Cissy Quotes & Sayings

I do not need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better. — Jeff Wheeler

I am so grateful to God for giving me the gift of 48 years with my daughter. And I accept that He knew when it was time to take her. — Cissy Houston

The magistrate is the servant not of his own desires, not even of the people, but of his God — John Quincy Adams

Try to be polite."
"I'm always polite."
"You're always eyeing people's valuables. That's hardly polite. — Jodi Meadows

My faith keeps me strong. — Cissy Houston

From her gospel-singing mother Cissy Houston, her legendary pop-diva cousin Dionne Warwick, and her Queen of Soul godmother Aretha Franklin, she [Whitney Houston] inherited gifts for skillfully interpreting lyrics and endowing them with new depth and jeweled nuance. — Aberjhani

I couldn't even begin to guess how old he was. Maybe thirty. Or three hundred. When you're eleven, anyone older is just old. — T.J. Klune

I love the responsibility of being a Victoria's Secret spokesmodel. It's a great life skill. — Erin Heatherton

I know we're all psychotic, single and completely dysfunctional and it's all done over the phone,' Tom slurred sentimentally, 'but it's a bit like a family, isn't it? — Helen Fielding

Say 'Kenmore Square'," I insist. "Kenmaw Sqway-ah." "Say 'Nothing could be finer than to be in Carolina.'" "Nothing could be finah than to be in Caroliner.'" "You're doing that on purpose." "I'm not. I sway-ah. — Steve Kluger

I'm very proud of my daughter. She accomplished a whole lot in the short time that she had here ... she was a very wonderful person. — Cissy Houston

Sometimes, all you can do ... is sing. — Cissy Houston

Sometimes it rained, but mostly it was just dull, a land without shadows. It was like living inside Tupperware. — Bill Bryson

She herself is a haunted house. She does not possess herself; her ancestors sometimes come and peer out of the windows of her eyes and that is very frightening. — Angela Carter

I'm a misunderstood genius. — Bill Watterson

I trust in God, and His ways are not our ways. So we have to go with that, and there's nothing I can do about that. — Cissy Houston

Americans have never really caught on to the idea of sheep. I think they think it's cissy. — Hugh Laurie

You can't treat your voice badly and expect it to stay around. — Cissy Houston

Katie McGrath got me hooked on the 'Great British Bake Off.' It's ruining my life. — Jessica De Gouw

Good mothers and good fathers and good families don't always have great children. — Cissy Houston

Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails. — Horace

Having reached the summit of his vengeance by the slow and tortuous route that he had followed, he had looked over the far side of the mountain and into the abyss of doubt. — Alexandre Dumas