Tyka Nelson quote: "I'm not really any religion. I still study with Jehovah's Witnesses, so I say I'm Apostolic Pentecostal Jehovah's Witness Seventh-Day Adventist Jew."

I love to perform, to give glory to God with my own brand of funky gospel music. I think it's my...
TYKA NELSON

I'm very quiet. In the beginning, my brother would play the piano, and I would sing, because tha...
TYKA NELSON

Inside of me, it was like my soul and what I had to do to feed my family was always split. I was wri...
TYKA NELSON

If a man consults whether he is to fight, when he has the power in his own hands, it is certain that...
HORATIO NELSON

Somehow our devils are never quite what we expect when we meet them face to face.
NELSON DEMILLE

Three chords and the truth - that's what a country song is.
WILLIE NELSON

As long as there's a few farmers out there, we'll keep fighting for them.
WILLIE NELSON

I'm from Texas, and one of the reasons I like Texas is because there's no one in control.
WILLIE NELSON

If you got the money honey I got the time and when you run out of money honey I run out of time.
WILLIE NELSON

Freedom is control in your own life. I have more control now than in the past, and I'm learning ...
WILLIE NELSON

Ninety-nine percent of the world's lovers are not with their first choice. That's what makes...
WILLIE NELSON

I text and email my friends and family a lot, but that's about the extent of my high-tech-etude.
WILLIE NELSON

A lot of country music is sad. I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times. It applies to m...
WILLIE NELSON

I didn't come here and I ain't leavin'.
WILLIE NELSON

I got along without you before I met you and I'll get along without you a long time after you...
WILLIE NELSON

You know why divorces are so expensive? They're worth it.
WILLIE NELSON

I been a long time leaving but I'm going to be a long time gone.
WILLIE NELSON

It doesn't hurt to feel sad from time to time.
WILLIE NELSON

If you really want to get along with somebody, let them be themselves.
WILLIE NELSON

We create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who...
WILLIE NELSON

You want to be a good parent and you want to be a friend, and it's hard to be both. You have to ...
WILLIE NELSON

Don't try to change anybody. And they should let you be yourself, 'You loved me when you met...
WILLIE NELSON

I think people need to be educated to the fact that marijuana is not a drug. Marijuana is an herb an...
WILLIE NELSON

Cruelty is all out of ignorance. If you knew what was in store for you, you wouldn't hurt anybod...
WILLIE NELSON

England expects that every man will do his duty.
HORATIO NELSON

They were saying computers deal with numbers. This was absolutely nonsense. Computers deal with arbi...
TED NELSON

The ideas keep going, you have the material, you cut because there's a limit to the space allowe...
TED NELSON

The four walls of paper are like a prison because every idea wants to spring out in all directions -...
TED NELSON

So, I was always frustrated having to write and having to cut things. Why should you have to cut any...
TED NELSON

Project Xanadu is essentially my trademark. It was originally, and has returned to my arms as that.
TED NELSON

In my second year in graduate school, I took a computer course and that was like lightening striking...
TED NELSON

I thought I was going to be a filmmaker but at the same time I was an intellectual and I felt that I...
TED NELSON

But it seemed to me that as soon as you have computer storage you could put every point you wanted i...
TED NELSON

I am looking at it from the point of view of a harried user, which I am, and I believe that I am muc...
TED NELSON

The point is that these decisions they've made are partly for your convenience and partly for th...
TED NELSON

So, that notion of hypertext seemed to me immediately obvious because footnotes were already the ide...
TED NELSON

I was very intensely concerned with all kinds of new media.
TED NELSON

So, the point was to be able to have a medium that would record all the connections and all the stru...
TED NELSON

Computers are hierarchical. We have a desktop and hierarchical files which have to mean everything.
TED NELSON

Africans require, want, the franchise on the basis of one man one vote. They want political independ...
NELSON MANDELA

I cannot conceive of Israel withdrawing if Arab states do not recognize Israel, within secure border...
NELSON MANDELA

Before I went to jail, I was active in politics as a member of South Africa's leading organizati...
NELSON MANDELA

I have been influenced in my thinking by both west and east.
NELSON MANDELA

I have always regarded myself, in the first place, as an African patriot.
NELSON MANDELA

I made a mistake by being ejected from the presidency. Next time, I will choose a Cabinet which will...
NELSON MANDELA

The United States has made serious mistakes in the conduct of its foreign affairs, which have had un...
NELSON MANDELA

