Mo'ne Davis Quotes

Just putting my uniform on keeps me going. Being able to get out there keeps me going. That's the best therapy.

I don't listen to what people say about me and I don't read what they write about me. People can compare me to anyone they want to, but I'm not going to worry about it.

For me to become the highest paid player in the franchise, it was something I didn't anticipate. But I'm glad. I like playing for Cincinnati.

I don't even take aspirin.

The memories stayed with him for so long, and stayed vivid. And it didn't matter to me that he'd already repeated that before. I could hear it forever.

There's nothing I love more than a good cry.

I did what most writers do when something happens that's overwhelming, fascinating, moving, all of that. I didn't know what else to do about it except write about it.

That's just my family's mentality. We are a very loving, hugging and kissing kind of family. And we grew up in a church atmosphere and still have that atmosphere. There is no negativity.

Politics isn't what defines a person, and it shouldn't define a relationship. I made the mistake of letting that intrude on my relationships.

You ever hear Buddy Miles play the drums? You know, he doesn't vary the tempo at all.

Judy Garland was just so delicious in every way and just so honest and generous.

I've never worked for the sake of working. There's probably enough crap out there for me not to add to it.

A lot of really good directors have a killer in them, as if they'd do anything to get that image. But that comes with the terrain and I don't mind it.

This is government. There is no entertainment.

Most women seem to be required to pit themselves against men in dramatic situations, and the men got to pit themselves against ideas or God.

I think male roles are generally much better written. So for actresses, we're always dealing with trying to inject a role with more truth than the writer possibly had in mind.

Every day I've got to hear about unemployment and people starving.

Adoption is a redemptive response to tragedy that happens in this broken world.

I am more more terrified of living a comfortable life in a self-serving society and failing to follow Jesus than I am of any illness or tragedy.

John Lee Hooker is the funkiest man alive

Our mothers' generation fought so hard to change things and we're the first generation to benefit. And now you get girls in their twenties who say they're not feminists.

As an actress, there's nothing worse than not knowing your cues.

Dogs are very, very pleasant with people that they're connected to.

Something's like crossed over in me and I can't go back. I couldn't live.

I love DJing, and I love rocking out.

I played this character twice in live action, and now I've become an animated character. It was actually fun to see myself drawn - I've never been a drawn character before.

You can't compete with Sweets' sound and time feel. It's impossible.

Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.

There is only one governor, and his name is Gray Davis.

I went over to the Charlestown Navy Yard yesterday and saw some big men of war, one over 100 guns.

As we enter into the 110th Congress, it is imperative that we address ethics reforms needed to make this institution run correctly.

I was very poor and I was a waitress, and it's hard to be a poor waitress in New York.

[Prince] could very well be the Duke Ellington of Rock 'n' Roll.

When I heard Coleman Hawkins, I learned to play ballads

Our bodies are made to move, and moving down the trail is one of the oldest, natural ways people have used their bodies.

Oh lord, it's hard to be humble when your perfect in every way. I can't wait to look in the mirror, cause I get better looking each day.

Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.

Men don't know much about women. We do know when they're happy. We know when they're crying, and we know when they're pissed off. We just don't know in what order these are gonna come at us.

Often, the idea that there can be a wide range of translations of one text doesn't occur to people - or that a translation could be bad, very bad, and unfaithful to the original.

I'm basically for the whole year just traveling with three suitcases.

Night is a curious child, wandering Between earth and sky, creeping In windows and doors, daubing The entire neighborhood With purple paint.

I do see an interest in writing for Twitter. While publishers still do love the novel and people do still like to sink into one, the very quick form is appealing because of the pace of life.

The more hours of television a girl watches, the fewer options she thinks she has in life.

It's really important for boys to see that girls take up half of the planet - which we do.

I'm a fierce editor! I don't edit out things that I began by saying, usually. The editing is on the micro level - a comma here, a word there.

My motivation to keep hiking was rooted in the magnificent details of the Appalachian Mountains, and the more I poured myself out - the more energy I gave the trail - the more it gave me in return.

When I joined an all-boys baseball team, my mom wasn't too happy. I proved to her (and to me) that I could do anything I set my mind to.

I couldn't do "What's Love Got To Do With It", Tina Turner because it wasn't the right tempo; so I scratched it from the record. I wanted to do it about a year ago, but something happened.

I began to realize that some of the things Ornette Coleman had said about things being played three or fours ways, independently of each other, were true because Bach had also composed that way.

I keep telling Ron Lorman and them in the control room, "It's my band! The reason I have a band is because I can't stand for somebody to tell me what to do."