Music is the beginning of language to all humans. African Americans' music, in particular, harks bac...
BILL FERRIS The South is a region of irony. It's both un-American and deeply American.
BILL FERRIS Dance and music is the ultimate celebration. It's a way of celebrate our past experiences, and it's ...
BILL FERRIS The problems of the nation that are reflected in black music don't seem to be changing. The music is...
BILL FERRIS Now people who pay retail for prescription drugs will probably have to wait another year to save mon...
BILL FERRIS This was our top legislative priority last year.
BILL FERRIS [Rap and hip hop today] come across ... the same way that jazz was embraced by the [Lost] Generation...
BILL FERRIS Where you find obesity, you'll find poverty. It's a reflection of the South's struggle to raise its ...
BILL FERRIS The question is, why didn't (the funding issue) come up when the bill was signed? It should've been ...
BILL FERRIS Any music can be learned from and adapted from other artists, and whites have been widely influenced...
BILL FERRIS I was obsessed with work in my youth. It's why I didn't get married until I was 38 and the r...
PAM FERRIS My dad died when he was 60. I was only 17 and I think, psychologically, that had a huge impact on me...
PAM FERRIS I think fractures in your childhood make you observe the world more as an outsider. Possibly it push...
PAM FERRIS I'm a professional actor, not a celebrity.
PAM FERRIS Some people find that if they share a profession with their partner, they don't talk about anyth...
PAM FERRIS I think I would have had trouble living with someone who didn't know what it was like to be an a...
PAM FERRIS I don't get self-conscious. I'm not vain in that way.
PAM FERRIS Girls shouldn't throw away their lives. They have the opportunity to not have 25 children - to m...
PAM FERRIS Grief is a terrible, painful place. You can't grind away on grief in a solid way and say, 'I...
PAM FERRIS The shopping experience offered by Seattle-based Nordstrom is world-class. It is part of our commitm...
AL FERRIS Nordstrom is a dream come true for The Gardens. It was probably the missing link in our shopping cen...
AL FERRIS J.Crew embodies the customer in Palm Beach and particularly in North Palm Beach. It's a classic cust...
AL FERRIS The national picture is not the picture in the state of Florida.
AL FERRIS Wolves are very resourceful. All they need to survive is for people not to shoot them.
BOB FERRIS She said, "As long as we're with each other--"
"We know we're in exactly the right place," he f...
JEAN FERRIS I'm starting to believe that happily ever after includes people doing things that upset each other. ...
JEAN FERRIS We gave up the ball way too many times. Too many of our turnovers were unforced. We were able to pre...
ANDI FERRIS Its great to get the conference win. You can never have too many of those, plus it gives us a little...
ANDI FERRIS Sometimes it's harder to hang onto a small lead than it is to come back from one. It's frustrating a...
ANDI FERRIS We just went cold in the second half. They (the Hornets) warmed up, while we simply couldn't find a ...
ANDI FERRIS These data support the need for targeted educational programs on the warning signs of stroke and und...
ANJANETTE FERRIS Our study documents a knowledge gap between racial/ethnic minorities and whites regarding stroke war...
ANJANETTE FERRIS Yet only one-third of women surveyed in 2003 said that they felt very well or well informed about st...
ANJANETTE FERRIS It is doubly important for African American women to pay attention to heart disease and stroke risk ...
ANJANETTE FERRIS They were like two inviolable spheres touching at a fine point in their curves, touching but failing...
JOSHUA FERRIS I don't write directly on to the computer because I don't think well facing forward with fin...
JOSHUA FERRIS The older I get, the less I know. By that I mean the less I am sure of. I view people with strong op...
PAM FERRIS I content myself with the fact that the general system of our trade is a system of selfishness, is n...
JOSHUA FERRIS I come from a very illustrious line of divorces. We love to get divorced in my family. My mother and...
JOSHUA FERRIS It is forgivable to say nothing out of ignorance; it's inexcusable to remain silent once awareness d...
JOSHUA FERRIS There is zero indication that Jeff, in any way, shape, or form, had that 9 mm in his hand. Just beca...
FERRIS WEBBY Every time you hear someone read your book and liked your book, you're never sure whether that&#...
JOSHUA FERRIS Our landfill provides a clean and affordable source of alternative energy. Waste Management is proud...
