I prefer career artists that have spent time honing their craft, as opposed to, 'I won a karaoke contest on a reality show and now I have a record.' That's such a drag. The music that comes out of it is so poor.
Pretension is a poor joke that you play on yourself. Snap out of it. Recognise your strengths, work on your weaknesses. Real achievement is liking what you see in the mirror every morning.
A few men own from ten thousand to two hundred thousand acres each. The poor Laborer can find no resting place, save on the barren mountain, or in the trackless desert.
Some dying men are the most tyrannical; and certainly, since they will shortly trouble us so little for evermore, the poor fellows ought to be indulged.
A poor choice of words conveyed to some the impression that I embrace the discarded policies of the past. Nothing could be further from the truth, and I apologize to anyone who was offended by my statement.
The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread.
I believe Aids is the most important issue we face, because how we treat the poor is a reflection of who we are as a people.
Statements of ordinary people are ignored like poor freebies, statements of great people are accepted like profound philosophy.
We can be poor in spirit, and I don't even consider myself wealthy, which is an interesting thing, it can be here today and gone tomorrow.
I grew up poor and used to look at people in big houses and thought they had everything. Then later on I looked at models in magazines and thought they had it all.
Saying the Tech Bloom is not commercially driven is like saying Mother Teresa had an interest in the poor.
No sword Of wrath her right arm whirl'd, But one poor poet's scroll, and with his word She shook the world.
A Very Short Poem for Poor Lovers You’ve got nothing, I’ve got nothing, And it’s not a good thing.
If you achieve good results using a poor method, isn't that a much greater achievement than starting from better methods. - Rider
If you achieve good results using a poor method, isn't that a much greater achievement than starting from better methods.
For the blind poor, Rx: bleed. For yourself; Rx: love nothing. Sow rows of onions only. Plant turnips in the dark of the moon.
politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other.
Because she was so beautiful the huntsman took pity on her, and he said, "Run away, you poor child.
In India, it's the rich who have problems with obesity. And the poor are darker-skinned because they work outside and often work without their tops on so you can see their ribs.
If Republicans eliminate Medicare, America will become a country in which you can never retire - and once you physically can no longer work, you are desperately poor until you die.
I experienced firsthand what it means to be poor, what it means to go hungry, and that, I think, may be the reason, the root cause of why I'm able to work so hard, even these days.
