B.B. King Quotes

There are different kinds and degrees of love, and they change over time, ripening and deepening and changing us in the process.

Breastfeeding should not be taboo - and bottle feeding should not be judged - it's ALL fun for the whole family.

True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s.

It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.

The more I see of what you call civilization, the more highly I think of what you call savagery!

We still have a choice today: nonviolent coexistence or violent co-annihilation. This may well be mankind's last chance to choose between chaos and community.

No one changes the world who isn't obsessed.

Death, but not for you, gunslinger. Never for you. You darkle. You tinct. May I be brutally frank? You go on.

A good quote is worth a thousand words.

Gordie: Do you think I'm weird? Chris: Definitely. Gordie: No man, seriously. Am I weird? Chris: Yeah, but so what? Everybody's weird

If you find someone attractive, you try to make them find you attractive. That is called seduction. And seduction is a bit ugly. You could say it's a bit ugly to use your charisma.

He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.

Government, in the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government.

Don't worry about what people say.

We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.

We lie best when we lie to ourselves.

An eye for an eye leaves everybody blind.

Talent is a wonderful thing, but it won't carry a quitter.

Hearts can break. Yes, hearts can break. Sometimes I think it would be better if we died when they did, but we don't.

It is what we prevent, rather than what we do that counts most in Government.

The purpose of art is higher than art. What we are really interested in are masterpieces of humanity.

I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be.

We should recognize that women become mothers the moment they are pregnant.

If you cast your bread upon the water and you have faith, you'll get back cash. If you don't have faith, you'll get soggy bread.

What good does it do to sit at the counter when you cannot afford a hamburger?

Before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, we were here. Before the pen of Jefferson etched across the pages of history the majestic words of the Declaration of Independence, we were here.

Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.

Remember, Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.

No good friends, no bad friends; only people you want, need to be with. People who build their houses in your heart.

Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.

We must be concerned not merely about who murdered them, but about the system, the way of life, the philosophy which produced the murderers .

My life has been a tapestry of rich and royal hue, an everlasting vision of the ever changing view.

Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think.

Courage will now be your best defence against the storm that is at hand-—that and such hope as I bring.

When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.

Seasons change. So do cities. People come into your life and people go, but it's comforting to know: the ones you love are always in your heart. And if you're very lucky, a plane ride away.

Conscription if necessary, but not necessarily conscription.

Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better.

The artistic path is a fearless occupation.

There's a sadness to all kinds of music if you want to hear it. There's also happiness to it if you want to hear it.

As a species we're fundamentally insane. Put more than two of us in a room, we pick sides and start dreaming up reasons to kill one another. Why do you think we invented politics and religion?

The people who know nothing about music are the ones always talking about it.

As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.

People have to allow themselves to be used by God and Martin [Luther King, Jr.] committed himself totally to God's will and purpose and God is always waiting for someone who is willing to do that.

Isn't it strange how the leaders of nations can talk so eloquently about peace while they prepare for war? ... There is no way to make peace while preparing for war.

Many white Americans of good will have never connected bigotry with economic exploitation. They have deplored prejudice but tolerated or ignored economic injustice.

Sarcastic people tend to be marshmallows underneath the armor

Jesus Christ was an extremist for love, truth and goodness.

Sorry is the Kool-Aid of human emotions. It's what you say when you spill a cup of coffee or throw a gutter ball when you're bowling with the girls in the league. True sorrow is as rare as true love.