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they… — Calvin Coolidge
The late sixties and early seventies were kind of a breeding ground for exciting new sounds because easy listening and folk were kind of taking… — Alice Cooper
Nobody gets a nervous breakdown or a heart attack from selling kerosene to gentle country folk from the back of a tanker in Somerset. — Roald Dahl
I've always been scared of advertising folk. I've met them at parties and I've been to their offices and I've always found them intimidatingly cool.… — Evan Davis
There was one thing my daddy wouldn't tolerate in any shape, form or fashion, and that was being unkind or rude to somebody. That was… — Paula Deen
Hip-hop is the last true folk art. — Mos Def
Pop stardom is not very compelling. I'm much more interested in a relationship between performer and audience that is of equals. I came up through… — Ani DiFranco
I see a lot of connections between folk and punk music just because they're both subcorporate music - I mean, traditionally. — Ani DiFranco
The first music I was ever exposed to was Irish folk music, like the Clancy Brothers. My father plays that and Christmas songs. — Matt Dillon
I became interested in folk music because I had to make it somehow. — Bob Dylan
Folk music is a bunch of fat people. — Bob Dylan
I never saw myself as a folk singer. — Bob Dylan
Open-heart surgery is now part of a typical life experience for many people. Folks talk casually about 'having a stent put in,' as if they… — Roger Ebert
I can't stand folk who are all snobby about reality TV. — Jenny Eclair

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