Things Quotes

There are those who say I’m impatient, impetuous, uppity, rude, profane, brash, and overbearing. Whether I’m any of those things, or all of them, you can decide for yourself. But whatever I am — and this ought to be made very clear — I am a very serious woman.

So many beautiful things, I cannot possess them all!

The worst thing about me is that I’ll buy albums and put them away on the shelf and forget that I’ve got them.

And then a great thing in my life was going to India.

We have agreements with many countries including Iran, including Russia, including other countries that are about different things including armament. It’s cooperation like any cooperation between any two countries, which is normal. It’s not related to the crisis.

Politics has rough manners, but it is a very useful thing.

He never contributed a damn thing to music. (on Elvis Presley)

All things are possible to one who believes.

The best thing to do is to get out in front of an audience as much as you can, and learn from the experience.

At a stroke, the American government closed down the fifth largest industry in the United States – alcohol production – and just handed it to criminals – a pretty remarkable thing to do.