Folks Quotes

1336 Folks quotes by 922 unique authors

I want to yell so loud that Baby Girl can hear me that dirty ain't a color, disease ain't the Negro side a town. I… — Kathryn Stockett
Rich folk don't try so hard — Kathryn Stockett
But after Mr. Evers got shot a week ago, lot a colored folk is frustrated in this town. Especially the younger ones, who ain't built… — Kathryn Stockett
I'm bred for farm work, and for such folk, the only A's you get come from effort. Strife and strain are all the world can… — Mary Karr
It never ceases to amaze me how many folks jump right over "I'll try" to "I can't. — Julia Spencer-Fleming
Sadly, at a time when so much sophisticated cultural criticism by hip intellectuals from diverse locations extols a vision of cultural hybridity, border crossing, subjectivity… — Bell Hooks
I learned a long time ago with you that folks who were trying to be kind would rather do it with a macaroni-and-cheese bake than… — Jodi Picoult
Uh, folks, I think that’s our boat trying to kill us. (Scott) — Sherrilyn Kenyon
I never go to weddings. Waste of time. Person can get married a dozen times. Lots of folks do. Family like ours, know everybody in… — Edna Ferber
How folks lay claim to a loved one is they give you a name of their own. They figure to label you as their property. — Chuck Palahniuk
If I had a shiny gun I could have a world of fun Speeding bullets through the brains Of the folks that cause me pains… — Dorothy Parker
Why do airline pilots always call passengers "folks"? I don't usually take umbrage at generic terminology--I'm one of those forward-thinkers who believes that "man" encompasses… — C.E. Murphy
All too often we think of community in terms of being with folks like ourselves: the same class, same race, same ethnicity, same social standing… — Bell Hooks
When they came to harvest my corpse (open your mouth, close your eyes) cut my body from the rope, surprise, surprise: I was still alive.… — Margaret Atwood
Cats are a mysterious kind of folk. — Walter Scott
That is the trick of good government. To make folk desire to live in such a way that there is no need for its intervention. — Robin Hobb
As far as Death was aware, the sole reason for any human association with pigs and lambs was as a prelude to chops and sausages.… — Terry Pratchett
Sometimes I aint so sho who's got ere a right to say when a man is crazy and when he aint. Sometimes I think it… — William Faulkner
I walked in on my folks doing it doggy style less than four hours ago." "Waitress!" Jonas screamed, clicking his fingers madly. "Bring two!" then,… — MaryJanice Davidson
He cut her off with brutal precision. "And one last thing." His eyes flicked toward the door, through which Jace, Alec, and Isabelle had disappeared.… — Cassandra Clare
The white-haired wonder leading what had to, by now, be a blocks-long parade must've finally turned on her hearing aid. Because she finally pulled into… — Jennifer Rardin
Reading has always brought me pure joy. I read to encounter new worlds and new ways of looking at the world. I read to enlarge… — Nancy Pearl
anytime you catch folks lying, they scared of something! — Zora Neale Hurston
That's the problem with folks nowadays. Nobody takes responsibility for their actions. Make a mistake and you pay for it. That's life. — Michael Robotham
This is a book for every fiddler who has realized halfway through playing an ancient Scottish air that the Ramones "I Wanna Be Sedated" is… — Neil Gaiman

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