I've been poor and I've been rich, and rich is better.
BESSIE SMITH I ain't good-lookin', but I'm somebody's angel child.
BESSIE SMITH No time to marry, no time to settle down; I'm a young woman, and I ain't done runnin' around.
BESSIE SMITH It's a long old road, but I know I'm gonna find the end.
BESSIE SMITH When my bed is empty, Makes me feel awful mean and blue. My springs are getting rusty, Living single...
BESSIE SMITH When my bed is empty,/ Makes me feel awful mean and blue./ My springs are getting rusty,/ Living sin...
BESSIE SMITH The Greatest Blues Singer in the World Will Never Stop Singing.
BESSIE SMITH No time to marry, no time to settle down; I'm a young woman, and I ain't done runnin' ar...
BESSIE SMITH I ain't good-lookin', but I'm somebody's angel child.
BESSIE SMITH The air is the only place free from prejudice.
BESSIE COLEMAN That's what the cat said to the canary when he swallowed him - 'You'll be all right.'...
ALVAH BESSIE So, my sweetheart back home writes to me and wants to know what this gal in Bombay's got that sh...
ALVAH BESSIE I decided blacks should not have to experience the difficulties I had faced, so I decided to open a ...
BESSIE COLEMAN Even with all my wrinkles! I am beautiful!
BESSIE DELANEY Even with all my wrinkles! I am beautiful!.
BESSIE DELANEY He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much. -Bessie Stanley.
BESSIE STANLEY When you're dealing with monkeys, you've got to expect some wrenches.
ALVAH BESSIE That's what the cat said to the canary when he swallowed him - 'You'll be all right.'
ALVAH BESSIE So, my sweetheart back home writes to me and wants to know what this gal in Bombay's got that she ha...
ALVAH BESSIE Maybe! Maybe! Maybe if your aunt had a beard, she'd be your uncle.
ALVAH BESSIE Maybe! Maybe! Maybe if your aunt had a beard, she'd be your uncle.
ALVAH BESSIE When you're dealing with monkeys, you've got to expect some wrenches.
ALVAH BESSIE Love is mutually feeding each other, not one living on another like a ghoul.
BESSIE HEAD You've never lived till you've flown!
BESSIE COLEMAN A discipline I have observed is an attitude of love and reverence to people
BESSIE HEAD I refused to take no for an answer.
BESSIE COLEMAN That race is our way to honor the memory of Bob. On this day, preference is given to horses who race...
BESSIE GRUWELL Both talk directly to and reflect the daily lives of so many of our viewers which is why they work s...
BESSIE TUGWANA I knew I couldn't be one of those people.
BESSIE LIMBERIS I knew I was in trouble then -- big trouble. I've never been so scared.
BESSIE LIMBERIS My mom knew it was going on, but she also knew if she didn't allow me to have the money, there's no ...
BESSIE LIMBERIS We had been working on this for several years, and Barbara came in and simplified the process. She s...
BESSIE GRUWELL Several horsemen have told me that we have the best horsemen's office they have seen in the country.
BESSIE GRUWELL It fits within our time period perfectly.
BESSIE BURTON It's wise to look first before you sit down.
BESSIE BURTON He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much.
BESSIE STANLEY The man is a success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much; who has gained the respect o...
BESSIE STANLEY The air is the only place free from prejudices.
BESSIE COLEMAN A discipline I have observed is an attitude of love and reverence to people.
BESSIE HEAD If I can create the minimum of my plans and desires, there shall be no regrets.
BESSIE COLEMAN To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
BESSIE ANDERSON STANLEY He has achieved success
who has lived well,
laughed often, and loved much;
who has...
BESSIE ANDERSON STANLEY He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much;
Who has enjoyed the ...
BESSIE ANDERSON STANLEY I often think if mirrors could give up their dead how wonderful it would be.
BESSIE PARKES BELLOC He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much.
BESSIE A. STANLEY My father is Emmit and my grandfather is Emmit, but I wanted something extra so I could separate my ...
EMMITT SMITH In my situation, every time I write a sentence, I'm thinking not only of the people I ended up i...
ZADIE SMITH I don't necessarily believe in organized religion.
WILL SMITH I love being black in America, and especially being black in Hollywood.
WILL SMITH When you create art, the world has to wait.
WILL SMITH I have a great time with my life, and I wanna share it.
WILL SMITH In my mind, I've always been an A-list Hollywood superstar. Y'all just didn't know yet.
WILL SMITH You can cry, ain't no shame in it.
WILL SMITH I've never really viewed myself as particularly talented. I've viewed myself as slightly abo...
