I would sit on the street corners in my hometown of Indianola, Mississippi, and I would play. And, generally, I would start playing gospel songs. People would come by on the street – you live in Time Square, you know how they do it – they would bunch up. And they would always compliment me on gospel tunes, but they would tip me when I played blues. B. B. King Read Quote
My father wasn’t there the majority of the time. My father, someone who I always honored and looked up to, had been in the military; he had been to war. I would hear stories about different experiences he went through, but as I got older, my father moved away. Rick Ross Read Quote
If anybody was to look towards a big source of demand in future, it would be hard for them to miss India. Raghuram Rajan Read Quote
There is a reason they called it chasing your dreams and not walking after them. Shannon Sharpe Read Quote
For them to perceive the advantage of defeating the enemy, they must also have their rewards. Sun Tzu Read Quote
I think people tend to underestimate you when you have a Northern accent, for instance if you have to talk to the CEO of an international company. But then when I’m talking to someone in a factory, it’s just like being with my mum’s mates. Steph McGovern Read Quote
I’m for the Wall Street Occupiers. But will they accept me when they find out I sell packaged mortgage default instruments to children? Steve Martin Read Quote
A lot of my work has been about stuff I’ve been frightened of: cliffs, explosions, meteorites, that kind of stuff. I would have been this trembling blob of fear if I hadn’t got into making art, which is a good way of deferring it. Cornelia Parker Read Quote
