Top 39 Quotes & Sayings by Pearl Bailey
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actress Pearl Bailey.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Sometimes I would almost rather have people take away years of my life than take away a moment.
To talk to someone who does not listen is enough to tense the devil.
You must change in order to survive.
You cannot belong to anyone else, until you belong to yourself.
Everybody wants to do something to help, but nobody wants to be first.
Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a wider one is still possible.
When you're young, the silliest notions seem the greatest achievements.
What the world really needs is more love and less paper work.
People see God every day, they just don't recognize him.
You never find yourself until you face the truth.
I never really look for anything. What God throws my way comes. I wake up in the morning and whichever way God turns my feet, I go.
There's a period of life when we swallow a knowledge of ourselves and it becomes either good or sour inside.
The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self. All sin is easy after that.
We look into mirrors but we only see the effects of our times on us - not our effects on others.
No one can figure out your worth but you.
Hungry people cannot be good at learning or producing anything, except perhaps violence.
A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive.
The sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love. What the world really needs is more love and less paperwork.
There is a way to look at the past. Don't hide from it. It will not catch you if you don't repeat it.
A crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing.
There are two kinds of talent, man-made talent and God-given talent. With man-made talent you have to work very hard. With God-given talent, you just touch it up once in a while.
I never ask myself how I do what I do. After all, how does it rain?
I don't like to say that my kitchen is a religious place, but I would say that if I were a voodoo priestess, I would conduct my rituals there.
The sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love.
You can taste a word.
How can you give a man a room in a house and not let him come through the front door?
I discuss humanity and not races.
The deed of love is stronger than words
Everybody wants to do something to help, but nobody wants to be the first.
I tell stories to music and, thank God, in tune.
The way we're going to get to understanding is for each man to open his heart and open his mind and look in himself as he looks at his neighbor.
I hate labels, and I wear no labels. When a man has to put something around his neck and say I am, he isn't.
Sometimes I would almost rather have people take years of my life than take away a moment.
I see their souls, and I hold them in my hands, and because I love them they weigh nothing.
Do not worry about whether or not the sun will rise. Be prepared to enjoy it.
Fate carries its own clock.
My kitchen is a mystical place, a kind of temple for me. It is a place where
the surfaces seem to have significance, where the sounds and odors carry
meaning that transfers from the past and bridges to the future.
The fact is that it takes more than ingredients and technique to cook a good meal. A good cook puts something of himself into the preparation - he cooks with enjoyment, anticipation, spontaneity, and he is willing to experiment.
Sometimes you think the whole world is falling, and it's only yourself that's leaning.
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