ZANE FERRIS I placed some of the DNA on the ends of my fingers and rubbed them together. The stuff was sticky. I...
TIMOTHY FERRIS It was good, too, to remember how hard a lot of people had to work to keep a kingdom running well, a...
JEAN FERRIS This is a cop. A person who protects and serve himself and that's his job. He lost a wife. He lost a...
FERRIS WEBBY As wonderful as dogs can be, they are famous for missing the point.
JEAN FERRIS Let's not let the Farm Bureau ruin a good thing. The wolves are doing great. They're staying away fr...
BOB FERRIS I was struck that Lotus feels very threatened by Microsoft.
DAVID FERRIS Let's not let the Farm Bureau ruin a good thing, ... The wolves are doing great. They're staying awa...
BOB FERRIS I am walking a fine line, but I am doing it very carefully because I am not disclosing actual vulner...
TOM FERRIS It's not like any other flaw in IE?it's definitely different.
TOM FERRIS This is a very exciting time for Pacific Security Capital. We have structured our comprehensive serv...
DAN FERRIS I know it's important to do more than just complain when there's something you don't like. You need ...
JEAN FERRIS It's something we've worked toward our whole career. We definitely want this as much as anyone.
DAN FERRIS We are trying to get where we've never been. We definitely need to work hard.
DAN FERRIS It is really nice; this was definitely one of our goals.
DAN FERRIS Microsoft obviously takes way too long to fix flaws, ... All researchers should follow responsible d...
TOM FERRIS That's up to a jury.
FERRIS WEBBY If you say you need a second opinion, that's reasonable doubt.
FERRIS WEBBY Our tour would have been canceled without the Alcoa sponsorship. It would have generated a big loss.
HARRIS FERRIS It kind of tells the story. But it's not inconsistent with national figures and we're determined to ...
HARRIS FERRIS We are looking to see the community rally around the concept of a world-class company by increased c...
HARRIS FERRIS Knock, Knock."
"Who's there?"
"Olive."
"Olive who?"
"Olive...ooh. I love you, to...
JEAN FERRIS And they lived happily (aside from a few normal disagreements, misunderstandings, pouts, silent trea...
JEAN FERRIS We stand at the onset of a great age of adventure—and always shall, so long as we keep doing scien...
TIMOTHY FERRIS How did we get from $18 million to $80 million?
ROGER FERRIS There is no guarantee we will get anything.
ROGER FERRIS Not that I condone fascism, or any -ism for that matter. -Ism's in my opinion are not good. A person...
FERRIS BUELLER It is now possible for a flight attendant to get a pilot pregnant.
RICHARD J. FERRIS Arms wrapped around [Darcy's] abdomen from the back. Fingers felt for the spot above his navel. Two ...
DONNA WARNER & GLORIA FERRIS Let's make a law that gay people can have birthdays, but straight people get more cake - you kno...
BILL MAHER No one really wants to admit they are lonely, and it is never really addressed very much between fri...
BILL MURRAY President Obama is a utopian at heart. He wants to improve the lives of the downtrodden, which is a ...
BILL O'REILLY Since the time of St. Jerome, it was mandatory for any kind of scholar or thinker to spend time out ...
BILL VIOLA When birds burp, it must taste like bugs.
BILL WATTERSON Letting your mind play is the best way to solve problems.
BILL WATTERSON God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I am so far behind that...
BILL WATTERSON There is not enough time to do all the nothing we want to do.
BILL WATTERSON We don't devote enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks.
BILL WATTERSON We all have different desires and needs, but if we don't discover what we want from ourselves an...
BILL WATTERSON From now on, I'll connect the dots my own way.
BILL WATTERSON Know what's weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change. But pretty soon, everything's differ...
BILL WATTERSON The world of a comic strip ought to be a special place with its own logic and life... I don't wa...
BILL WATTERSON The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present.
BILL WATTERSON The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure pure reasoning, and inhibit clarity. With a...
BILL WATTERSON Why waste time learning, when ignorance is instantaneous?
BILL WATTERSON Getting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery.
BILL WATTERSON If you can't control your peanut butter, you can't expect to control your life.
BILL WATTERSON It's not denial. I'm just selective about the reality I accept.
BILL WATTERSON Weekends don't count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless.
BILL WATTERSON Try to be like the turtle - at ease in your own shell.
BILL COPELAND Keep your word. Honor commitments, and they will double back to honor you.
