Otis Blackwell Quotes

I got behind that pencil and nothing happened for many years, but since they put me in the Songwriters Hall of Fame, I've turned around. I took a good look at myself and said, I think it's time to get back at work.

Otis Blackwell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 16, 1932 - May 6, 2002

Topics

WorkGoodTimeMyselfMeThink

Pay attention to your body. The point is everybody is different. You have to figure out what works for you.

Andrew Weil

AttentionYouBodyYour BodyPay

I was going to get the Carolyn Bessette story out of her one way or another.

Michael Bergin

StoryWayOutHerGoingGet

I have a certain memory of the way in which my father loved me until I was 10, and it was unconditional and eternal. I get to carry that for the rest of my life, but on a practical level after age 10, it's just me sort of figuring it out.

Sterling K. Brown

LifeFatherAgeMemoryMeRest

I'm kind of fat.

Tom Douglas

FatKind

Growing up as a kid, I watched Jeremy Shockey... Tony Gonzalez... Antonio Gates. I looked up to them. I watched what they did to be successful.

Rob Gronkowski

Growing UpGrowingKidUpSuccessful

I avoid conflict - like, any conflict - at all costs. I hate it. Even at a restaurant, if I get the wrong order, I'll just eat it anyway because I don't want to make an issue.

Robin Lord Taylor

HateConflictRestaurantWrongWant

Whether something is a success or not has never had much to do with what you do next.

Mike Nichols

SuccessYouNeverNextSomething

A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.

Michel de Montaigne

ManWiseWise ManHeMuchOught

I try to do something every day. I lift weights at least three to four days per week, and I'll intersperse that with cardio. For example, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, I'll run and do heavy lifting, and on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, I'll spend two hours lifting weights, as well as something like swimming.

Misty May-Treanor

DaySwimmingWeekEvery DayRunTry

I've always thought of Boeing as the premier aerospace company in the world, so as I was coming up through school, it was the company I aspired to work for.

Dennis Muilenburg

WorkSchoolWorldThoughtCompany

Birds are, especially canaries, are super sensitive to hydrogen sulfide and sour gas.

David Suzuki

BirdsSourGasSensitiveHydrogen

I have a strong spiritual life. I can't say that I have faith that Jesus is my Savior, but I look at Jesus in the same way that I look at, you know, Mohammed. He was giving everyone the goods. So was Gandhi.

Woody Harrelson

LifeFaithSpiritualStrongGiving

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