#know

I know Mother named me after a railroad man, but it's too late now, I'm afraid. Much, much too late. ↗

— Hoagy Carmichael

#after #i #know #late #man

I also know that while I am black I am a human being, and therefore I have the right to go into any public place. White people didn't know that.Every time I tried to go into a place they stopped me. ↗

— Stokely Carmichael

#am #any #being #black #every

You have to keep your sanity as well as know how to distance yourself from it while still holding onto the reins tightly. That is a very difficult thing to do, but I'm learning. ↗

— Diahann Carroll

#difficult #difficult thing #distance #holding #how

There are a group of people who would like to silence everybody and have everybody go along to get along, but that's not going to be very helpful for us in the long run, in terms of solving our problems. And somebody has to be courageous enough to actually stand up to, you know, the bullies. ↗

— Benjamin Carson

#along #bullies #courageous #enough #everybody

I know you've been married to the same woman for 69 years. That is marvelous. It must be very inexpensive. ↗

— Johnny Carson

#i #inexpensive #know #married #marvelous

On the set I never know what day of the week it is. ↗

— Taye Diggs

#i #know #never #set #week

I want to get away from the social vampires in Tucson. The people who have no lives of their own and meet me and know who I am and feel entitled to say negative things. I have good friends here, especially in the bands. But a lot of it is just like high school. ↗

— Neko Case

#away #bands #entitled #especially #feel

We do have a problem in this country. You can either make a movie and ignore that, or you can acknowledge it and say, this is the water that we're living in. You know this - the movie lives in this - it's centered around this particular problem, and I chose to acknowledge it. ↗

— Nick Cassavetes

#around #centered #chose #country #either

Lord! Give me that intelligence, so I may realize the Self. Give me spiritual riches, so I may learn better to share. Give me that knowledge, where pupils come from everywhere, So I may serve better. ↗

— Gian Kumar

#lord #spiritual #intelligence

The present moment is nice but it does not last. Living in it is like waiting in a junction town for the morning limited; the junction may be interesting but some day you will have to leave it and you do not know where the limited will take you. ↗

— Bruce Catton

#does #interesting #junction #know #last