John Oates Quotes

I couldn't wait to grow a mustache. I stopped shaving my upper lip the day I graduated from high school.

John Oates

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DaySchoolWaitHigh SchoolGrow

I became conscious in later life that I had been given an education that enabled me to do all kinds of jobs, but often, jobs weren't open to me.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

LifeEducationMeOpenKindsBeen

I don't care if it's a Cole Porter song, or George Gershwin, or Lennon/McCartney, or Elton John, or you know, whoever, Bob Dylan. Great songs are great songs, and they stand the test of time, and they can be interpreted and recorded with many points of view, but yet still retain the essence of what makes them good songs.

John Oates

GoodGreatTimeSongCareStand

I really don't have any secrets. I've never met a photographer whose work I respected that had a secret because the secret lies within each and every one of us.

John Sexton

WorkSecretsNeverPhotographerUs

Traveling is magical, inspiring, and life - changing.

Rory Freedman

LifeMagicalChangingTraveling

An organized effort is making to deceive the people. There are two great enemies of thought and progress, the aristocracy of royalty and the aristocracy of gold.

Mary Elizabeth Lease

GreatProgressEffortPeopleGold

It was an important and daring decision to open Eletrobras capital to private investors.

Michel Temer

DecisionImportantOpenDaring

One seldom expects the country's president to adequately note the passing of a rocker, but Jimmy Carter's assessment of Elvis Presley's appeal - 'energy, rebelliousness and good humor' - is remarkably close to the mark.

Molly Ivins

GoodHumorEnergyCountryAssessment

John Kerry can be absolutely ruthless. I would not want to be on his enemies list when he's ready to go after you.

Douglas Brinkley

YouReadyGoWantEnemiesRuthless

The universe is incredibly wondrous, incredibly beautiful, and it fills me with a sense that there is some underlying explanation that we have yet to fully understand. If someone wants to place the word 'God' on those collections of words, it's OK with me.

Brian Greene

GodBeautifulWordsMeUniverse

I really believe God called on me to coach, and that is the reason I stayed in it for so long.

Bobby Bowden

GodMeBelieveLongCoachReason

New Mexico is an environment where we are open for business.

Susana Martinez

BusinessEnvironmentNewOpenMexico

I'm not even sure that I want to go back... The Zimbabwe that I really loved, the Zimbabwe that I grew up in, just isn't there anymore, and I'm not sure about the country that has replaced it.

Petina Gappah

LovedBackCountryGoWantUp

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