Amy Garvey quote: "I am the kid who sticks her finger in the light socket. I am the person who doesn't check the expiration date on the milk. I am the idiot who has never looked before she leaped. I am the girl who is falling apart, right now."

The whole world is run on bluff.
MARCUS GARVEY

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you ...
MARCUS GARVEY

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, yo...
MARCUS GARVEY

If you have no confidence in self you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence you h...
MARCUS GARVEY

I used to look like an American flag. The Padre uniform makes me look like a taco. Actually, the tra...
STEVE GARVEY

God and Nature first made us what we are, and then out of our own created genius we make ourselves w...
MARCUS GARVEY

A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without root...
MARCUS GARVEY

There shall be no solution to this race problem until you, yourselves, strike the blow for liberty.
MARCUS GARVEY

There is no force like success, and that is why the individual makes all effort to surround himself ...
MARCUS GARVEY

We welcome the opposition of the world, because we are determined to see the battle through. Africa&...
MARCUS GARVEY

I know no national boundary where the Negro is concerned. The whole world is my province until Afric...
MARCUS GARVEY

Whatsoever things common to man, that man has done, man can do.
MARCUS GARVEY

Africa has become the big game of the nation hunters. Today, Africa looms as the greatest commercial...
MARCUS GARVEY

Men who are in earnest are not afraid of consequences.
MARCUS GARVEY

Chance has never yet satisfied the hope of a suffering people.
MARCUS GARVEY

The enemies are not so much from without as from within the race.
MARCUS GARVEY

Up, you mighty race, accomplish what you will.
MARCUS GARVEY

Our success educationally, industrially and politically is based upon the protection of a nation fou...
MARCUS GARVEY

Look for me in the whirlwind or the storm.
MARCUS GARVEY

A reading man and woman is a ready man and woman, but a writing man and woman is exact.
MARCUS GARVEY

Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of men.
MARCUS GARVEY

I have no desire to take all black people back to Africa; there are blacks who are no good here and ...
MARCUS GARVEY

With confidence, you have won before you have started.
MARCUS GARVEY

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.
MARCUS GARVEY

Africa for the Africans... at home and abroad!
MARCUS GARVEY

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!
MARCUS GARVEY

Ethiopia shall once more arise from the ashes of material ruin to the heights of temporal glory.
MARCUS GARVEY

I had a prostatectomy in the fall and fortunately it was encapsulated and I didn't have to go th...
STEVE GARVEY

Progress is the attraction that moves humanity.
MARCUS GARVEY

Real men laugh at opposition; real men smile when enemies appear.
MARCUS GARVEY

The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness.
MARCUS GARVEY

I always try to act as though there is a little boy or a little girl around, and I try never to do a...
STEVE GARVEY

If the enemy could only know that Marcus Garvey is but a John the Baptist in the wilderness, that a ...
MARCUS GARVEY

The difference between the old ballplayer and the new ballplayer is the jersey. The old ballplayer c...
STEVE GARVEY

I regard the Klan, the Anglo-Saxon clubs and White American societies, as far as the Negro is concer...
MARCUS GARVEY

Look to Africa, for there a king will be crowned.
MARCUS GARVEY

We're probably likely to see an acceleration in dollar weakness.
BRIAN GARVEY

In the next several months we might see some record highs in the trade deficit with the rise in oil ...
BRIAN GARVEY

As the market starts to think about the possibility of raising rates, it should support the yen. We ...
BRIAN GARVEY

That could lead the Fed to soften their statement tomorrow.
BRIAN GARVEY

We see very strong interest to buy Japanese equities on increased confidence that this recovery is v...
BRIAN GARVEY

You must be passionate, you must dedicate yourself, and you must be relentless in the pursuit of you...
STEVE GARVEY

I'm sure everyone knows that my heart is and always will be with the players, the fans and the e...
STEVE GARVEY

My relationships are based on personal reciprocity. Being a Dodger was a matter of heart, but in the...
STEVE GARVEY

Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would ...
MARCUS GARVEY

A universal truth that most mature women have learned, often the hard way.... When choosing a mate, ...
K.E. GARVEY

I like honesty and fair play.
MARCUS GARVEY

I think three-to-five years ahead minimum. I have a short-term plan, a five-year plan and a decade p...
STEVE GARVEY

We all obviously need others to look up to, and be inspirational to us. Ford did a great job as far ...
STEVE GARVEY

We see a new Ethiopia, a new Africa, stretching her hands of influence throughout the world, teachin...
MARCUS GARVEY

You have to put yourself in your clients' shoes to understand why they are struggling with what they...
ABY GARVEY

TV makes it OK to ask for help.
ABY GARVEY

There is definitely a dynamic between family members that complicates things. Many of us were raised...
ABY GARVEY