I was first imprisoned in Pretoria, and then, thereafter, I was taken to Robben Island. I stayed the...
NELSON MANDELA

I can't pretend that I'm brave and that I can beat the whole world.
NELSON MANDELA

At the outset, I want to say that the suggestion that the struggle in South Africa is under the infl...
NELSON MANDELA

The names of Dingane and Bambata, Hintsa and Makana, Squngthi and Dalasile, Moshoeshoe and Sekhukhun...
NELSON MANDELA

Let us give publicity to H.I.V./AIDS and not hide it, because the only way to make it appear like a ...
NELSON MANDELA

Let each know that for each the body, the mind and the soul have been freed to fulfill themselves.
NELSON MANDELA

Unlike some politicians, I can admit to a mistake.
NELSON MANDELA

Nonviolence is a good policy when the conditions permit.
NELSON MANDELA

I have retired, but if there's anything that would kill me it is to wake up in the morning not k...
NELSON MANDELA

I really wanted to retire and rest and spend more time with my children, my grandchildren and of cou...
NELSON MANDELA

Whatever position I occupied, it was the result of colleagues - of my comrades in the movement - who...
NELSON MANDELA

Sabotage did not involve loss of life, and it offered the best hope for future race relations. Bitte...
NELSON MANDELA

Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppressi...
NELSON MANDELA

The titanic effort that has brought liberation to South Africa, and ensured the total liberation of ...
NELSON MANDELA

There is nothing I fear more than waking up without a program that will help me bring a little happi...
NELSON MANDELA

We can't afford to be killing one another.
NELSON MANDELA

Especially for those of us who lived in single cells, you had the time to sit down and think, and we...
NELSON MANDELA

Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have the ta...
NELSON MANDELA

I was called a terrorist yesterday, but when I came out of jail, many people embraced me, including ...
NELSON MANDELA

Our single most important challenge is therefore to help establish a social order in which the freed...
NELSON MANDELA

There are many people in South Africa who are rich and who can share those riches with those not so ...
NELSON MANDELA

From the beginning, Mandela and Tambo was besieged with clients. We were not the only African lawyer...
NELSON MANDELA

When I came to Johannesburg from the countryside, I knew nobody, but many strangers were very kind t...
NELSON MANDELA

Leaders in all spheres who are living with HIV should be encouraged, not coerced, to lead by example...
NELSON MANDELA

You know, you can only lead them from behind.
NELSON MANDELA

Our daily deeds as ordinary South Africans must produce an actual South African reality that will re...
NELSON MANDELA

There are so many men and women who hold no distinctive positions but whose contribution towards the...
NELSON MANDELA

Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.
NELSON MANDELA

I cannot say for certain if there is such a thing as love at first sight, but I do know that the mom...
NELSON MANDELA

I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstan...
NELSON MANDELA

In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
NELSON MANDELA

No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated.
NELSON MANDELA

We pledge ourselves to liberate all our people from the continuing bondage of poverty, deprivation, ...
NELSON MANDELA

If you are poor, you are not likely to live long.
NELSON MANDELA

Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts.
NELSON MANDELA

I should tie myself to no particular system of society other than of socialism.
NELSON MANDELA

There is no such thing as part freedom.
NELSON MANDELA

Sometimes, I feel like one who is on the sidelines, who has missed life itself.
NELSON MANDELA

Even if you have a terminal disease, you don't have to sit down and mope. Enjoy life and challen...
NELSON MANDELA

It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea.
NELSON MANDELA

Any man or institution that tries to rob me of my dignity will lose.
NELSON MANDELA

Without education, your children can never really meet the challenges they will face. So it's ve...
NELSON MANDELA

If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United State...
NELSON MANDELA

I generally unwind by having dinner with close friends.
NELSON DEMILLE

I believe that all roads lead to the same place - and that is wherever all roads lead to.
WILLIE NELSON

If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal. Tw...
NELSON MANDELA

There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident...
NELSON MANDELA

Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.
NELSON MANDELA

The difference between greatness and mediocrity is often how an individual views a mistake.
NELSON BOSWELL

I went out there for a thousand a week, and I worked Monday, and I got fired Wednesday. The guy that...
NELSON ALGREN

And as far as guitars go, I loved Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West's stuff.
WILLIE NELSON

There is no doubt that many expensive national projects may add to our prestige or serve science. Bu...
NELSON ROCKEFELLER

The fundamental question for the United States is how it can cooperate to help meet the basic needs ...
NELSON ROCKEFELLER

