Whitney Houston Quotes

My mother was the first singer I had contact with. She sang constantly to us around the house, in church.

Whitney Houston

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 9, 1963 - February 11, 2012

Topics

MotherChurchHouseSheSingerUs

I wasn't always someone who was talented. It was more that I was loud and loved a challenge.

Jessie J

ChallengeLovedSomeoneMoreAlways

Ten years ago in Nairobi we said that the participation of women in the decision-making and appraisal processes of the United Nations was essential if the organization was to effectively serve women's interests.

Jenny Shipley

WomenOrganizationSaidParticipation

My parents are kind and accepting. Because so many of my friends were gay, it was just an accepted thing in my house. I was very lucky.

Melissa McCarthy

ParentsFriendsHouseGayKindJust

In the Marines, I was stunned, absolutely stunned, at everything around me, at what the world looked like.

John Naisbitt

MeWorldMarinesEverythingLike

Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face.

John Updike

FaceMaskCelebrityEats

I've always collected vintage kitchenalia because it's beautifully made, and I love to see things that have been used down the ages.

Mary Berry

LoveVintageDownAlwaysSeeThings

We're all in denial from time to time. We all see things that are too painful to really deal with. But this has consequences, and the consequences of not vaccinating your children are not only just that those children are exposed to illnesses; it's that everyone else they go to school with and they hang around with are, too.

Michael Specter

ChildrenTimeSchoolConsequencesGo

Put your idol worship on firemen or a schoolteacher or a rescue worker or a first-aid worker or Doctors Without Borders. I love those guys. Those are your heroes.

Jason Jones

LoveWorshipBordersHeroesWithout

I think clothing is transformative. When you put something really beautiful on, you feel something. In so many ways, we're always playing a form of dress-up - it's just a grown-up, much chicer version of it. It's nice to be able to be whoever you want to be.

Jason Wu

BeautifulThinkFeelYouNiceWant

There is a 'patrician arrogance' to James Taylor that accounts in part for his popularity while it at the same time explains the critical resistance to his work.

Jon Landau

WorkTimeArroganceResistanceSame

I'm not one of those guys who wants to die on a stage.

Don Rickles

DieStageWhoWantsThoseGuys

'I know this is going to end bad, but I'm going to pretend it's going to end good.' My life's philosophy.

Johnny Knoxville

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