Major League Baseball has prostate awareness for two weeks leading up to Father's Day, and I wan...
STEVE GARVEY

The ends you serve that are selfish will take you no further than yourself but the ends you serve th...
MARCUS GARVEY

I read "Up From Slavery" and then my dream -- if I may so call it -- of being a race leader dawned.
MARCUS GARVEY

The whole world is run on bluff
MARCUS GARVEY

Next year we plan to have in place an improved system for reporting wire failures. We'll also add da...
JANE GARVEY

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you...
MARCUS GARVEY

The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness
MARCUS GARVEY

[Jane Garvey participated in a conference call shortly after midnight GMT (7 p.m. ET) aboard an Amer...
JANE GARVEY

This is another step in the FAA's phased program to safely restore full access to U.S. airspace, ......
JANE GARVEY

This is another step in the FAA's phased program to safely restore full access to U.S. airspace,
JANE GARVEY

We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery, for though others may free the body, none ...
MARCUS GARVEY

With my Roman Catholic upbringing, I have a set of principles that serve me well in good times and b...
STEVE GARVEY

If there is ever a time for grassroots to come together, this is the time. Some may tell you that yo...
ED GARVEY

I mean, is it journalism? Is it just opinion? Are we putting facts out there? Are we trying to uncov...
ED GARVEY

You just can't unilaterally make changes unless there's some agreement and the court approves it.
ED GARVEY

Negotiating is really the art of the possible. I'm not sure you're going to get guys making a millio...
ED GARVEY

The Bush administration knows everything about him and they desperately want him in there. They aren...
ED GARVEY

We have an excellent list of speakers, but the spark will be provided by the crowd to turn talk into...
ED GARVEY

When you add impediments to voting for no reason, it tends to discriminate against the poor and mino...
ED GARVEY

Blacks were systematically targeted to keep them off the voting roles. I think that we're a long way...
ED GARVEY

Marcus Garvey does not give a snap for anything human but justice, and that which is based upon righ...
MARCUS GARVEY

This hour we are stretching forth our hands with the desire to teach the world the true principles o...
MARCUS GARVEY

As much as I love being at home, I was there long enough to where I was getting a little antsy. I've...
GUY GARVEY

Generally I just go through my journals and think about what's going on at the time. There's never r...
GUY GARVEY

It's as close to a normal job as I've ever had in terms of the working hours. We go in from 10 to 5,...
GUY GARVEY

You can make your own records and videos [inexpensively]. It means that artists sell on their merits...
GUY GARVEY

I expect the repair will cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $1 million.
ERIC GARVEY

I am directing that a criminal history check be done on all airline and airport employees with acces...
JANE GARVEY

We have, I am proud to say, successfully transitioned in a very uneventful way.
JANE GARVEY

This commitment underscores the vital role played by controllers. They are the professionals who mak...
JANE GARVEY

Keeping your seat belt fastened all the time is the best way to protect against injury in case of tu...
JANE GARVEY

This is another step in the FAA's phased program to restore access to U.S. airspace, ... We expect t...
JANE GARVEY

The FAA is willing to do whatever is within our power to improve the efficiency of the air traffic s...
JANE GARVEY

We have a very simple but, I think, important contract with industry on this, and the contract is th...
JANE GARVEY

At some of the busier hubs like Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta, we're seeing at certain times of the day, ...
JANE GARVEY

We have completed work on 11 of those 21 initiatives, ... Those specifically address the congested a...
JANE GARVEY

We're tired of all the negative news associated with incarceration. There is an antidote to cynicism...
JUDY GARVEY

We wanted to tell the truth. We didn't think they'd sue us because they're a nonprofit, but they did...
JUDY GARVEY

Just when we thought it was over.
JUDY GARVEY

It's one of the last developments that you'll see that has access to the Gulf of Mexico. There is a ...
MIKE GARVEY

I'm frustrated by something, it's my fault for exposing myself to it in the first place. The...
AMY GRANT

It's human nature to be curious about people, and to be more curious about young people than old...
AMY GRANT

You have to treat people gently because we're all in a process. What might seem like a good idea...
AMY GRANT

Come Christmas Eve, we usually go to my mom and dad's. Everybody brings one gift and then we pla...
AMY GRANT

The more time you invest in a marriage, the more valuable it becomes.
AMY GRANT

Rich Mullins was the uneasy conscience of Christian music. He didn't live like a star. He'd ...
AMY GRANT

I think for a woman, the hardest thing about growing old is becoming invisible. There's somethin...
AMY GRANT

Anybody who's ever gone through a hard time - any outsider's perception, no matter how much ...
AMY GRANT

I never thought getting older would be so great. But when it comes to depression, I have experienced...
AMY GRANT

