#walter

There's many things that I am. And all of those things come together at some point. If somebody wants to limit me, you know and they'll say, 'Well, this is Walter Mosley, the mystery writer.' I don't like that. Because I do many things. ↗

— Walter Mosley

#because #come #i #i am #i do

My mother was born in your state, Mr. Walter, and my mother was a Quaker, and my ancestors in the time of Washington baked bread for George Washington's troops when they crossed the Delaware, and my own father was a slave. ↗

— Paul Robeson

#baked #born #bread #crossed #delaware

I've written enough books with real celebrities, such as Walter Payton and Hank Aaron and Billy Graham, to know that fame looks good only to people who don't have it. ↗

— Jerry B. Jenkins

#billy #billy graham #books #celebrities #enough

But aren't all great quests folly? El Dorado and the Fountain of Youth and the search for intelligent life in the cosmos-- we know what's out there. It's what isn't that truly compels us. ↗

— Jess Walter

#jess-walter #quests #beauty

I used to imagine what it would be like to do what Jim Brown was doing. I used to imagine what it would be like to be like a Tony Dorsett. I used to imagine what it would be like to be like a Walter Payton. I was imagining Emmitt Smith doing exactly what they were doing. ↗

— Emmitt Smith

#doing #emmitt #exactly #i #imagine

I played with Sam Lay, Jimmy Reed, Big Walter Horton, Big Moose Walker, and all those guys. ↗

— Jimmy Smith

#guys #horton #i #jimmy #lay

Some movie I was in, I forget which one, some awful little movie, a reviewer said, What is Jessica Walter doing in this movie? And I said, Hello? Trying to make a living? ↗

— Jessica Walter

#doing #forget #hello #i #jessica

Bir insanın marş eşliğinde uygun adım yürümekten keyif alabilmesi, onu küçümsemem için yeterli bir nedendir. O büyük beyni, ona bir yanlışlık sonucu verilmiştir. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#einstein-his-life-and-universe #walter-isaacson #life

Im as good as dead, but they haven't buried me yet. ↗

— Walter Moers

#rumo #walter-moers #humor

I once thought the three most important words in creation were ‘whatever proved necessary,’” he said. “And now?” she gasped against his mouth. “Now I know I was wrong. The three most important words in creation are ‘I love you ↗

— Gena Showalter Last Kiss Goodnight

#last-kiss-goodnight #solomon #vika #love