Aretha Franklin Quotes

Be your own artist, and always be confident in what you're doing. If you're not going to be confident, you might as well not be doing it.

Aretha Franklin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 25, 1942 - August 16, 2018

Topics

ConfidentDoingYouArtistAlways

I think great comedy comes from the oppressed. It comes from feeling like you've gotten punched up in a way.

Jessica Williams

GreatThinkComedyYouFeelingWay

I've worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down.

Mia Hamm

MotivationalGoalsMyselfStandLong

My first commercial was an Old Navy commercial where I stood in line in front of a club, and Fran Drescher was in it.

Amber Stevens

NavyOldFirstClubLineWhere

Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks.

Stokely Carmichael

SocietyGroupFirstOpenMustClose

To set up as a standard of public morality a notion which can neither be defined nor conceived is to open the door to every kind of tyranny.

Simone Weil

DoorTyrannyMoralityKindOpenUp

Just the basic principles of what makes America work for me are very strong in my heart. It's like no other nation in the world.

Rob Halford

WorkHeartMeWorldStrongAmerica

Asia is not going to be civilized after the methods of the West. There is too much Asia and she is too old.

Rudyard Kipling

Too MuchSheOldWestGoingAsia

Happiness or satisfaction consists only in the enjoyment of those objects which are by nature suited to our several particular appetites, passions, and affections.

Joseph Butler

NatureHappinessSatisfactionOnly

I know where I'm coming from; I know what I bring and what I take. I take more than I bring; I bring hope, but I give nothing. That's not the role I'm proud of.

Don McCullin

HopeProudKnowNothingMoreBring

There are a million things I'd rather do before designing clothes: directing, landscaping.

Christian Louboutin

ClothesThingsMillionDirecting

The place where the system and people's intentions meet is the political arena.

Peter Garrett

PeoplePoliticalPlaceMeetSystem

Historically, industrial revolutions haven't been kind to poor people. Despite the potential benefits technology can offer, the immediate impact on the lowest-paid members of society has often been negative.

Seth Berkley

TechnologyPeopleSocietyNegative

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