Merle Travis Quotes

The saddest songs are written when a person is happy.

Merle Travis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 29, 1917 - October 20, 1983

Topics

HappyPersonSongsSaddestWritten

Honestly, my sales pitch when I was a kid was, 'You don't want these Girl Scout cookies, do you?' If I had to push my own books, I'd stop writing. I hate the conflation of marketing and writing.

Jincy Willett

GirlHateWritingPushYouCookies

We hoped against hope that what we had been doing was enough to prevent a riot. It was not enough.

Jerome Cavanagh

HopeDoingEnoughAgainstBeenRiot

The first piece of advice I would have from my experience is that governments need to be vocal about human rights.

Amal Clooney

ExperienceAdviceHumanFirstNeed

I had a birthday one night on a farm we were shooting on. I walked into the tent, and there were 150 people waiting for me, all wearing masks of my face.

Stephen Hopkins

BirthdayWaitingPeopleMeNight

Hordes of young girls never copied my hairdos or the way I talk or the way I dress. I have, therefore, never had to go through the stress of perpetuating an image that's often the equivalent of one particular song that forever freezes a precise moment of one's youth.

Simone Signoret

MomentStressDressYouthSongGo

The more people you help and the more value you create, the more your business will fly - and the quicker you'll win.

Robin S. Sharma

BusinessValuePeopleWinFlyHelp

The failure of women to have reached positions of leadership has been due in large part to social and professional discrimination. In the past, few women have tried, and even fewer have succeeded.

Rosalyn Sussman Yalow

LeadershipFailureWomenPastSocial

Doing nothing and shrinking spending may save us public money in the short term but could cost us a great deal more over time as the recession takes hold for much longer.

Lucy Powell

GreatTimeMoneyShortDoingMore

I think that not being proactive is a good thing. I like life to unfold on its own.

Lisa Jewell

LifeGoodThinkProactiveOwnBeing

I've just always rocked the goatee. Maybe a beard for a minute or some thick sideburns, but I've only been clean-shaven for, like, two days in my adult life.

Jason Winston George

LifeBeardTwoAlwaysDaysAdult

If everything is disposable or recyclable, how does that make us feel about ourselves and each other?

Jonathan Miles

FeelEverythingUsDisposableHow

I'm always sad to see a relationship not work, but what happens between two people is not my business.

Debbie Reynolds

WorkBusinessRelationshipSadSee

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