Maybe this Watergate is like the Old Testament. It was visited upon us and maybe were going to benef...
NELSON ROCKEFELLER

Government has an obligation not to inhibit the collection and dissemination of news. Im convinced t...
NELSON ROCKEFELLER

They just wrestled up to their potential.
AL NELSON

It's the best thing we ever did. We are really proud of what we do. We feel we are part of a team wi...
AL NELSON

It's as important to know what not to say to them.
AL NELSON

It meant a lot to us to have friends with us at a time like that.
AL NELSON

It could be an hour or it could be seven hours. Every situation is different.
AL NELSON

Winners are different. They're a different breed of cat.
BYRON NELSON

I certainly want campaign finance reform. I just wish this would do it in a way that would stand up ...
BEN NELSON

It's pretty much the same as spray paint. I think a lot of the student groups think it's the same as...
ALAN NELSON

Disparities in the health care delivered to racial and ethnic minorities are real and are associated...
ALAN NELSON

The real challenge lies not in debating whether disparities exist, because the evidence is overwhelm...
ALAN NELSON

Disparities in the health care delivered to racial and ethnic minorities are real and are associated...
ALAN NELSON

It is a neat deal so people don't drive their car. We will have three drivers on New Year's Eve, and...
ALAN NELSON

I felt some balls were dropped. We wanted ... to make people know it was largely their fault.
ALAN NELSON

There was definitely a flaw in leadership.
ALAN NELSON

We intend to vigorously defend the charges and we deny all of the allegations.
ALAN NELSON

Vicksburg lies on top of a bluff on the east side of a large tongue of land jutting out into the Mis...
KNUTE NELSON

Women's battle for financial equality has barely been joined, much less won. Society still tradition...
PAULA NELSON

Americans want action for their money. They are fascinated by its self-reproducing qualities if it's...
PAULA NELSON

Buonaparte has often made his boast that our fleet would be worn out by keeping the sea and that his...
HORATIO NELSON

... Chicago divided your heart. Leaving you loving the joint for keeps. Yet knowing it never can lov...
NELSON ALGREN

I'm not sure what he was doing.
AARON NELSON

We're not relating it to compensation or anything in particular. It's definitely resolving. He looks...
AARON NELSON

Aaron had a tough match, but he came back in the consolation rounds.
AARON NELSON

Usually, it won't get worse, but it nags him. We're hoping we'll get it better and better before the...
AARON NELSON

Kevin's always been very concerned about what happened, and he's always been very remorseful about w...
AARON NELSON

It just depends how he responds to it for when we progress. We're heading in the right direction.
AARON NELSON

We're heading in the right direction.
AARON NELSON

He's getting leaner and stronger. His physique is unbelievable.
AARON NELSON

He's doing very well. He was in a pretty good mood. I asked if he had much pain and as of last night...
AARON NELSON

My Brat Pack buddies and I didn't exactly handle celebrity very well. Success at an early age is...
JUDD NELSON

That's a misconception, Lennie. The sky is everywhere, it begins at your feet.
JANDY NELSON

I've been knocking on the door for the past five years and finally doing it in this one moment means...
ADAM NELSON

I ride it pretty much everywhere in Macon - unless I have to go to north Macon.
ADAM NELSON

When the competition was over, ... five years of frustrations and just being so close, knocking on t...
ADAM NELSON

I've been knocking on the door for a long time, ... I've had so many close calls.
ADAM NELSON

After Rutger Smith threw his last throw, emotions got the better of me. I've worked really hard for ...
ADAM NELSON

I didn't notice the rain. I thought it was sunny all day long.
ADAM NELSON

He's very straight forward, very laid back. He's not going to yell and scream at you. And at this le...
ADAM NELSON

You have to be careful, but having guys around is a big advantage. When you go to a competition, it'...
ADAM NELSON

Five fouls is not acceptable at this level,
ADAM NELSON

It brings about a special emotion.
ADAM NELSON

The only country where you see any positive movement within domestic consumption is Brazil, where yo...
ROBERT NELSON

First gain the victory and then make the best use of it you can.
HORATIO NELSON

Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
NELSON MANDELA

Me would like an invisibility cloak to get the hell out of this mess.
JANDY NELSON

The.
World.
Is.
Not.
A.
Safe.
Place.
JANDY NELSON

When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an ou...
NELSON MANDELA

A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate ...
NELSON MANDELA

There once was a girl who found herself dead.
She peered over the ledge of heaven
and saw ...
JANDY NELSON

