Minnie Riperton Quotes

#1. We've all been influenced by other people ... If Minnie Riperton never existed, would I have even thought of singing in that (upper) register? I doubt it.

Mariah Carey

#2. "Loving You is Easy Cause You're Beautiful" Hers was a gift of love, a miracle of life, For all the world to see and hear forever.

Minnie Riperton

#3. Lovin' you has made my life so beautiful
And every day of my life is filled with lovin' you
Lovin' you I see your soul come shining through
And every time that we ooooh I'm more in love with you

Minnie Riperton

#4. The only difference between success and failure is the ability to take action.

Alexander Graham Bell

#5. Your wealth can be stolen, but the precious riches buried deep in your soul cannot.

Minnie Riperton

#6. We are still groping perhaps, but we grope intelligently, like a gynecologist feeling a tumor.

Vladimir Nabokov

#7. Olivia Newton-John - Australia's gift to insomniacs. It's nothing but the blonde singing the bland.

Minnie Riperton

#8. And I'll act like I have faith, and like that faith never ends, but I really just have friends.

Dar Williams

#9. The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to permit the conquered Eastern peoples to have arms. History teaches that all conquerors who have allowed their subject races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by doing so.

Adolf Hitler

#10. A little extra sleep, a little more slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest - 34 then poverty will pounce on you like a bandit; scarcity will attack you like an armed robber.

Anonymous