The Notorious B.I.G. Quotes

I cleaned up my act, and I made this rap thing work for me. I thought people would respect me for that. But instead, it's, 'Oh, he's sold all these records, and now he thinks he's all that.'

The Notorious B.I.G.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 21, 1972 - March 9, 1997

Topics

WorkRespectPeopleMeThoughtNow

I know from my own clinical work that when people are beaten and hurt, they numb out so that they can't feel anymore.

John Bradshaw

WorkPeopleHurtFeelKnowMy Own

There can't be a pure myth, especially when the myth has been handed down in the oral tradition. As the stories are told, they change. If the stories don't change they just die.

Maxine Hong Kingston

ChangeDieTraditionDownPureMyth

I've never regretted not having children. My mindset in that regard has been constant. I objected to being born, and I refuse to impose life on someone else.

Robert Smith

LifeChildrenMindsetSomeoneBorn

Southern poets are still writing narrative poems, poems in forms, dramatic poems.

Robert Morgan

WritingNarrativeDramaticSouthern

Like I'm in San Diego today and this is my hometown so I've got a lot of my friends coming and I definitely want to put on the best show that I can.

Matt Cameron

TodayBestFriendsHometownI Can

Business leaders should provide expertise in service of our country. My predecessors at GE have done so, as have leaders of many other great American companies.

Jeffrey R. Immelt

BusinessGreatServiceAmericanDone

My marriage and my families come certainly before my career.

Michael Douglas

MarriageCareerComeBeforeFamilies

If we do a record, and there's a reggae song, it's not shocking to us. If we do an all hip-hop song, it's not shocking to us. We all listen to that sort of music. It's not about what's in at the time; it's what feels right to us and what we're comfortable in doing.

Sonny Sandoval

MusicTimeSongDoingHip-HopRight

'Cue for Treason,' by Geoffrey Trease, radicalized my young girl brain and made me want to be a gender-bending, sonnet-writing anarchist. It really made something roar to life inside of me.

Miriam Toews

LifeGirlMeBrainYoungWant

I think more from my heart. My brains don't work as much.

Juhi Chawla

WorkHeartThinkMoreBrainsMuch

If I think too much about all of those Chinese factories where all the stuff in a Wal-Mart is made, I get that woozy feeling you get when you see ducks covered in crude oil.

Douglas Coupland

ThinkYouFeelingToo MuchOilSee

We're heading towards a perception tipping point where it's going to soon become a foregone conclusion that not only has Newark turned a corner, but it's way down the right road.

Cory Booker

PerceptionRoadDownWayBecome

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