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
NELSON MANDELA

Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.
NELSON MANDELA

There were once two sisters
who were not afriad of the dark
because the dark was full of t...
JANDY NELSON

The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
WILLIE NELSON

The guy's life drunk, I think, makes Candide look like a sourpuss. Does he even know that death exis...
JANDY NELSON

You have to see the miracles for there to be miracles.
JANDY NELSON

It always seems impossible until it's done.
NELSON MANDELA

Lead from the front — but don t leave your base behind.
NELSON MANDELA

Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front.
NELSON MANDELA

The best business plans are straightforward documents that spell out the who, what, where, why, and ...
PAULA NELSON

I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor.
LORD NELSON

We recall the joy and excitement of a nation that had found itself, the collective relief that we ha...
NELSON MANDELA

Communists have always played an active role in the fight by colonial countries for their freedom, b...
NELSON MANDELA

I do not believe you can do today's job with yesterday's methods and be in business tomorrow.
NELSON JACKSON

The simple joy of taking an idea into one's own hands and giving it proper form, that's exciting.
GEORGE NELSON

The first and most important step toward success is the feeling that we can succeed.
NELSON BOSWELL

These numbers are staggering, in fact incomprehensible. By all accounts, we are dealing with the gre...
NELSON MANDELA

We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.
NELSON MANDELA

We're all pilgrims on the same journey-but some pilgrims have better road maps.
NELSON DEMILLE

The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.
NELSON HENDERSON

Here is the simple but powerful rule... always give people more than they expect to get.
NELSON BOSWELL

The difference between greatness and mediocrity is often how an individual views a mistake...
NELSON BOSWELL

What we must try to be, of course, is ourselves and wholeheartedly. We must find out what we really ...
NELSON BOSWELL

I owe all my success in life to having been always a quarter of an hour before my time.
LORD NELSON

I have always been a quarter of an hour before my time, and it has made a man of me.
LORD NELSON

The Impossible Generalized Man today is the critic who believes in loving those unworthy of love as ...
NELSON ALGREN

Literature is made upon any occasion that a challenge is put to the legal apparatus by conscience in...
NELSON ALGREN

The hard necessity of bringing the judge on the bench down into the dock has been the peculiar respo...
NELSON ALGREN

Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom s. Never sleep with a woman ...
NELSON ALGREN

The avocation of assessing the failures of better men can be turned into a comfortable livelihood, p...
NELSON ALGREN

It is essential that we enable young people to see themselves as participants in one of the most exc...
NELSON ROCKEFELLER

Chicago is an October sort of city even in spring.
NELSON ALGREN

We need to exert ourselves that much more, and break out of the vicious cycle of dependence imposed ...
NELSON MANDELA

It always seems impossible until its done.
NELSON MANDELA

As a leader... I have always endeavored to listen to what each and every person in a discussion had ...
NELSON MANDELA

The power of imagination created the illusion that my vision went much farther than the naked eye c...
NELSON MANDELA

I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to s...
NELSON MANDELA

I hate racial discrimination most intensely and all its manifestations. I have fought all my life; I...
NELSON MANDELA

How can I be expected to believe that this same racial discrimination which has been the cause of so...
NELSON MANDELA

Take time to appreciate employees and they will reciprocate in a thousand ways.
BOB NELSON

If the United States of America or Britain is having elections, they don't ask for observers from Af...
NELSON MANDELA

Basically, all women are nurturers and healers, and all men are mental patients to varying degrees.
NELSON DEMILLE

My son has died of AIDS.
NELSON MANDELA

Give a child love, laughter and peace, not AIDS.
NELSON MANDELA

Young alienation, disappointment and heartache is all a part of the first real growing up that we do...
JUDD NELSON

Legg Mason's structure is misunderstood by the market. Legg Mason has an affiliate model. They o...
NELSON PELTZ

The American middle class's faith in personal comfort as an end in itself is, in essence, a deni...
NELSON ALGREN

Teenagers, especially girl ones, seem like the perfect canary-in-the-coal-mine characters to me. The...
ANTONYA NELSON

It isn't till now, in the American Century, as we have recklessly dubbed it, that tribal pressur...
NELSON ALGREN

I'm not really any religion. I still study with Jehovah's Witnesses, so I say I'm Apostolic Pentecostal Jehovah's Witness Seventh-Day Adventist Jew.

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I'm not really any religion. I still study with Jehovah's Witnesses, so I say I'm Apostolic Pentecostal Jehovah's Witness Seventh-Day Adventist Jew.

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