Dandridge Quotes & Sayings

Every faith uses some kind of tool to understand itself better. Faith seeks understanding. The Western tradition has used philosophy to understand the truths of the faith and you come up with theology. Where as, Islam at a certain point said: we'll use law. There are these four major, developed schools of Islamic jurisprudence. — Francis George

It was a distorted form of inverse logic: If hopes never come true, then hope for what you don't want. — Amy Tan

Willie Wells, Ray Dandridge, Leon Day, Buck Leonard, Quincy Troupe, Satchel Paige - earlier than when he was called up - Oscar Charleston and Josh Gibson. You see what kind of talent we had, and guys in the majors knew it too. — Monte Irvin

I like to stretch myself and push the envelope, so anything that's new or different or not of my daily routine, I am so for. — Merle Dandridge

It's okay, baby" she said. "We all bounce till we break. — John Rector

I turn over a new leaf every day. But the blots show through. — Keith Waterhouse

For the next several minutes we forgot about scones and lollipops and SATs and politicians and the Secret Service and hovered in a blissful place, population of two - Max and me. When I was kissing Max, the rest of the world, and all my problems faded away. — Cassidy Calloway

Once a lie is told, you have to keep on telling it. You not only have to repeat it time and time again, you have to embellish it, layer upon layer until you don't even remember the truth. — Cassie Dandridge Selleck

It was a vow we made those long years ago. Neither of us spoke of it afterwards, but it hung between us like a spider web, fragile and easy to break, but danged hard to get shed of once the threads took hold. — Cassie Dandridge Selleck

The older I get, the less I care what people think of me, but I care a great deal about people knowing my business. — Cassie Dandridge Selleck

Minds festooned with error, barnacled with bias, swollen with delusions of godhead. — Fritz Leiber

Many academicians don't even own a television, much less watch one. — Neil DeGrasse Tyson

She turned and walked away, pausing only a moment at the door to glance over her shoulder. William wanted to think she was looking at him, but he figured she was probably more interested in his friend. William decided to let it drop. There was no telling what Miss Dandridge might be thinking. — Tracie Peterson

In the Negro Leagues, we'd play three games a day on the weekends. Then we'd ride the bus and travel to play the next day someplace else. You'd hang your shirt out the bus window to dry. — Ray Dandridge

I can't play a slave. — Dorothy Dandridge

I'm just a poor boy from the cornfields of Richmond, Virginia. I'm proud because I loved baseball and played with the best. — Ray Dandridge

It [prejudice] is such a waste. It makes you logy and half-alive. It gives you nothing. It takes away. — Dorothy Dandridge

Sometimes the debt you pay ain't exactly the one you owe, but it works out jus' the same anyway. Lord knows I done caused my share of heartache in this life. — Cassie Dandridge Selleck

You should have seen Willie Wells play shortstop: as good as Ozzie Smith and a better hitter. How I wish people could have seen Ray Dandridge play third base, as good as Brooks Robinson and Craig Nettles and all of those. He was bowlegged; a train might go through there, but not a baseball. — Monte Irvin

How could two people get the same set of parts and make such different constructions? But then, there was rising. That had to be taken into account. What could a doormat rear but a pair of boots? — Barbara Kingsolver

Just to be true to myself, which is why I did this movie. I figured everyone was going to freak out and say, 'Why would you do that after Dorothy Dandridge?' My answer is 'Because I can.' And that feels really good to be comfortable saying that. — Halle Berry

But, it never dawned on me how wrong it was that I tied her innocence to the fact that she was with me, not who she was, and I am humbled by my ignorance. — Cassie Dandridge Selleck

Then I discovered I loved writing poetry more than fiction. — George Murray

In African American culture, class bias is the handmaiden of intraracial prejudice that privileges the near-white or light-complexioned person over the darker-hued. — Rita B. Dandridge

I worked really hard in college, and I came out a completely different person and performer than when I went in. I did the work, and I found a craft. — Merle Dandridge

If I were white, I could capture the world. — Dorothy Dandridge

I always wanted to say I came out of the cornfields and got to the major leagues. That was my biggest thought. But now I can say I came out of the cornfields and got to the Hall of Fame. — Ray Dandridge

Once you tell a lie, you have to keep tellin' and tellin' and tellin' to make it stand. — Cassie Dandridge Selleck

You can call me, Tyler, Miss Dandridge." "That would hardly be appropriate, Mr. Atherton. I do see, however, you are a soldier." "Yes, ma'am. A lieutenant in the Texas Third Cavalry." Tyler's gaze never left Hannah's. William felt a strange sense of jealousy wash over him when Hannah offered Tyler a smile. "Then perhaps you would allow me to call you . . . Lieutenant." Tyler laughed and gave a sweeping bow. "You can call me anything, ma'am, so long as it ain't late to the dinner table." His men laughed, as well, and even Hannah appeared amused. — Tracie Peterson