Quotes About Oscar Charleston

#1. 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

#2. By going with him, I would have simply imposed myself on him; I would have been a distraction. I helped him follow his heart and his greater good.

Kavita Kane

#3. I think I was born stubborn, that's all,

Patricia Neal

#4. BRANDY, n. A cordial composed on one part thunder-and-lightning, one part remorse, two parts bloody murder, one part death-hell-and-the-grave and four parts clarified Satan.

Ambrose Bierce

#5. The bike that I've been riding is a Big Ripper. It' an SE Racing 29 bike that Famous [Stars & Straps] did a collaboration with and Travis [Barker] gave to me. So that's the bike that I cruise around on and bunny-hop on.

Matt Skiba

#6. The king is a strong piece - use it !

Reuben Fine

#7. She said she wasn't afraid of Satan, in fact, she thought he was a joke. She said she'd tear his tail off and run her fist down his throat.

John Mellencamp

#8. I feel like I missed my era, because I remember the time when black people uplifted each other and looked for the positives. I feel sorry for the people who live their lives in the negative default setting because they filter out what's good, and that's no way to live.

Michael Jai White

#9. As always, Blay was the anchor who kept him from being swept away.

J.R. Ward

#10. The Tories win elections when they lead on economic competence.

Maurice Saatchi

#11. I have seen great jazz musicians die obscure and drinking themselves to death and not really being able to get any work and working in small, funky jazz clubs.

Sonny Rollins