Nellie Melba Quotes

If I'd been a housemaid I'd have been the best in Australia - I couldn't help it. It's got to be perfection for me.

Nellie Melba

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: australian
  • Birth: May 19, 1861 - February 23, 1931

Topics

BestPerfectionMeHelpAustralia

I'm quite a good listener, and I'm good at looking after people.

Amanda Abbington

GoodPeopleLookingQuiteListener

I thought it was going to take a lot more countdowns on the pad. We actually did scrub once, but I figured we'd scrub several times since it's a pretty complicated vehicle.

Robert Crippen

ThoughtComplicatedMorePrettyTake

For days on end, I avoid the Web, never logging in until about two or three, after I've written all morning. On a good week, I don't go online till after Wednesday, so four or five days might lapse without my checking e-mail.

Mary Karr

GoodMorningEndWeekGoThree

I remember when I first saw Whoopi Goldberg doing standup, and she was wearing a sheet on her head, basically pretending to be this little white girl with long luxurious blonde hair. Everyone can relate to that. It's an oral history of black women's lives through laughter.

Mickalene Thomas

WomenGirlHistoryLaughterHair

I do not want to send anybody else's child to war.

Lois Frankel

WarChildWantSendAnybodyElse

I find a lot of poetry to be narcissistic.

Joni Mitchell

PoetryFindNarcissisticLot

I grew up really fast when I moved to England when I was 12 years old.

Derek Hough

FastOldYearsUpEnglandMoved

When you have films like 'Bourne' that succeed, not only does it beget sequels, but it begets people taking chances.

Doug Liman

PeopleSucceedYouBegetsChances

The voluntary approach to corporate social responsibility has failed in many cases.

David Suzuki

ResponsibilitySocial Responsibility

Radio is the art form of sports casting. If you're any good, you can do a great job on radio.

Chick Hearn

GoodSportsGreatArtJobYou

If there's anything I can't stand, it's the cliche of the female handler who's always talking through the radio with your player, telling you where to go and what to do with a sexy voice. It's such a horrible, horrible cliche. You just get so tired of it. It's like, is this all she's ever going to be?

Chris Avellone

TiredVoiceSexyStandTalkingYou

We've all seen the power music has to spread messages of solidarity and hope.

Conor Oberst

MusicHopePowerSolidaritySpread

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