Quotes on Always

Sometimes, I want to talk on a song and be angry, because I am angry. Then there's always a part of me that remembers that this record lives past my being angry, and so do I really want to be angry about that? Is that feeling going to have longevity?

One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes up short of it.

I always try to remain aware that what affects others affects me, too.

My dedication to my music has driven everyone away. I've had girlfriends, but I always end up on my own. I don't particularly like it, but I don't see a way 'round it.

I think you should always bear in mind that entropy is not on your side.

Fortunately, or unforunately for me, I am always at my best when I am unhampered: when I can let myself go and have a little fun.

I've always been drawn to stories and telling them; whether it was through being a part of theater when I was a little kid, or film, or with music, there's just been an innate desire to feel that connection.

The women's movement was always going to work in two parts. With one part, we'd break open the doors that were closed to women, and with the other part, we'd walk through, transforming society for men and women. Turns out it was a lot easier to open the doors.

I don't think there was a particular book that made me want to write. They all did. I always wanted to write.

My mind is always free. My mind is flexible.

Once in a while you can run very fast, but you cannot always go to the maximum.

When I write, I have always tried to be on the side of the weak. The side of the powerful is not literature's side.

There have always been great defenses of poetry, and I've tried to write mine, and I think all of my work and criticism is a defense of poetry to try and keep something alive in poetry.

When I paint a person, his enemies always find the portrait a good likeness.

I always believed there would be an African-American president. It was something I'd dreamed about, thought about, but certainly did not believe would happen in my lifetime.

We make music for a living. Like I've always said, if you like what you're doing, you're halfway there; if someone else likes it, that's even better. If they don't like it, at least you like it. Not to be selfish, but you kind of have to be.

The mistakes and unresolved difficulties of the past in mathematics have always been the opportunities of its future.

I've always been multi-cultural myself. I'm not black and I'm not white and I'm not pink and I'm not green. Eartha Kitt has no color, and that is how barriers are broken.

Success isn't always about greatness. It's about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.

The time to build a network is always before you need one.

To me, the avocation of a teacher has something elevating and exciting. While surrounded by the young, one may always be doing good.