WILL SMITH I've trained myself to illuminate the things in my personality that are likable and to hide and ...
WILL SMITH I don't know what my calling is, but I want to be here for a bigger reason. I strive to be like ...
WILL SMITH We all want to be in love and find that person who is going to love us no matter how our feet smell,...
WILL SMITH Whatever your dream is, every extra penny you have needs to be going to that.
WILL SMITH I want the world to be better because I was here.
WILL SMITH So if you stay ready, you ain't gotta get ready, and that is how I run my life.
WILL SMITH Life is lived on the edge.
WILL SMITH If you're not willing to work hard, let someone else do it. I'd rather be with someone who d...
WILL SMITH The first step is you have to say that you can.
WILL SMITH A man doesn't plant a tree for himself. He plants it for posterity.
ALEXANDER SMITH Young people understand the world. They should be listened to on matters of politics and world organ...
ZADIE SMITH Don't confuse honours with achievement.
ZADIE SMITH If you asked me if I wanted more joyful experiences in my life, I wouldn't be at all sure I did,...
ZADIE SMITH Your mid-thirties is a good time because you know a fair amount, you have some self-control.
ZADIE SMITH I love to dance, and sing - in the shower, not in public. I'm too old to go raving, but my fonde...
ZADIE SMITH There is a kind of desperate need for somebody to tell everyone what to do, which I find really pecu...
ZADIE SMITH When a human being becomes a set of data on a website like Facebook, he or she is reduced. Everythin...
ZADIE SMITH If you're going to write a good book, you have to make mistakes and you have to not be so cautio...
ZADIE SMITH I like books that expose me to people unlike me and books that do battle against caricature or simpl...
ZADIE SMITH I never attended a creative writing class in my life. I have a horror of them; most writers groups m...
ZADIE SMITH Well-run libraries are filled with people because what a good library offers cannot be easily found ...
ZADIE SMITH I'm very attracted to exile literature - particularly Nabokov - exactly because the idea of bein...
ZADIE SMITH Tell the truth through whichever veil comes to hand - but tell it. Resign yourself to the lifelong s...
ZADIE SMITH Cambridge was a joy. Tediously. People reading books in a posh place. It was my fantasy. I loved it....
ZADIE SMITH You can't state difference and also state equality. We have to state sameness to understand equa...
ZADIE SMITH The roots of rap are originally ghetto-ised or extremely working class. So when you're an artist...
ZADIE SMITH It seems that if you put people on paper and move them through time, you cannot help but talk about ...
ZADIE SMITH The library was the place I went to find out what there was to know. It was absolutely essential.
ZADIE SMITH Oh no, the dead have risen and they're voting Republican.
YEARDLEY SMITH A man who envies our family is a man who needs help.
YEARDLEY SMITH Is your remarkably sexist drivel intentional, or just some horrible mistake?
YEARDLEY SMITH Everybody sort of questioned why we get married on New Year's Day, and of course, the avid sport...
YEARDLEY SMITH You can't create a monster, then whine when it stomps on a few buildings.
YEARDLEY SMITH My husband taught me so much about being a father. No matter what any of our children do, my husband...
TASHA SMITH I have never felt anchored when it comes to fashion. I've always had to depend on a stylist help...
TASHA SMITH I would rather do surrogacy before adopting. If I can't do it, I'd rather find someone who w...
TASHA SMITH We in this entertainment industry try to act like we're so super powerful. we're not being h...
TASHA SMITH Everyone has something that they desperately need that makes them feel good, that they don't wan...
TASHA SMITH I do what I believe the Lord did, and that is walk in love with all mankind, which I don't see a...
TASHA SMITH Angela Bassett is a friend of mine and someone who I truly admire tremendously in terms of her work ...
TASHA SMITH When think about the Frank Oceans of the world, it's not like we don't have gay men within t...
TASHA SMITH I use honey to condition my hair and eggs for protein. Also, mayonnaise and olive oil are great opti...
TASHA SMITH There was definitely a time where I did not believe in the Lord. I needed to understand the love of ...
TASHA SMITH There is a restaurant in L.A. called Crustacean, which is very famous for its garlic crab. Well, I c...
TASHA SMITH Mr. Idris Elba is amazing! He happens to be British, but what's funny about him is that when he&...
TASHA SMITH I felt bad to have to get divorced. I wasn't proud of that.
TASHA SMITH I have been doing so much. Speaking engagements... producing... developing a half-hour sitcom... wor...
TASHA SMITH When I speak of family, I immediately think of a support system who can give you a reality check whe...
