Merle Haggard Quotes

It's easier to force feed people than it is to give 'em what they want. It makes more money.

Merle Haggard

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 6, 1937 - April 6, 2016

Topics

MoneyPeopleWantMoreForceFeed

Sometimes you have to go through the wilderness before you get to the Promised Land.

John Bytheway

WildernessYouGoSometimesLand

I simply love Wagner's music. That actually started very early. He was the first composer I was exposed very much to because my parents introduced me to Wagner's music very early.

Andris Nelsons

LoveMusicParentsMeEarlyFirst

Alabama is better than to depend on gambling to fund its government.

Robert J. Bentley

GovernmentBetterGamblingDepend

I think there are a lot of Republicans who recognize that investment in adolescent girls and empowering them is good for our foreign policy. When they're educated, they tend to give back more to their communities, to rise out of poverty in a way that is good for their families and their communities and, ultimately, their countries.

Jeanne Shaheen

GoodThinkPovertyBackRiseWay

Unlike a high-wire walker, I don't think any musician strikes the wires of a piano or draws a bow across a violin's strings primarily for the kick of an adrenalin fix. There is danger on stage, but dropped notes are not broken bones; a memory lapse is not a tumble to the ground.

Stephen Hough

BrokenMemoryThinkViolinFix

I'm certainly not who people think I am. I always do whatever I want to do, and my films are personal to me.

Steven Rodney McQueen

I AmPeopleMeThinkWantPersonal

If I just point out the fact that black people hurt each other, too, then we can ignore the fact that other people harm black people. I think it's an irresponsible argument.

Trip Lee

PeopleBlackThinkHurtIgnoreOut

Being given a terrible piece of information shouldn't ruin the interactions you have with the people around you or mean that you can't become something, even if it's not the idea of what you thought you were going to be.

Rose McIver

PeopleThoughtYouInformationMean

In my bedroom, I have my yoga mat and the puppets I've made over the years, and because I'm very into smells, I have some burned sage on my bedside to help clear my head.

Lucas Hedges

HelpBedroomOverYearsHeadClear

Couture gowns are like gremlins; you can't expose them to bright light or get them wet.

Diablo Cody

LightYouBrightWetGetLike

And Americans realized that native people are still here, that they have a moral standing, a legal standing.

Dennis Banks

PeopleLegalMoralStandingHere

You can give men food and leisure and amusements and good conditions of work, and still they will remain unsatisfied. You can deny them all these things, and they will not complain so long as they feel that they have something to die for.

Christopher Dawson

WorkGoodFoodMenDieYou

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