Henry Louis Gates Quotes

A more humane form of capitalism is about the best I think we can get. Which might sound very reformist or conservative, but that's basically where I am.

Henry Louis Gates

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 16, 1950

Topics

BestI AmCapitalismThinkSound

I think music has the power to transform people, and in doing so, it has the power to transform situations - some large and some small.

Joan Baez

MusicPowerPeopleSmallThinkSome

If I decide to be an idiot, then I'll be an idiot on my own accord.

Johann Sebastian Bach

IdiotMy OwnDecideOwnThenAccord

I'll never forget my interview with Barry Humphries - one of the oddest I've ever done. He insisted that for half the time he appeared as Dame Edna. So I interviewed the real Barry Humphries in a suit and tie, and then I interviewed Edna in full fig in her dressing room, where she criticised Barry mercilessly.

Melvyn Bragg

TimeNever ForgetDoneForgetNever

It's not something to complain about, but just the major difference between college and the pros is that in college you're guaranteed four to five years so long as you don't do anything criminally and in the pros you're guaranteed one day because you can be cut the next.

Robert Griffin III

DayCollegeLongYouOne DayYears

If you go far enough back, your genome connects you with bacteria, butterflies, and barracuda - the great chain of being linked together through DNA.

Spencer Wells

GreatTogetherEnoughYouBackGo

I think the bailouts in 2008 were wrong.

Steve Bannon

ThinkWrongI ThinkWere

If you don't have a pool in Las Vegas, you have to put your children in the icebox.

Sirio Maccioni

ChildrenVegasYouPoolYourPut

It is never a perfect time or a right time to step aside. But for me, this is the time. I want to share with you my decision that I will not be a candidate for any office in November of 2014.

Tom Latham

TimeDecisionStepMeYouPerfect

I ended up performing on a full time basis and I never got to Julliard at all.

Tom Glazer

TimeNeverUpGotPerformingFull

One thing we should all understand is that we are brutally honest with search engines. You show me your search history, and I'll find something incriminating or something embarrassing there in five minutes. We are more honest with search engines than we are with our families.

Mikko Hypponen

HistoryMeSearchYouFindMore

Kevin McCarthy is a good man.

Jason Chaffetz

GoodManGood ManA Good ManKevin

Working on a sitcom and improv improves your comedic chops. If you do it long enough, the one thing you learn to do is listen to the other characters.

Diedrich Bader

LearnEnoughLongYouListenImprov

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