Pearl Bailey Famous Quotes
To talk to someone who does not listen is enough to tense the devil.
Sometimes I would rather that people take away years from my life Than take away a moment.
You never find yourself until you face the truth.
"A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive. Having been alive, it won't be so hard in the end to lie down and rest."
There's a period of life when we swallow a knowledge of ourselves and it becomes either good or sour inside.
We must change in order to survive.
What the world really needs is more love and less paperwork.
"When you're young, the silliest notions seem the greatest achievements."
"There are two kinds of talents, man-made talent and God-given talent. With man-made talent you have to work very hard. With God-given talent, you just touch it up once in a while."
"Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a wider one is still possible."
Pearl Bailey Quotations
"Brevis esse laboro, obscurus fio.(When I labor to be brief, I become obscure.)"
Horace
"There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing."
Herbert Clark Hoover
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Sextus Propertius
"The ability to relate and to connect, sometimes in odd and yet striking fashion, lies at the very heart of any creative use of the mind, no matter in what field or discipline."
George J Seidel
"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest."
Benjamin Franklin
"When I'm loved I'm the universe, If I'm not I'm merely a dying star."
Angela Keith
"You (God) have not only commanded continence, that is, from what things we are to restrain our love, but also justice, that is, on what we are to bestow our love."
Saint Augustine
A good time to keep your mouth shut is when you're in deep water.
Sidney Goff
Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.
Lauren Bacall
If you don't know where you are going. How can you expect to get there
Basil S Walsh