TASHA SMITH I'm a black woman who loves hair. I enjoy changing my hair, having fun with it - just hair! I go...
TASHA SMITH No person is perfect. I haven't, thank God, had any infidelity issues. But you can't say wha...
TASHA SMITH I was familiar with 'Addicted' for a long time, even prior to the movie, way before it got t...
TASHA SMITH Anytime there's a God, there has to be a devil. And anytime there's good, there has to be ev...
TASHA SMITH Now that we have a true leader who stands for family and has a loving relationship with his wife, ma...
TASHA SMITH Acting changed my life. I say God and then acting. Because becoming an actor, I've gained a new ...
TASHA SMITH There was a time when I just felt like a superwoman. I was like, 'I got Jesus! I ain't afrai...
TASHA SMITH I think that it's the love of God that brings man into repentance. Once you embrace that love an...
TASHA SMITH My sisters are amazing. My sister is my business partner, my twin. She's an amazing producer, wr...
TASHA SMITH I don't think there are enough stories told about black men and their relationships and how they...
TASHA SMITH Well, I asked him who would start the war first.
SAMANTHA SMITH And he said that he didn't want to have a war or anything like that again.
SAMANTHA SMITH If you aren't please tell me how you are going to not have a war.
SAMANTHA SMITH He said that if we were going to have a war, they would never be the first ones to start it.
SAMANTHA SMITH Sometimes I still worry that the next day will be the last day of the Earth.
SAMANTHA SMITH Well, I just hope we can have peace, and I hope it'll do some good.
SAMANTHA SMITH God made the world for us to live together in peace and not fight.
SAMANTHA SMITH The idea of having a house, a kid, a husband, and a dog... I love that. I also really want to open a...
SAM SMITH I used to love going to the garden centre as a kid. It made me feel relaxed.
SAM SMITH Even now I doubt myself. I don't understand what people hear in my voice. I can't hear it my...
SAM SMITH I've listened to female vocalists my whole life. That's what I love. I still listen to guys&...
SAM SMITH Talking about my deepest and darkest secrets to the world makes me feel better. It's cathartic.
SAM SMITH I've made my music so that it could be about anything and everybody - whether it's a guy, a ...
SAM SMITH I went to bed last night dreaming of tuna melts. I love food.
SAM SMITH It's my job to have ups and downs because it makes good music.
SAM SMITH As a kid, I collected 'Vogue' every month for three years.
SAM SMITH I don't want to think about what I'm doing in 20 years. All I want is I want to be happy, an...
SAM SMITH I used to get very angry as I was getting older, because my voice was breaking. So I've trained ...
SAM SMITH If we're going to go really deep, we're all trying to live forever. My music is my way of do...
SAM SMITH 'Stay With Me,' for me, is my own personal anthem to the 'walk of shame...' that we&...
SAM SMITH I'm a vulnerable, sensitive person. I overthink everything.
SAM SMITH Hearing a whole entire room sing back to me, 'I guess it's true I'm not good at a one-ni...
SAM SMITH It sounds depressing, but I think when you truly love someone, you'll never stop loving them.
SAM SMITH When it comes to age, I just feel like puberty is, like, the most horrible time of anyone's life...
SAM SMITH I don't understand why you have to wear a wedding ring to warn people off. You should be able to...
SAM SMITH I'll be excited when I get my heart broken properly for the first time. I'll be like, 'T...
SAM SMITH When I write sad songs, I feel like I'm sewing up a scar in me, and the outcome always feels so ...
SAM SMITH My cross earrings are a mini statement; I wear them every day! My whole dream is to be iconic, and t...
SAM SMITH I'm a melancholy person. It's how I'm always going to be.
SAM SMITH My plan is just to love harder than I've ever loved before, hide nothing, and embrace that I'...
SAM SMITH Gossip is just news running ahead of itself in a red satin dress.
LIZ SMITH My uncle Sammy was an angry man. He had printed on his tombstone: What are you looking at?
MARGARET SMITH There's so much negative imagery of black fatherhood. I've got tons of friends that are doin...
WILL SMITH The Old Firm clubs are not easy clubs to manage and sometimes I think frustration comes in that, in ...
WALTER SMITH There are people for whom Rangers Football Club is their entire way of life.
WALTER SMITH From my own point of view, I hope everybody would realise that people who work in Scottish football ...
WALTER SMITH Paper and ink are all but trash, if I cannot find the thought which the writer did think.
WALTER SMITH I started out in Scotland, not as a footballer of any note, and I didn't play to draw the attent...