There is not a formula for the way that God heals. There's not a timetable.
AMY GRANT

I think what I mostly realize is just that life is unpredictable. So don't be afraid, but just e...
AMY GRANT

There's a beauty to wisdom and experience that cannot be faked. It's impossible to be mature...
AMY GRANT

The people I've been exposed to have been people of amazing integrity.
AMY GRANT

But my experience is that people who have been through painful, difficult times are filled with comp...
AMY GRANT

I think our culture encourages all of us to always put our best foot forward. I think it's a goo...
AMY GRANT

Faith is salted and peppered through everything at Christmas. And I love at least one night by the C...
AMY GRANT

Every good relationship, especially marriage, is based on respect. If it's not based on respect,...
AMY GRANT

Real relationship is gritty and earthy, the stuff that life is made of.
AMY GRANT

Life goes by really fast, and it seems that there are times when you're burying a lot of friends...
AMY GRANT

Without black, no color has any depth. But if you mix black with everything, suddenly there's sh...
AMY GRANT

I love the smell of rain, and I love the sound of the ocean waves.
AMY PURDY

I was always a drama queen. I remember playing in the kitchen, trying to get my mom to think I was d...
AMY LEE

I love my cats more than I love most people. Probably more than is healthy.
AMY LEE

I think the days of putting your feet up when you're pregnant are long gone. Women who are nine ...
AMY POEHLER

Bad people doing bad things is not interesting. What I find interesting is good people doing bad thi...
AMY BLOOM

Once you get to the Enlightenment, the way that powers get to be hyperpowers isn't just by conqu...
AMY CHUA

Get outside. Watch the sunrise. Watch the sunset. How does that make you feel? Does it make you feel...
AMY GRANT

My ideal meal varies, depending on the time of year. Lobster on a deck overlooking a beach at sunset...
AMY BLOOM

Cause I'm a musician, I'm not really good at posing and being a model, like, modeling.
AMY WINEHOUSE

These people are the air I breathe and the blood I bleed. They are my courage. I will not let them d...
AMY EWING

I think you can do anything you put your mind to
AMY EWING

It would be easier to forget you," he says to me, "and these past few weeks we've had together. It w...
AMY EWING

Violet’s eyes meet mine. I give her a look that tries to say, “What is wrong with these people?
AMY EWING

Hope is a precious thing, isn’t it,” she says. “And yet, we don’t really appreciate it until...
AMY EWING

Take everything easy and quit dreaming and brooding and you will be well guarded from a thousand evi...
AMY LOWELL

I’ve swapped disco lights for celestial lights but I’m still surrounded by dancers. I am orbited...
AMY LIPTROT

I feel like for me the lyric writing really comes from just what's going on in my heart and that...
AMY LEE

China cannot pull in the best and brightest from all over the world. It's an ethnically defined ...
AMY CHUA

In a recent Valentine's Day posting on her fan website, Britney Spears says that - oh, who cares...
AMY POEHLER

The days of waiting for an outer authority to sanction your life path are over. Follow what matters ...
AMY MCTEAR

It's when I compare myself to what other people are able to do that I run into trouble. It is a ...
AMY PURDY

After you play husband and wife on camera multiple times, it becomes easy to be husband and wife off...
AMY YASBECK

Over-the-knee socks remind me of the 1920s, silent films, and the stars of the era who wore the roll...
AMY HECKERLING

Look at Jane Lynch, another Chicagoan. She has a career I'd kill for. She does amazing work; she...
AMY LANDECKER

Now I think that going to the gym is the best drug. I go four times a week and it gives me the buzz ...
AMY WINEHOUSE

Golf isn't just about hitting a lot of drivers. I grew up playing on my front lawn, chipping and...
AMY ALCOTT

Is it better for a woman to marry a man who loves her than a man she loves.
AMY BLOOM

The modern rule is that every woman should be her own chaperone.
AMY VANDERBILT

Ceremony is-really a protection, too, in times of emotional involvement, particularly at death. If w...
AMY VANDERBILT

I am a journalist in the field of etiquette. I try to find out what the most genteel people regularl...
AMY VANDERBILT

Parents must get across the idea that "I love you always, but sometimes I do not love your behavior....
AMY VANDERBILT

When I was growing up I actually was into Bon Jovi!
AMY RYAN

Politicians are very experienced - maybe too experienced - at using body language to signal power an...
AMY CUDDY

Body image - what we're supposed to look like - is made so unattainable that all girls are put i...
AMY HECKERLING

If a politician isn't doing it to his wife , then he's doing it to his country.
AMY GRANT

My mother would say it is literally ghost writers who come to me (Tan is the author of what became T...
AMY TAN

