Eartha Kitt Quotes

When the people who are responsible for our country ask you a direct question, I expect them to accept a direct answer, not to be blackballed because you are telling the truth.

Eartha Kitt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 17, 1927 - December 25, 2008

Topics

TruthPeopleYouCountryAcceptAsk

An elaborate system of etiquette and social standards flowered around the home phone: how long a child might be allowed to stay on the phone, how late one could call without being impolite, and of course, the dread implications of a late night call which violated that norm.

John Battelle

HomeChildNightLongLatePhone

I'm very proud of what my parents achieved and what they stood for. They didn't have much, but in many ways they were richer than most.

John Major

ParentsProudMostThanMuchMany

I love L.A., but you can get into a lot of trouble out here.

Matt Kemp

LoveYouTroubleOutHereGet

There's this guy: his name, Sedik Ali. He's like the African Kurosawa. You know how Kurosawa does stuff from feudal Japan? This guy does the feudal system of Africa.

John Singleton

NameYouKnowAfricaSystemGuy

I love learning things, whether it's a language or Philippine knife-fighting or the Viennese waltz.

Rupert Friend

LoveLearningLanguageThingsWaltz

It's impossible to work under conditions where they confused negativity with objectivity. You can't fool the fans.

Marv Albert

WorkFoolImpossibleConfusedYou

I've always felt very blessed and lucky in the world, and I have great compassion for people who struggle to get through the day.

Michael T. Weiss

GreatDayStruggleCompassionPeople

Out of economic hardship can come change - we are suddenly cast onto our wits and our talents and our resources and our strengths, as we lose all the choices we once had.

Michael Leunig

ChangeChoicesLoseHardshipOut

Everybody has basically the same family, it's just reconfigured slightly differently from one to the next.

Douglas Coupland

FamilySameNextJustDifferently

I just hated school. I don't like to learn. Don't teach me anything!

Christopher Mintz-Plasse

SchoolMeLearnTeachAnythingJust

I had a blast. 'Shark Tank' embodies the American Dream. If you watch the show at home, you find yourself constantly hollering at the Sharks. Being able to sit next to them and call them out in real time was quite a privilege.

Chris Sacca

HomeTimeYourselfAmerican Dream

I do standup once a year, when I host the CMAs.

Brad Paisley

YearHostOnceOnce A YearStandup

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