WALTER SMITH If you can achieve winning a league championship, that, to me, is the full test of the team and mana...
WALTER SMITH Whether people like it or not, you have to say the Old Firm are a major part of Scottish football. I...
WALTER SMITH Our works decay and disappear but God gentlest works stay looking down on the ruins we toil to rear.
WALTER SMITH Just because something is three months away and seems far off, doesn't mean you will want to be ...
JACLYN SMITH I have had to learn about saying no.
JACLYN SMITH I wanted to be a ballet teacher.
JACLYN SMITH I'm not a sex symbol. How could I be with these skinny bowlegs?
JACLYN SMITH I was the first actress who branded her own line at a time when everyone just lent their name to a p...
JACLYN SMITH My mother lived till she was 95 and never had a line on her face or a frown line. She was beautiful.
JACLYN SMITH I always tell my children, 'You have to face your fear. If not, it's like running from a dog...
JACLYN SMITH Chemotherapy isn't easy. I felt very fortunate I wouldn't have to go through that.
JACLYN SMITH Family is always first. Even though my kids are older - my son is 25 and my daughter is 21 - I still...
JACLYN SMITH Farrah Fawcett had courage, she had strength, and she had faith.
JACLYN SMITH I don't even think my children are aware of what I've done. When somebody will ask me for my...
JACLYN SMITH I de-stress with my family, just at home pruning roses, cutting, working in the garden.
JACLYN SMITH You must understand the texture of your hair before you choose a style.
JACLYN SMITH Time whizzes by when you have children. They make you aware of the passing of time, but also help ke...
JACLYN SMITH I've always been into older homes, even if I have to refurbish or remodel or raise roof lines or...
JACLYN SMITH When I first decided to launch a clothing line, I was pregnant with my daughter Spencer-Margaret, so...
JACLYN SMITH I never looked good in a bikini. My legs were too thin.
JACLYN SMITH Success is carved out of a hard tree. It doesn't just happen. It's people who stick to it th...
JACLYN SMITH It's intimidating to try and pull your home together if you don't have an interior designer.
JACLYN SMITH I think I feel my best - I really feel the fountain of youth is inside, not out - when I'm just ...
JACLYN SMITH You have to be reasonable with yourself and not feel guilty when things aren't perfect.
JACLYN SMITH I'm not about my breasts; I'm just about good health, OK. I'm not afraid of doing what I...
JACLYN SMITH Cancer stops you in your tracks. It really makes you think about what's important. In a second, ...
JACLYN SMITH It's not about me, it's about my family. You don't answer questions for you, but for us....
JACLYN SMITH After having children, life becomes about living beyond yourself; about being bigger and better.
JACLYN SMITH I always try to be reasonable and effective.
IAN SMITH Every human being makes mistakes.
IAN SMITH Declaring independence was the most traumatic decision I had to live up to. Because I didn't wan...
IAN SMITH Freedom. And Justice. If you have those two, it covers everything. You must stick to those principle...
IAN SMITH You can't change the world; you can't fix the whole environment. But you can recycle. You ca...
PATTI SMITH I'm a student of patterns. At heart, I'm a physicist. I look at everything in my life as try...
WILL SMITH The whole structure of African government, as far back as we know, was based on tyranny. One guy ran...
WILBUR SMITH And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other guy's sleeping...
WILL SMITH I've always considered myself to be just average talent and what I have is a ridiculous insane o...
WILL SMITH My short game's not that good. It just becomes a matter of getting that weight moving.
OZZIE SMITH I don't think anybody ever really just retires where they don't do anything.
OZZIE SMITH I don't know how many people have ever seen the National Guard break in somewhere, but they mean...
OZZIE SMITH We hope there is a sense of purpose in everything.
OZZIE SMITH Have you noticed the people most likely to be up in arms about governments apparently spying on us t...
RUSSELL SMITH We live in a world where people think that finding a passion is so rare that if you find one you'...
LARRY SMITH Just because you're passionately interested in something doesn't mean it has to be your care...
LARRY SMITH If you've never tasted what it's like to get up in the morning and be pleased to go to work,...
LARRY SMITH Find and use your passion, and you'll have a great career. Don't do it, you won't. It...
LARRY SMITH I was always daydreaming about singing in big productions on Broadway.
KATE SMITH If rock-and-roll is well done, there's nothing so terribly wrong with that kind of music. But th...
KATE SMITH It became obvious in 1957 that I was endangering my health by carrying so much weight.
KATE SMITH It's up to the audience. It always has been.
KATE SMITH