Cilla Black Quotes

On my gravestone, I want 'Here lies the singer,' not 'Here lies the T.V. presenter'.

Cilla Black

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: May 27, 1943 - August 1, 2015

Topics

WantSingerHereLiesPresenter

I truly think comedy is - being funny is DNA. My dad was a doctor, a wonderful doctor, and people still come up to me today, 'Your father helped my mother die.' You know what I'm saying? He made her laugh 'til she died. My father was always very funny.

Joan Rivers

FunnyFatherMotherTodayPeopleMe

If you don't set the tone for the day, the devil will set it for you.

Joel Osteen

DayDevilYouWillToneSet

A young female essayist saying they're influenced by Joan Didion is like a young female singer-songwriter saying they're influenced by Joni Mitchell.

Meghan Daum

SayingYoungLikeInfluencedFemale

Back in the '40s and early '50s, building simple electronic projects was a popular hobby of many people. Back then, you could buy, you know, a few parts and - with tubes and build something on your kitchen table, and it would actually work.

Robert Moog

WorkSimplePeopleBuildingKitchen

Since I became CEO, 87 percent of the companies in the Fortune 500 are off the list. What that says is that companies that don't reinvent themselves will be left behind. I also think that's true of people. And I think it's true of countries.

John T. Chambers

PeopleThinkTrueWillFortuneLeft

Yes, there are things that I can't change, but the things I can, I'm going to do everything in my power to work very hard through them and come out stronger on the other side.

Amy Purdy

WorkChangePowerStrongerI Can

I'm interested in people who are very close to the people who commit crimes.

Amanda Peet

PeopleCloseCommitWhoInterested

To be a great player or a good player in the NBA, I have to work on my perimeter game.

Amar'e Stoudemire

WorkGoodGreatGameNBAPlayer

There are no road signs to help navigate. And, in fact, no one has yet determined which side of the road we're supposed to be on.

Steve Case

RoadHelpSignsSideDetermined

So it's been kind of a long road, but it was a good journey altogether.

Sidney Poitier

GoodJourneyRoadLongKindBeen

When it comes to sitting down and composing, there is no hesitation, no concern, no critics breathing fire down my neck. For me, writing a song is the purest part of all. No one can mess with that.

Rufus Wainwright

FireMeWritingSongDownSitting

I am not much of a researcher as a novelist; I write mainly from experience.

Mohsin Hamid

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