Utah Phillips Quotes

When I was in Utah there, first learning the kind of music I love, my favorite singer was T. Texas Tyler. So my friend, Norman Ritchie, the traveling teenage sage, started calling me U. Utah Phillips.

Utah Phillips

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: activist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 15, 1935 - May 23, 2008

Topics

LoveLearningFriendMusicMeTexas

The reactions haven't differed; the concerns have been different. When I read for a predominantly Indian audience, there are more questions that are based on issues of identity and representation.

Jhumpa Lahiri

IdentityQuestionsMoreAudience

My tastes are pretty varied. For instance, I love Wilco. But it's considered dad rock. It's one of my favorite bands, and yet I find it impossible not to think of myself as a dad-in-training when I listen to it.

Jesse Andrews

LoveMyselfImpossibleThinkFind

Even in the presence of others he was completely alone.

Robert M. Pirsig

AloneOthersPresenceEvenHe

As for reputation, though it be a glorious instrument of advancing our Master's service, yet there is a better than that: a clean heart, a single eye, and a soul full of God. A fair exchange if, by the loss of reputation, we can purchase the lowest degree of purity of heart.

John Wesley

GodHeartServiceSoulEyeBetter

I was on the show previously as a guest host, so I had a little practice.

Rocco DiSpirito

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The reality is that the special interest groups that have lobbied against Free Choice Vouchers object to any measure that would empower employees to have a say in their health benefits because it begins to erode their power in the current health care system.

Ron Wyden

PowerHealthFreeCareRealitySay

I think we have a lot in common with classical composers of the 19th century, although I'm not claiming to have their intelligence. They wanted to create a musical explosion, to blow the crowd away.

Matt Bellamy

IntelligenceThinkCreateAwayCrowd

Success has affected my self-definition in that I have more money. Writers pooh-pooh that idea, but it's a huge deal.

Mary Karr

SuccessMoneyMoreDealIdeaHuge

If you're not on a major label today, you're not gonna get played. They've got the market sewed up.

Mickey Gilley

TodayYouUpGotGetMarket

People question me all the time about my experience. They question my experience in politics, and the first thing I always tell them is yes, I have no experience raising taxes over and over. I have no experience increasing the debt in a state.

Jon Runyan

TimeExperiencePoliticsPeopleMe

The best part about a first kiss is right before the first kiss.

Brett Davern

BestKissFirstRightFirst Kiss

When you see stories about women that aren't being told by women, it can make you feel like you don't exist.

Petra Collins

WomenFeelYouSeeBeingExist

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