Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gina Prince-Bythewood

I don't want people to go to a film of mine because they feel guilty, like, 'I have to support it because there's black folks in there.' I want them to go because it's a good movie.

Chuck Palahniuk

The folks who read my books are so passionate about each one of them that the people making my movies are more afraid of my readership than they are of me.

We have a mandate to return the hurricane protection system to pre-Katrina levels by June 1. The folks out there are really working like crazy. We've got folks pounding steel 24 hours a day.

Roger McGuinn

I went to school for folk music back when I was a teenager and learned hundreds of songs.

Roger McGuinn

I've always loved the songs of the sea. I was first introduced to them back in 1957, at the Old Town School of Folk Music. I used to go to Pete Seeger concerts, and he would do songs like 'Ruben Ranzo' and talk about how the sailors sang songs to do their work - to raise the anchors, pull up the sails and that sort of thing.

Mark Zuckerberg

We pay attention to every demographic in every country, so we're going to focus on building things that teens are going to like, and we're also going to focus on building things that other folks are going to like.

Patty Loveless

When I listen to my own records, I always think, 'Oh, I could have sung that so much better.' But you have to finish something and turn it in. If I didn't have folks who say, 'Come on, we need the record now,' I probably would never finish one.

Phoebe Snow

I'm not a folk or jazz singer, more a hard-edged pop singer - with some rock, and song hooks.

Most of the information we're getting is self-reported. If it turns out these self-reported statements are accurate, the folks won't feel much in the way of Y2K.

Most folks will stay with their relatives or friends when these things happen.

Most folks in Skaneateles don't get to stay for free in multimillion-dollar vacation estates; don't get to travel free on planes paid for by the taxpayers,

Abraham Lincoln

Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be

We just can't keep up. We need folks to help.

Ma Rainey

White folks hear the blues come out, but they don't know how it got there.

Just because someone has been evacuated and they are living in a shelter doesn't mean they pose a health risk to others in the community. These folks shouldn't be stigmatized with that.

Little folks are fond of talking about what great folks do

I think most folks are under-diversified, and I'd like to see more names in a portfolio,

I tell folks all the time, I'm glad I was able to start out my life like that, but I'm also glad it's over,

We'd really like folks to watch us on TV.

We do want to here from folks who need our help evacuating. That is what that transportation registry is for.

We have some folks who have a suitcase with them, and they have lost their homes, and they are still working.

Personally speaking, I think that being a folk song writer, which I am, comes with a responsibility to reflect on the social times you are living in, ... That's just what I did in my latest release, Hearts in Mind.

Melora Hardin

I would say I grew up listening a lot to Barbra Streisand and Judy Garland and Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell. I grew up listening to those because my parents were kind of into folk music.

Basically, we looked at a number of different likely culprits that various folks think might be responsible for this shortfall.

What you all have done in the last 48 hours, that's history. It is history because it's the young folks who are doing the leading today.

He said, 'I need to get these folks back'.

Just like we saw with the hurricane last fall, when folks are in need people step up and help out.

I think it comes down to the mechanics of how folks were counted.

I think it's hard for new businesses, especially younger folks who could make more money somewhere else.

It could have been done better. There was a lot of pressure to get people working. A lot of folks that probably shouldn't have been put in uniform were.

We try to help folks out when they're sick or down. It's part of being a good neighbor to help people out when they need it.

What we are trying to do is meld these folks back into a community, rather than putting them in a big pen,

We take the mobile phone with the GPS capabilities and turn it into a lifestyle recorder for those who run or cycle, or even walk. A lot of folks want to see how well they're doing on a mile-to-mile basis.