Charles Barkley Quotes

Poor people cannot rely on the government to come to help you in times of need. You have to get your education. Then nobody can control your destiny.

Charles Barkley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 20, 1963

Topics

EducationGovernmentPeopleControl

Paying a royalty to someone for prepping an ebook is akin to paying the kid who cuts your grass a percentage of the purchase price when you sell your house. It makes no sense.

Michael A. Stackpole

SomeoneRoyaltyYouHousePriceKid

I am not a big fan of positive thinking. The term suggests that there is something negative that you have to counteract by being positive. That is an artificial duality.

Srikumar Rao

PositiveI AmNegativeThinkingYou

I've dreamed a lot of things and a lot of them have come true. The Grammy nomination was the last thing on my list before I had to write a new one. So I'm working on a new one.

Trombone Shorty

NewTrueWriteThingsLastWorking

What you learn growing up in a place like Buffalo is that your job isn't just your paycheck, it's your identity. It doesn't just give you dollars, it gives you dignity.

Tom Perez

JobIdentityGrowing UpLearnYou

'Nice' is not a common label for comedians, but it is for Canadians. I like it.

Martin Short

NiceComediansCommonLikeLabel

I know when 'California Dreamin' was first released, we heard it on KFWB or KHJ or something, and it was so exciting to hear the record come on the radio.

Michelle Phillips

KnowCaliforniaFirstRadioCome

Limits, like fear, is often an illusion.

Michael Jordan

FearLimitsIllusionLikeOften

I would love to spend all my time writing to you; I'd love to share with you all that goes through my mind, all that weighs on my heart, all that gives air to my soul; phantoms of art, dreams that would be so beautiful if they could come true.

Luigi Pirandello

LoveDreamsHeartBeautifulTime

Henry Kissinger should have the door shut in his face by every decent person and should be shamed, ostracized and excluded.

Christopher Hitchens

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We might be on the brink of an apocalypse if, instead of poor people with suicide bombs killing middle class guys, middle-class people with suicide bombs started killing rich guys.

Bruce Sterling

PeopleRichSuicideClassPoorGuys

Most of the time I don't have much fun. The rest of the time I don't have any fun at all.

Woody Allen

TimeFunRestMostMuchAny

It took me 17 years to become a U.S. citizen.

Pramila Jayapal

MeCitizenBecomeYearsTook

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