Billy Eckstine Quotes

I knew exactly what I was, and there was no hang-up with me. None whatsoever. The fact that the pigment of my skin maybe being lighter brown than other people of my race, maybe some of them, but you know our race has all colors.

Billy Eckstine

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 8, 1914 - March 8, 1993

Topics

PeopleMeColorsYouSkinKnow

It is true that the king has made a truce with the duke of Burgundy for fifteen days and that the duke is to turn over the city of Paris at the end of fifteen days. Yet you should not marvel if I do not enter that city so quickly.

Joan of Arc

KingCityEndYouParisTrue

I had a friend who was a plastic surgeon, so he would do little things. I never had, like, a full thing. So I would go in maybe once every two or three years, and he'd do a little here, a little there; tweak you, like you tweak your car. Then I became the plastic surgery poster girl.

Joan Rivers

FriendCarGirlLittle ThingsYou

I can parallel park pretty well - I'm a great driver.

Jenny Lewis

GreatI CanParkPrettyDriverWell

From an animation perspective, it doesn't get better than Pixar. You're working so much in the blind because the huge circle of collaborators that's required to pull off a film like this means that you are just one small arc in that large circle. The level of trust that you have to give into is significant.

Jeffrey Wright

TrustPerspectiveSmallBlindBetter

I did a lot of stuff before I became known for horror. I did a lot of small films in the '70s, in all kinds of styles. I worked with all kinds of people when I was just starting out: I was incredibly lucky.

Robert Englund

PeopleSmallHorrorLuckyStarting

If I had gone to art college and everybody was being a conceptual artist, I probably would have wanted to be a portrait or landscape painter.

Roisin Murphy

ArtCollegePortraitLandscapeGone

In the private sector, there is always innovation. There's always change. There's always improving productivity, and if you're not leading that, you'll be passed and ultimately go out of business. So there's an urgency to constantly update and renew and to rethink your enterprise.

Mitt Romney

ChangeBusinessInnovationYouGo

I think there's a pedigree that comes with being from Chicago that gives you some cache outside of L.A. and New York, where, frankly, most of show business really is.

Jay Chandrasekhar

BusinessNew YorkThinkYouNew

Painting, drawing - I'm really into photography, I've done it since high school.

Dianna Agron

SchoolPaintingHigh SchoolDrawing

Drama or comedy programming is still the surest way for advertisers to reach a mass audience. Once that changes, all bets are off.

Dick Wolf

ReachComedyDramaWayProgramming

For me, you've got to start from within. The things you eat directly affect the way you feel and the way you move.

Derek Hough

MeStartFeelYouWayEat

Are there any good guys on 'Prison Break?' I suppose there might be. I can't honestly say whether I'm a good guy or a bad guy or I'm a good guy in wolf's clothing or sheep's clothing.

Chris Vance

GoodPrisonWolfSheepBadSay

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Billy Eckstine