Folks Quotes

1336 Folks quotes by 922 unique authors

When you put together deep knowledge about a subject that intensely matters to you, charisma happens. You gain courage to share your passion, and when… — Jerry I. Porras
Some young folks have wind-fall minds, prematurely detached from the tree of knowledge for a life-long sourness and pettiness. — George Iles
Relieved of moral pretense and stripped of folk costumes, the raw masculinity that all men know in their gut has to do with being good… — Jack Donovan
My neighbor Alice Pierce is fond of singing folk music to her garden plants. Thinks it makes them grow or something. The Major had often… — Helen Simonson
I enjoy writing songs that could have been written before [my time]. When I feel like I'm tapping into a deep vein in the body… — Ketch Secor
Don't you know sugar is brown first? White folks couldn't stand the fact that something so sweet shared the same color as the people who… — Bernice L. McFadden
The old notion that children are the private property of parents dies very slowly. In reality, no parent raises a child alone. How many of… — Marian Wright Edelman
Our people were not happy. I knew at some point we were going to win. It's a little unfair, but that's the reality. To some… — Tom Osborne
When I sang my American folk melodies in Budapest, Prague, Tiflis, Moscow, Oslo, or the Hebrides or on the Spanish front, the people understood and… — Paul Robeson
Yes, I heard my people singing!-in the glow of parlor coal-stove and on summer porches sweet with lilac air, from choir loft and Sunday morning… — Paul Robeson
Ralph Stanley is like an uncle to us and now that all my uncles are gone, Ralph's singing is even more precious. This album of… — Garrison Keillor
My father being in the movie business, I thought being an actor would be great. But when I started singing to people in coffeehouses, you… — David Crosby
The folks you help won't remember it and the folks you hurt won't ever forget it. — Bill W. Clayton
Let me be clear, the discussions about Social Security are not about the retirement security of those Americans who are 55 or older - the… — Norm Coleman
Liberals have a set of folk theories that are fallacious. One of them comes from the Enlightenment, and the assumption is that you are supposed… — George Lakoff
Today, folks, should be all about love. Unless you're old. — Stephen Colbert
Life is like a blanket too short. You pull it up and your toes rebel, you yank it down and shivers meander about your shoulder;… — Unknown Author
Science and vision are not opposites or even at odds. They need each other. I sometimes hear other startup folks say something along the lines… — Eric Ries
I'm a linear thinking agnostic, but not an atheist folks. — Neil Peart
I can't have discussions about it anymore, I just can't. When someone asks me if I've found Jesus, I say, 'Yeah, I saw him at… — Tori Amos
Some people just don't seem to understand the concept of fiction. It is fiction; it ain't true, folks — Laurell K. Hamilton
I remember what J. Golden Kimball said when he came down to the stake where I was presiding. I introduced him as the 'Will Rogers'… — Hugh B. Brown
Luck is when preparation meets opportunity. I'll share the formula I learned while forging my way forward as a full-time painter for forty-four years. The… — Jack White
The secret of a successful art career is to make more art that folks think they need than pieces they just want. When a piece… — Jack White
After the devil himself, there is no worse folk than the pope and his followers. — Martin Luther

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