B.B. King Quotes

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

At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.

They who forgive most shall be most forgiven.

He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.

I never cease to amaze myself. And I say this humbly

Our eternal message of hope is that dawn will come.

Smile and maybe tomorrow you'll see that life is still worth while if you just smile

Those who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war.

We all too often have socialism for the rich and rugged free market capitalism for the poor.

A journey, I reflected, is of no merit unless it has tested you.

The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.

I'm a promoter of the people for the people and by the people and my magic lies in my people ties.

The mark of a great shiphandler is never getting into situations that require great shiphandling.

That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.

Teddy, Vern, Chris: I don't shut up. I grow up. And when I look at you, I throw up. Aghhh! Gordie: And then your mom goes around the corner and she licks it up.

Through violence, you may murder the hater, but you do not murder the hate.

The bombs in Vietnam explode at home; they destroy the hopes and possibilities for a decent America.

Books are a uniquely portable magic.

The world loves a clone and a good knock-off. It cheats the artist... In the obsession for technical wizardry, people disappear; and if your voice isn't present in a relationship, you don't matter.

Money talks, bullshit walks.

Was not Jesus an extremist in love? - "Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, pray for them that despitefully use you."

Friends come in and out of our lives, like busboys in a restaurant.

We fall from womb to tomb, from one blackness and toward another, remembering little of the one and knowing nothing of the other ... except through faith.

If I can help somebody as I pass along, if I can cheer somebody with a word or song, if I can show somebody he's traveling wrong, then my living will not be in vain.

We have guided missiles and misguided men.

Courage is the power of the mind to overcome fear.

There comes a time when one must take the position that is neither safe nor politic nor popular, but he must do it because conscience tells him it is right.

Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve. [...] You only need a heart full of grace.

Once a nation parts with the control of its credit, it matters not who makes the laws.

I may be helping to bring harmony between people through my music.

Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness.

I've given up thinking - it keeps getting me into trouble.

Let it be remembered, too, that at a time of war, nearly every one is under great strain.

Real victories are those that protect human life, not those that result from its destruction or emerge from its ashes.

Ladies, friends, and music - without those three, I wouldn't wanna be here

On tobacco: A branch of the sin of drunkenness, which is the root of all sins.

The task is not done. The journey is not complete. We can and we must do more.

There is nothing but a lack of social vision to prevent us from paying an adequate wage to every American citizen whether he be a hospital worker, laundry worker, maid or day laborer

The labor movement was the principal force that transforme­d misery and despair into hope and progress.

Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

You go for the quality of the performance, not the longevity of it.

I'm the best promoter in the world because I haven't taken a day off work since I left the penitentiary, and because I have read all the great philosophers like St. Thomas Aquinine.

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle.

This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism.

Using insult instead of argument is the sign of a small mind.

Freedom only comes through persistent revolt, through persistent agitation, through persistently rising up against the system of evil.

This is the law of God by which He makes His way known to man and is paramount to all human control.

The most numerous objects of legislation belong to the States. Those of the National Legislature [are] but few.

The politician's promises of yesterday are the taxes of today.

What’s interesting about you is you.