BILL RANCIC Historically, privacy was almost implicit, because it was hard to find and gather information. But i...
BILL GATES The outside perception and inside perception of Microsoft are so different. The view of Microsoft in...
BILL GATES According to Ethiopian custom, parents wait to name a baby because children often die in the first w...
BILL GATES My son likes to go see mines and electric plants, or the Large Hadron Collider, and we've had a ...
BILL GATES Like any well designed software product, Windows is designed, developed and tested as an integrated ...
BILL GATES The quality of research in the U.S. is absolutely the best.
BILL GATES The bulk of the universities are about teaching kids.
BILL GATES People want to watch whatever video they want to watch whenever they want to watch. If you provision...
BILL GATES In K-12, almost everybody goes to local schools. Universities are a bit different because kids actua...
BILL GATES My wife thinks she's better than me at puzzles. I haven't given in on that one yet.
BILL GATES In low-income countries, getting to a health post is hard. It's very expensive.
BILL GATES I think there will be PCs at every price point.
BILL GATES I don't have a magic formula for prioritizing the world's problems.
BILL GATES The truth of Moore's law has made remarkable things possible. On the software side, I think natu...
BILL GATES The only definition by which America's best days are behind it is on a purely relative basis.
BILL GATES Digital reading will completely take over. It's lightweight and it's fantastic for sharing. ...
BILL GATES At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all come from the top - I&...
BILL GATES I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one. And I'm still fanatical, but now I'm a littl...
BILL GATES Polio's pretty special because once you get an eradication, you no longer have to spend money on...
BILL GATES I remember thinking quite logically that I didn't want to spoil my children with wealth and so t...
BILL GATES To create a new standard, it takes something that's not just a little bit different; it takes so...
BILL GATES Money has no utility to me beyond a certain point.
BILL GATES People everywhere love Windows.
BILL GATES I'm never fully satisfied with any Microsoft product.
BILL GATES The general idea of the rich helping the poor, I think, is important.
BILL GATES If I'd had some set idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago...
BILL GATES Exposure from a young age to the realities of the world is a super-big thing.
BILL GATES Connectivity enables transparency for better government, education, and health.
BILL GATES I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition.
BILL GATES China adopted a capitalist system in the 1980s, and they went from a 60% poverty rate to 10%.
BILL GATES The best teacher is very interactive.
BILL GATES Technology is unlocking the innate compassion we have for our fellow human beings.
BILL GATES The tablet is not mainstream. Reading off the screen is not mainstream.
BILL GATES Whether it's Google or Apple or free software, we've got some fantastic competitors and it k...
BILL GATES I'm a geek.
BILL GATES I know there's a farmer out there somewhere who never wants a PC and that's fine with me.
BILL GATES If you go back to 1800, everybody was poor. I mean everybody. The Industrial Revolution kicked in, a...
BILL GATES Go empower yourself. You need confidence because the one thing that bullying does is it belittles yo...
BILL GOLDBERG As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.
BILL GATES Paper is no longer a big part of my day. I get 90% of my news online, and when I go to a meeting and...
BILL GATES Treatment without prevention is simply unsustainable.
BILL GATES If you can't make it good, at least make it look good.
BILL GATES Discrimination has a lot of layers that make it tough for minorities to get a leg up.
BILL GATES We all need people who will give us feedback. That's how we improve.
BILL GATES In the old generation, if one kid bought a PlayStation 2 and the other kid bought an Xbox, at his ho...
BILL GATES The U.S. immigration laws are bad - really, really bad. I'd say treatment of immigrants is one o...
BILL GATES This is a fantastic time to be entering the business world, because business is going to change more...
BILL GATES The worst pandemic in modern history was the Spanish flu of 1918, which killed tens of millions of p...
BILL GATES Expectations are a form of first-class truth: If people believe it, it's true.
BILL GATES Nobody spends any money on smallpox unless they worry about a bio-terrorist recreating it.
BILL GATES For a highly motivated learner, it's not like knowledge is secret and somehow the Internet made ...
BILL GATES In business, the idea of measuring what you are doing, picking the measurements that count like cust...
BILL GATES Nuclear energy, in terms of an overall safety record, is better than other energy.
BILL GATES People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented, didn't they? People f...
BILL GATES By improving health, empowering women, population growth comes down.
