Free thinking is to have the courage to say no to something everybody says yes to.


Charles Robert Simmons II

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For a person born and raised into a world where information was always at hand, communication with a...
DAN SIMMONS
The Hegemony and its relationship with the Ousters aren’t my worry now. I sincerely wish a plague ...
DAN SIMMONS
Sol Weintraub suddenly understood perfectly why Abraham had agreed to sacrifice Isaac, his son, when...
DAN SIMMONS
I know what cancer was. How is it like humankind?"

Sek Hardeen's perfectly modulated, sof...
DAN SIMMONS
Trying to get a fast ball past Hank Aaron is like trying to get the sun past a rooster.
CURT SIMMONS
The difference between failure and success is doing a thing nearly right and doing it exactly right.
EDWARD SIMMONS
I don't remember, I didn't do it. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it
JOE SIMMONS
I never really drank coffee in college, but now I'm on my feet all day and out all night and can...
GAIL SIMMONS
You know, I love all kinds of activism. I certainly think blacks deserve to have something whether i...
RUSSELL SIMMONS
I love The Inn at Palmetto Bluff, an Auberge Property in Bluffton, South Carolina. It's a specta...
GAIL SIMMONS
If I ever make a lot of money in the NBA, I'm going to have this massive tank, and it's goin...
BEN SIMMONS
Our children are obese, either have or being threatened by diabetes, high blood pressure, high chole...
RICHARD SIMMONS
Before a show, you might have aches or pains, or it's a bad rainy day, or it's too humid. We...
GENE SIMMONS
There's an indie movie I did called 'Fat Kid Rules the World,' which was based on a teen...
LILI SIMMONS
I think teen girls will like 'Geek Charming' because they really focus on the 'populars&...
LILI SIMMONS
Just trust those around you and trust yourself.
JOHNNY SIMMONS
Patience is the secret to good food.
GAIL SIMMONS
Count your blessings. You are one of a kind. There's no one in the world like you. You are amazi...
RICHARD SIMMONS
The makeup is simply an extension of the personality and colors, clothing, makeup all express someth...
GENE SIMMONS
Eating a lot is an occupational hazard but it's a pretty great problem to have. I spend a lot of...
GAIL SIMMONS
Number one, like yourself. Number two, you have to eat healthy. And number three, you've got to ...
RICHARD SIMMONS
First impressions matter more in basketball than in any other sport, and they can be savored only in...
BILL SIMMONS
Respect your parents. What they tell you is true. Hard work, dedication and faith will get you anyth...
RUSSELL SIMMONS