Sammy Davis, Jr. Quotes

I saw that my image was changing or fading. One of the reasons for taking a break from clubs was to be missed-not forgotten.

Sammy Davis, Jr.

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The price of a commodity will never go to zero. When you invest in commodities futures, you're not buying a piece of paper that says you own an intangible piece of company that can go bankrupt.

Jim Rogers

YouPriceGoWillNeverCompany

People are starting to recognize me, and it can be hard because I'm a really nice person, and people will ask me uncomfortable questions like they know me, and I'm just like, 'Umm... can I walk away now?'

Jessie Pavelka

WalkPeopleMeQuestionsPersonNow

I believe that all of us are born heterosexual, physically created with a plumbing that's heterosexual, and created with the instincts and desires that are basically, fundamentally, heterosexual.

Jerry Falwell

BelieveBornI BelievePlumbingUs

The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that... and all the glory of it.

John Adams

IndependenceGloryAlwaysStageShow

I remember rehearsing it, and it was the one that we were really excited about and thought would sound the best, and once it was down on tape, it was like, This doesn't actually sound that good.

Meg White

GoodBestThoughtRememberDown

It was a fairly happy childhood. My father was working away, and my mum brought up five kids all on her own.

Andy Serkis

FatherChildhoodHappyUpOwnHer

Somewhere along the line, positive thinking seems to have been confused with magical thinking. There's a notion that if you think positively enough, you can make anything happen by using the power of your mind. All the positive thinking in the world won't deliver good fortune or prevent tragedy from striking.

Amy Morin

PositiveGoodPowerMindWorldYou

Sometimes at my performances, I see Peruvian flags in the audience. I've never seen, when an Italian sings, people with Italian flags. But with Peru, it's different: because there are not many famous people, they really celebrate the ones they have.

Juan Diego Florez

PeopleCelebrateFamousSometimes

I always think that's neat, when you can hear a story told from different points of view, different perspectives.

Jason Isbell

StoryThinkViewYouAlwaysHear

When there's not ten feet of snow on the ground, I ride my bike down the streets of New York, and I literally hear two things out of car windows as cabs pass by me: They either yell, 'Hey, dummy,' or 'Hey, Mayhem.'

Dean Winters

CarSnowRideBikeNew YorkMe

When my sister and I came along, my father's political life was completely over. He ran for president the year I was born. So that was the end of it. He had been congressman first, then governor, before all that. So when we came along, he was running the Dayton newspaper.

Anne Cox Chambers

LifeFatherSisterEndPolitical

There's always people saying that rock is dead, rock is over. People are always out to kill rock and roll.

Nikki Sixx

PeopleSayingRock And RollRockOut

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