Bergere Quotes

#1. I remember when Lindbergh arrived in Paris, I was one of the first persons to know about his landing, because as the French people know that I was born in St. Louis, thinking I would be very proud to announce it to the public, they gave me the news first. I was then starring in the 'Folies Bergere.'

Josephine Baker

#2. Women were not and never had been the weaker sex, she reflected. They could make sacrifices from which men would ever shy away.

Rosalind Laker

#3. Chantel plays the piece with such passion that I can only sum it up as this: If the notion of sublime were to take musical form, this is what you would hear.

Ella Frank

#4. There were about six years when there was not one American who went into space. We shouldn't do that again.

Buzz Aldrin

#5. You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your relativity.

Timothy J. Bradley

#6. There is just no reason why the richest nation in the world can't provide health care to all its people.

Christine Gregoire

#7. The last thing I want is for people to go through the motions in life. We're all meant to do different things, but there's a lot of opportunity for us to do some great things.

Apolo Ohno

#8. Life is a gift so rap up your troubles and throw them away.

Benny Bellamacina

#9. The only way I was allowed to play was by convincing bands to let me do a few songs while they set up. That went on for years.

Beck

#10. I think there are going to be a bunch of tablet-like devices. It's really a different product category.

Jeff Bezos

#11. One of my theories is that the hearts of men are about alike, no matter what their skin color.

Mark Twain

#12. A lot of times we look at the whole world and think, 'it's so daunting, how can we change the whole world?' and you don't need to do that, what you need to do is change your world a little bit, and see if you can, through example, inspire others to do the same thing.

Michael Franti

#13. The boring thing with taking a walk with someone is that your thoughts are then dictated by the subject or subjects of your conversation; and that is made worse by the fact that most sane people are terrified of silence whenever they are with or near someone.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

#14. Love is the best weapon.

Debasish Mridha

#15. I grew up in a family in which there was very little religion. My father wasn't religious at all. But he was really interested in the subject of, you know, the birth and growth of Islam. And he basically transmitted that interest to me.

Salman Rushdie