Pops Staples Quotes & Sayings

There's a wealth of information and knowledge you can gain from sitting down with people who are successful. — Grant Hill

Pops, he was a singer's singer. I loved to hear my father sing. He just was so laid-back and cool. I always wished I could sing like Pops. — Mavis Staples

Everything I do now is a first. — Hailee Steinfeld

When you consider that there are a thousand ways to express even the simplest idea, it is no wonder writers are under a great strain. Writers care greatly how a thing is said - it makes all the difference. So they are constantly faced with too many choices and must make too many decisions. — E.B. White

Some of the nations of Europe who believe in the one wife system have actually forbidden a plurality of wives by their laws; and the consequences are that the whole country among them is overrun with the most abominable practices: adulteries and unlawful connections through all their villages, towns, cities, and country places to a most fearful extent. — Orson Pratt

The measure of civilization in a people is to be found in its just appreciation of the wrongfulness of war. — Arthur Helps

The world is beautiful but Life never promised to be smooth. — Biola Olatunde

We can't disrupt polling places anymore, ... It doesn't serve any purpose. It just makes people mad. — John McCain

Well Lord, I'm still on the case. I'm still doing what Dr. King and Pops want me to do. I'm still on that freedom highway, and I'm going to walk on it until Dr. King's dream is realized. — Mavis Staples

I don't always feel His presence. But God's promises do not depend upon my feelings; they rest upon His integrity. — R.C. Sproul

I've got to sing for Pops; I've got to keep my father's legacy alive because he started all of this. So I started calling people, and nobody would give me a chance, but I didn't let that stop me. I took money out the bank and I started making me a record, and I did it in this guy's basement. — Mavis Staples

Pops always taught us that family is the strongest unit in the world. If you stick with your family, nobody can break you, nobody can harm you. You'll always have your family. — Mavis Staples

So far, designing is the most exciting thing. Ive done I have a vision of what I want the clothes to look like in my mind and its fun to see it come alive on paper. — Kim Kardashian

There isn't a parallel of latitude but thinks it would have been the equator if it had had its rights. — Mark Twain

One thing you can never underestimate is the power of water. — Joe Teti

I left the ending ambiguous, because that is the way life is. — Bernardo Bertolucci

If I was going to be treated like a child, then I was going to act like one. — Rachel Higginson