BILL GATES Innovation is moving at a scarily fast pace.
BILL GATES Microsoft is not about greed. It's about innovation and fairness.
BILL GATES I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to...
BILL GATES Capitalism has worked very well. Anyone who wants to move to North Korea is welcome.
BILL GATES Today a minimum wage earner has to work a day and a half just to pay for a full tank of gas. That is...
BILL PASCRELL I had always thought that once you grew up you could do anything you wanted - stay up all night or e...
BILL BRYSON Under many current state laws, minors who have been victims of trafficking are charged as criminals ...
BILL FLORES Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing.
BILL COSBY I know the world isn't fair, but why isn't it ever unfair in my favor?
BILL WATTERSON There's a lot of things I believe in this world. I believe in God, I believe in the United State...
BILL ENGVALL People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what&...
BILL COSBY If you watch kids looking at something on television, even something that's produced for them an...
BILL COSBY I'm not going out and hitting a 95-mph fastball where I can't see the stitches. I'm not ...
BILL COSBY There are two sides to every story, and sometimes three, four, and five.
BILL COSBY When I say, I don't care what white people think, I mean that.
BILL COSBY If you speak your mind and if it is true what you're saying, then I think the integrity of what ...
BILL COSBY Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.
BILL COSBY Like everyone else who makes the mistake of getting older, I begin each day with coffee and obituari...
BILL COSBY Sometimes you try to help people, and it backfires on you, and then they try to take advantage of yo...
BILL COSBY Civilization had too many rules for me, so I did my best to rewrite them.
BILL COSBY Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: e...
BILL COSBY Gray hair is God's graffiti.
BILL COSBY A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.
BILL COSBY If you took your child to the dentist and check for cavities, the child likely won't get them. I...
BILL COSBY By the 1960s, many of us believed that the Civil Rights Movement could eliminate racism in America d...
BILL COSBY The past is a ghost, the future a dream, and all we ever have is now.
BILL COSBY Anytime I get down to Miami, it's a wonderful thing.
BILL GOLDBERG I have realized over time that I missed the mark with HyperCard. I grew up in a box-centric culture ...
BILL ATKINSON As a father, you want the best for your son, quite obviously. You want to create the best memories f...
BILL GOLDBERG Movie acting suits me because I only need to be good for ninety seconds at a time.
BILL MURRAY If you're so pro-life, do me a favour: don't lock arms and block medical clinics. If you'...
BILL HICKS I was in NYC during 9/11; it happened on a Tuesday, I was on stage Thursday. It was a small crowd, b...
BILL BURR There are more people dying of malaria than any specific cancer.
BILL GATES The man who rows the boat seldom has time to rock it.
BILL COPELAND I can't negate the theory that the Huxtables on 'The Cosby Show' may have helped pave th...
BILL COSBY A buddy will keep you honest and add a dimension of fun to your workout.
BILL TOOMEY Someday, somehow, the leadership of Planned Parenthood will have to answer for their callous disrega...
BILL FLORES One of my gripes about movies is that people take them so seriously, and the moneymaking aspects are...
BILL MURRAY Words are the children of reason and, therefore, can't explain it. They really can't transla...
BILL EVANS I bugged my mom and dad to 'get me inside the television set' when I was about four years ol...
BILL MUMY I just became one with my browser software.
BILL GRIFFITH No matter how much you've won, no matter how many games, no matter how many championships, no ma...
BILL PARCELLS I don't think there's a... boundary between digital media and print media. Every magazine is...
BILL GATES People in the West like to shoot things. When they first got to the West they shot buffalo. Once the...
BILL BRYSON The Clinton White House today said they would start to give national security and intelligence brief...
BILL MAHER William Andrews Clark was caught in a bribery scandal during a campaign for the U.S. Senate - he was...
BILL DEDMAN The International Brigades and the British volunteers were, numerically, only a small part of the Re...
BILL ALEXANDER The anger in the Brigade against those who fought the Republic in the rear was sharpened by reports ...
BILL ALEXANDER Being a broadcaster encompasses the business of sport, which is my life today, and it encompasses th...
BILL WALTON Chick Hearn was my favorite broadcaster ever - he's the one who taught me to think basketball, h...
BILL WALTON The great thing about being a broadcaster is you have this incredible responsibility to the people t...
BILL WALTON Good writing is clear thinking made visible.
BILL WHEELER