Aretha Franklin Quotes

I remember singing around the house to records that were playing. All kinds of music. And the great James Cleveland was often in our house, and I grew up with his sound as well.

Aretha Franklin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MusicGreatSingingRememberHouse

I can't take a traditional yoga class or anything. I'll just lay down and take a nap on the mat.

Jessica St. Clair

DownClassNapAnythingTakeJust

Straight-away the ideas flow in upon me, directly from God, and not only do I see distinct themes in my mind's eye, but they are clothed in the right forms, harmonies, and orchestration.

Johannes Brahms

GodMindMeIdeasEyeFlow

There are three main controllers of power here in Britain: the political establishment in Westminster, the BBC (MSM), and the Bank Of England.

Max Keiser

PowerPoliticalThreeBankHereBBC

Isolationism is not leadership.

John Hickenlooper

LeadershipIsolationism

If you do something that's different and quirky and original, it takes time for people to figure it out.

Matthew Vaughn

TimePeopleYouOutQuirkyOriginal

Fullness of knowledge always means some understanding of the depths of our ignorance; and that is always conducive to humility and reverence.

Robert Andrews Millikan

KnowledgeIgnoranceHumilityAlways

I was in Christian broadcasting back in the 1970s. I was director of communications for James Robinson, and I really thought Christian broadcasting was going to be my career. There have been so many twist and turns in my life; of course I haven't been a pastor for almost 22 years, but it was a very important part of my life.

Mike Huckabee

LifeThoughtMy LifeChristianBack

Maybe some people have written us off, but I think the new music today has also invigorated us.

Lou Gramm

MusicTodayPeopleThinkNewUs

With a father who is a fabulous craftsman, I was raised with the fundamental belief that it is only when you personally work with a material with your hands, that you come to understand its true nature, its characteristics, its attributes, and I think - very importantly - its potential.

Jonathan Ive

WorkNatureFatherThinkPotential

Wandering around the web is like living in a world in which every doorway is actually one of those science fiction devices which deposit you in a completely different part of the world when you walk through them. In fact, it isn't like it, it is it.

Douglas Adams

ScienceWalkWorldYouLivingWeb

If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it's the fruit of a seed planted by us in the past.

Bodhidharma

GreatPastBlessedFruitSeedFame

'Walking the Bible' describes the year that I spent retracing the five books of Moses through the desert, and I was actually working on a follow-up, which would look at the rest of the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament.

Bruce Feiler

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