Quotes of: Folk-singer Keyword

My family and I are just regular folks, just trying to get through the day and do the best you can and pay the bills, and that's who we're singing to.

Rodney Atkins

Appreciation and Honor bestowed those, who were fleeting. Folks are ignorant, It's a human Psych !

Pushkar Saraf

I've worked in the prison system for five years, and most of those folks in prison didn't have a direction.

Stedman Graham

The little words in the Republic of Letters, like the little folks in a nation, are the most useful and significant.

Samuel Richardson

I'll be damned if I want most folks out there to do unto me what they do unto themselves.

Toni Cade Bambara

My parents have been dead for many years, and when your folks are gone there is nobody standing between you and eternity.

Tony Parsons

I think that I don't panic as much as the folks on the left or the right do. I don't have that sense of panic.

Lewis Black

Don't you know that it is only the very foolish folk who talk sense all the time? (Anne)

L.M. Montgomery

Fairy tales and folk tales have always played a role in my writing in one way or another.

Linn Ullmann

On a personal note, I was born in Brooklyn. My folks moved out to Long Island when I was quite young, but once a Brooklynite, always a Brooklynite.

Mitch Kapor

Folks, do you agree with me that we cannot afford four more years of Barack Obama?

Rob Portman

There are forces all around you who wish to exploit division, rob you of your freedom, and tell you what to think. But young folks can rekindle the weary spirit of a slumbering nation.

Wynton Marsalis

My mum's family would all get together, with guitars, harmonica, mandolins and upright bass and play old blues and folk songs. That was normal to me.

Dan Auerbach

I learned this early on in the variety business: You've got to give folks responsibility, you've got to trust them, and then you've got to check on them.

Sam Walton

If someone says to you, 'Go to an old-folks' home,' that's kind of ridiculous, because a lot of old people are doing terrific things for society.

Myron Scholes

John Edwards comes from working folk, just like me. John Edwards worked hard and excelled to get his education, just like me.

Harvey Gantt

If only my folks had beaten me, I could have gotten some material about my miserable childhood. But as it is, I've had a great life.

Tim Conway

The good news is that economists are intelligent, engaging and often charming folks. The bad news is their work is often of little use to investors.

Barry Ritholtz

Runners are competitive folks. I think some might feel slighted they haven't got more recognition. I think they have a point. In running, you won't necessarily get noticed just for turning in good performances.

Dean Karnazes

I think we need leadership that helps us remember that part of what we are about is caring about more than the person right next to us, but the folks across the way.

Anna Deavere Smith

My works are Chinese literature, which is part of world literature. They show the life of Chinese people as well as the country's unique culture and folk customs.

Mo Yan