Roberto Clemente Quotes

The farther away you writers stay, the better I like it. You know why? Because you're trying to create a bad image of me... you do it because I'm black and Puerto Rican, but I'm proud to be Puerto Rican.

Roberto Clemente

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: puerto rican
  • Birth: August 18, 1934 - December 31, 1972

Topics

MeProudBlackBetterYouBad

I shouldn't be saying this - high treason, really - but I sometimes wonder if Americans aren't fooled by our accent into detecting brilliance that may not really be there.

Stephen Fry

SayingWonderSometimesTreasonHigh

A truth which comes to us from outside always bears the stamp of uncertainty. We can believe only what appears to each one of us in our own hearts as truth.

Rudolf Steiner

TruthBelieveUncertaintyOutsideUs

The painter's obsession with his subject is all that he needs to drive him to work.

Lucian Freud

WorkDriveHimObsessionPainterHe

Profit per se is not my motive.

Chris Hughes

ProfitMotivePer

The church is not made up of one person but a whole congregation, and they should be able to interact with art without being told what to think.

Chris Ofili

ArtThinkChurchPersonWithoutUp

As a writer, as a lyricist, you're just trying to make sure that you're not repeating yourself. And that's a danger for a lot of people. So for me, I just try to keep taking corners and trying to find new paths.

Corey Taylor

YourselfPeopleMeTryingYouFind

In a way, the sense of quality has improved, the status symbol of the small things is gone, and it is acceptable to use stainless steel, even if the neighbour uses silver.

Arne Jacobsen

Small ThingsQualitySmallSilver

Plenty of Disney kids are perfectly normal and love what they do. But you always hear about the people who aren't doing well. It's kind of like the squeaky wheel.

Ashley Greene

LovePeopleDoingYouKindWheel

When most people are unhappy customers, they get mad; I try to get rich. All of my businesses started the same way: I got rich by improving the world and making a lot of people happier in the process.

Paul Zane Pilzer

PeopleWorldRichProcessUnhappy

I'm a busy girl.

Shenae Grimes

GirlBusy

Mainstream to me equals boring, so I don't want to be doing that.

Marnie Stern

MeDoingWantBoringEquals

I read, I study, I examine, I listen, I think, and out of all that I try to form an idea into which I put as much common sense as I can.

Marquis de Lafayette

ThinkCommon SenseI CanTryListen

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