My mum is really fair and has blonde hair, and my dad is not dark, either.
AMY JACKSON

It's a growing recommendation that we need to provide access for all park users, especially in parks...
AMY VANDERBILT

We don't really know much about their condition, ... other than that they had some bear bites and po...
AMY VANDERBILT

but if they were, I don't think they used it. There just wasn't time.
AMY VANDERBILT

They just looked up and there she was.
AMY VANDERBILT

All books are either dreams or swords.
AMY LOWELL

Time! Joyless emblem of the greed of millions, robber of the best which earth can give.
AMY LOWELL

My job as an actress is to make things work and come up with reasons of my own and not just fill in ...
AMY ADAMS

Perfect isn't normal, nor is it interesting. I have no features without makeup. I am pale. I hav...
AMY ADAMS

I really thought I was on the way out. My husband Blake saved my life. Often I don't know what I...
AMY WINEHOUSE

When I look back at the pictures of our blended family the day Vince and I married, he and I are smi...
AMY GRANT

In science, read by preference the newest works. In literature, read the oldest. The classics are al...
AMY LOWELL

All books are either dreams or swords,You can cut, or you can drug, with words.
AMY LOWELL

For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason w...
AMY LOWELL

There are few things so futile, and few so amusing, As a peaceful and purposeless sort of perusing O...
AMY LOWELL

For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason ...
AMY LOWELL

You are ice and fire the touch of you burns my hands like snow.
AMY LOWELL

Sexual love is the most stupendous fact of the universe, and the most magical mystery our poor blind...
AMY LOWELL

I am tired, beloved, of chafing my heart against the want of you; of squeezing it into little ink dr...
AMY LOWELL

Everyone must dream. We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming - well, that's like saying yo...
AMY TAN

We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming - well, that’s like saying you can never change ...
AMY TAN

Thin ribbons of fear snake bluely through you like a system of rivers. We need a cloudburst or sooth...
AMY GERSTLER

Don't leave a piece of jewelry at his house so you can go back and get it later; he may be with his ...
AMY SEDARIS

Besides the alternate universe offered by a book, the quiet space of a museum was my favorite place ...
AMY PLUM

God Hold us to that which drew us first, when the Cross was the attraction, and we wanted nothing el...
AMY CARMICHAEL

Sometimes losing a pet is more painful than losing a human because in the case of the pet, you were ...
AMY SEDARIS

You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful.
AMY BLOOM

However, if you do start crying in an argument and someone asks why, you can always say, "I'm just c...
AMY POEHLER

I want to be around people that do things. I don’t want to be around people anymore that judge or ...
AMY POEHLER

I want to be someone strong and brave enough to make hard choices. But I want to be fair and loving ...
AMY ENGEL

Share your voice and your heart. Listen to how it falls in with the cosmic symphony. Let it be imper...
AMY MCTEAR

You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving.
AMY CARMICHAEL

Fate is shaped half by expectation, half by inattention.
AMY TAN

Good manners have much to do with the emotions. To make them ring true, one must feel them, not mere...
AMY VANDERBILT

Even Pain pricks to livelier living.
AMY LOWELL

If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.
AMY TAN

In America nobody says you have to keep the circumstances somebody else gives you.
AMY TAN

Hate is ravening vulture beaks descending on a place of skulls.
AMY LOWELL

With each passing day, I didn't lose hope. I fought to have more.
AMY TAN

We must learn which ceremonies may be breached occasionally at our convenience and which ones may ne...
AMY VANDERBILT

Moon! Moon! am prone before you. Pity me, and drench me in loneliness.
AMY LOWELL

Blessed are the single-hearted, for they shall enjoy much peace. If you refuse to be hurried and pre...
AMY CARMICHAEL

A man must be sacrificed now and again to provide for the next generation of men.
AMY LOWELL

Let us be of cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.
AMY LOWELL

Soft-heartedness, in times like these, Shows sof'ness in the upper story!
AMY LOWELL

Good manners have much to do with emotions. To make them ring true, one must feel them, not merely...
AMY VANDERBILT

Hate is ravening vulture beaks descending on a place of skulls.
AMY LOWELL

No animal is so inexhaustable as an excited infant.
AMY LESLIE

Your true life is the one that would be the greatest gift you could give to others.
AMY MCTEAR

Frugality without creativity is deprivation.
AMY DACYCZYN

Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the wor...
AMY LOWELL

I am the kid who sticks her finger in the light socket. I am the person who doesn't check the expiration date on the milk. I am the idiot who has never looked before she leaped. I am the girl who is falling apart, right now.

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I am the kid who sticks her finger in the light socket. I am the person who doesn't check the expiration date on the milk. I am the idiot who has never looked before she leaped. I am the girl who is falling apart, right now.

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