Folks Quotes

1336 Folks quotes by 922 unique authors

I love most melodic music - classical, reggae, big band, jazz, blues, country, pop, swing, folk. — John Lescroart
Yes, that's the way they think, these hundred thousand Kantoreks! Iron Youth! Youth! We are none of us more than twenty years old. But young?… — Erich Maria Remarque
When I first became famous, I didn't know if I could go where I wanted to because I didn't know how people were going to… — Jill Scott
I don't really remember my folks singing to us, but they read to us. — Mary Chapin Carpenter
It is apparent at first glance that in The Double there is more creative talent and depth of thought than in Poor Folk. But meanwhile… — Vissarion Belinsky
I believe if the viewing of slaughter was required to eat meat, most folks would become vegetarians. — Howard Lyman
It's wanting that gets so many folks in trouble. — John Marston
When are Christian folks going to remember that every time you call yourself a Christian, you invoke the name of God, and that if you… — Alan Keyes
The gun control mentality is ruthlessly absurd. It suggests that you pass a law which will bind law-abiding citizens — they won't have access to… — Alan Keyes
What is the empathy deficit? The inability of people to stand in other folks shoes. It's hard to empathize with people who have different values… — Barack Obama
Jazz is the folk music of the machine age. — Paul Whiteman
Well I think that what we're seeing now is that the people feel like they, the people in Congress don't have their consent to govern… — Laura Ingraham
The majority never has right on its side. Never, I say! That is one of these social lies against which an independent, intelligent men must… — Henrik Ibsen
All humanity inspires me. Every passer-by is my unconscious sitter; and as strange as it may seem, I really draw folk as I see them.… — Aubrey Beardsley
I intend to talk about race during this election in the South because the Republicans have been talking about it since 1968 in order to… — Howard Dean
Judy Henske, who was the then reigning queen of folk music, said to me at The Troubadour, 'Honey, in this town there are four sexes.… — Linda Ronstadt
Jazz I regard as an American folk music; not the only one, but a very powerful one which is probably in the blood and feeling… — George Gershwin
...Everyone has their own sound, and if you're heard enough, folks will come to recognize it. Style however, is a different thing. Try to express… — Chet Atkins
My folks were country music performers. They made records and even did a few tours with the Grand Ole Opry. There always were a lot… — Lenny Breau
Missionaries are very human folks, simply a bunch of nobodies trying to exalt somebody. — Jim Elliot
I came late to the genre of folk music. — Tom Morello
Then about 12 years ago it dawned on me that folk music - the music of Woody Guthrie and Phil Ochs, early Bob Dylan, Johnny… — Tom Morello
The people who did this act on America, and who may be planning further acts, are evil people. They don't represent an ideology, they don't… — George W. Bush
And we will win the war, and there will be costs. But the military folks understand that, and so do I, and so does the… — George W. Bush
We are thinking ahead to long-term care, aware that many folks don't plan ahead and won't be ready. We want to see to it that… — Christine Gregoire

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