Steve Martin Quotes

The thing about the banjo is, when you first hear it, it strikes many people as 'What's that?' There's something very compelling about it to certain people; that's the way I was; that's the way a lot of banjo players and people who love the banjo are.

Steve Martin

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LovePeopleYouWayFirstSomething

That's all nonviolence is - organized love.

Joan Baez

LoveOrganizedNonviolence

Without the name, any flower is still more or less a stranger to you. The name betrays its family, its relationship to other flowers, and gives the mind something tangible to grasp. It is very difficult for persons who have had no special training to learn the names of the flowers from the botany.

John Burroughs

FamilyFlowerRelationshipTraining

I am the same as the public as my fans.

Jenni Rivera

I AmSameFansPublicAm

Apologetic explanations do not develop unless there is a reality that has to be explained and defended. Jesus was undeniably a figure of history.

John Shelby Spong

HistoryRealityExplainedDevelop

I like to think I'm a listener, and I'm fascinated by observing people - I suppose you just lock that in.

Amanda Burton

PeopleThinkYouLockObserving

The outrages surrounding the Benghazi attack involve administration action - or lack of action - before, during, and after the attack.

Ron Johnson

ActionAttackAdministrationBefore

Even if you are divine, you don't disdain male consorts.

Michelangelo

YouDivineEvenDisdainMale

What inspired me to work so hard and to maintain my determination was seeing my mother. She was an immigrant and was struggling in America to make it by; that inspired me to work hard.

Michelle Phan

WorkMotherDeterminationWork Hard

Making 'Caddyshack' was like an exercise in controlled chaos.

Michael O'Keefe

ChaosExerciseLikeMaking

I don't think it's all that unusual for a new president to want to get along with the Russians. I remember George W. Bush having the same hope.

Mitch McConnell

HopeThinkRememberNewWantSame

Technology gives us power, but it does not and cannot tell us how to use that power. Thanks to technology, we can instantly communicate across the world, but it still doesn't help us know what to say.

Jonathan Sacks

TechnologyPowerWorldHelpKnowUs

IBM has research and development; so do Microsoft and Nike and even Jose Andres. But there hasn't been enough R&D on feeding people in the Third World. This has to be part of the process; if not, we'll keep throwing money at the problem instead of investing in true solutions.

Jose Andres

MoneyPeopleResearchWorldProblem

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