Straight Quotes

2635 Straight quotes by 1905 unique authors

Well, Bill [Bill Hickok] was a pretty good shot. But he could not shoot as quick as half a dozen men we all knew in… — Buffalo Bill
Fortunate is the person who has developed the self-control to steer a straight course towards his objectives in life, without being swayed from his purpose… — Napoleon Hill
Yield and overcome; Bend and be straight; Empty and be full; Wear out and be new; Have little and gain; Have much and be confused.… — Laozi
I do not want to presuppose anything as known. I see in my explanation in section 1 the definition of the concepts point, straight line… — David Hilbert
Life is never a straight line - it's peaks and valleys. Why would you want to be the same person every day of your life? — Mary Chapin Carpenter
It's very difficult to explain the effect the first blues record I heard had on me, except to say that I recognized it immediately. It… — Eric Clapton
Cinema is the culmination of the obsessive, mechanistic male drive in western culture. The movie projector is an Apollonian straight-shooter, demonstrating the link between aggression… — Camille Paglia
The hardest thing to do is to write straight honest prose on human beings. First you have to know the subject; then you have to… — Ernest Hemingway
Professor Focke and his technicians standing below grew ever smaller as I continued to rise straight up, 50 metres, 75 metres, 100 metres. Then I… — Hanna Reitsch
Go straight for souls, and go for the worst. — William Booth
I was sleeping in the woods one night after a gig we'd played somewhere, when I saw this girl appear before me. That girl was… — Syd Barrett
Straight men need to be emasculated.... Every straight guy should have a man's tongue in his mouth at least once. — Madonna Ciccone
It bothers me when I hear these reporters and jocks get on TV and say: 'Oh, no guy can come out in a team sport.… — Charles Barkley
I've never been turned down for a role because I'm gay. I'm a character actor, and that's probably why. I don't find Hollywood, in my… — Jane Lynch
The truth is if I had a gay son, I would love him just as much as if he was straight. I might have to… — Tracy Morgan
I never watched Friends, maybe because it was written by people straight out of college....The only way to avoid age discrimination in Hollywood is to… — Larry Gelbart
I've looked after my money. As I started working around my third birthday, my first check went straight to the bank. — Samantha Barks
I looked out the window and saw this white light.It was zigzagging around. I went up to the pilot and said,Have you ever seen anything… — Ronald Reagan
Mathematics would certainly have not come into existence if one had known from the beginning that there was in nature no exactly straight line, no… — Friedrich Nietzsche
I am not a complete idiot, but whether from weakness or laziness have no talent for thinking. I know only how to reflect: I am… — Sviatoslav Richter
So let's set the record straight. Faith is not the opposite of reason. The opposite of faith is unbelief. And reason is not the opposite… — Greg Koukl
It’s been a secret too long, but I’m actually a straight male. — Darren Criss
I thought following a straight road would lead me right to my destination. Like the road would just take me there because I was following… — Susane Colasanti
Controlling the position of one's body and keeping a straight back are not contemplation, but can in fact become an obstacle to contemplation. ...when leaving… — Namkhai Norbu
I’d rather have a gay guy who can play than a straight guy who can’t play. — Charles Barkley

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