Ethel Waters Quotes

The big compliment came from the beer drinkers who didn't know me. They wouldn't drink or move when I sang. If they had their glasses in mid-air, the glasses wouldn't come down.

Ethel Waters

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 31, 1896 - September 1, 1977

Topics

BeerMeGlassesDownKnowDrink

History shows how feeble are barriers of paper.

John Lothrop Motley

HistoryBarriersPaperHowFeeble

And the people who live in the southern part of my state do not have a secure environment. To wit, there are signs that the government put up that say, 'Warning. You are in a drug smuggling area and a human smuggling area.'

John McCain

LiveGovernmentPeopleYouSayWit

Everyone in my family has seen me cry before.

Maura Tierney

FamilyMeCryEveryoneSeenBefore

My mom always liked the idea of us acting - me and my sister - like, one of us trying it. But my dad always thought it was a joke.

Matt Prokop

MeMomSisterThoughtTryingActing

When I die, I shall soar with angels, and when I die to the angels, what I shall become you cannot imagine.

Rumi

DieYouSoarAngelsBecomeImagine

Hierarchy is is much reviled in the present day.

Mary Douglas

DayPresentHierarchyMuchReviled

As a young girl, I plowed the fields of our family farm. I worked construction with my dad. To save for college, I worked the morning biscuit line at Hardees.

Joni Ernst

FamilyGirlMorningCollegeFarm

In ancient China, self-government was highly developed both in community life and in personal life. The custom of mutual protection and assistance was widespread. The organization and regulations of local self-government were clearly defined and strictly applied. Individual self-control was even more strongly emphasized.

Chiang Kai-shek

LifeCommunityOrganizationPersonal

I was in martial arts starting at the age of 14, and I got my black belt by the time I was 18. Soon after, I was teaching an entire school, with about 150 students. It was unbelievably intense because of the self-awareness part of becoming a black belt.

Brad D. Smith

AgeTimeSchoolBlackSelf-Awareness

We were raised right in the heart of the Bogside. Everything was so bad at the time that Mammy would bring us to the pantomime, circus, concerts because we were so confined at home.

Bronagh Gallagher

HomeHeartTimeBadCircusRight

As a rule, I am lazy and prefer to avoid anything resembling work, and research feels like work, as opposed to my strong suit, which is sitting around making things up.

Arthur Phillips

WorkI AmResearchStrongSitting

There is no other person on the face of this planet that I would rather sit and talk to than my wife.

Willie Aames

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