Gil Scott-Heron Quotes

I have a novel that I can write. It's about three soldiers from Somalia. Some babies have been disappearing up on 144th Street, and I speculate later on what happened to them and how they might have been got back. These guys are dead, all three, and they have a chance in the afterlife to do something they should have done when they were alive.

Gil Scott-Heron

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 1, 1949 - May 27, 2011

Topics

ChanceBackI CanAliveDoneStreet

When you walk through the hospital, you waiver between feeling bad for everyone else and feeling bad for yourself. It's a war of the worlds - the healthy and the sick.

Jenna Morasca

WalkYourselfWarSickYouBad

Any company of my size cannot live without thinking it's possible to go public one day.

Max Azria

LiveDayThinkingGoPossibleSize

The vanity of loving fine clothes and new fashion, and placing value on ourselves by them is one of the most childish pieces of folly.

Matthew Hale

ValueFashionClothesLovingVanity

I think that Linda Perry is such a beautiful example of strong female representation in the industry.

Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

BeautifulStrongThinkIndustry

If you had to point to anything, it's when you've had as much success as we've had and are so close to winning a Super Bowl, at some stage you have an opportunity to think the next move, even if it's not consistent with all your previous moves, will be the one that gives you the chance to win the Lombardi Trophy.

Jeffrey Lurie

SuccessOpportunityWinWinningYou

The problem with taking amps to a shop is that they come back sounding like another amp.

Stevie Ray Vaughan

ProblemBackComeLikeTakingShop

I'm very proud of my band and my musicians.

Trombone Shorty

ProudMusiciansBandVery

My friends had to convince me to get a Twitter and Instagram.

Russ

MeFriendsConvinceInstagramGet

I don't really look around and say, 'I've made it.' I just look around and think how fortunate I am to work with the people I'm working with.

Logan Lerman

WorkI AmPeopleThinkLookSay

At a time when we are losing manufacturing jobs in this country, we should be doing everything we can to help our manufacturers stay competitive. They are the backbone of our economy.

Debbie Stabenow

TimeLosingDoingHelpCountry

My mother gets told, 'Oh, you're so lucky that your daughters are doing so well.' She never corrects anybody when they assume Helen is her daughter.

Bonnie Hunt

MotherDaughterDoingYouLuckyShe

God's Spirit moves through us and the world at a pace that can never be constricted by any one religious paradigm.

Bono

GodWorldSpiritNeverParadigmUs

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