#got

You've got to be a thermostat rather than a thermometer. A thermostat shapes the climate of opinion; a thermometer just reflects it. ↗

— Cornel West

#got #just #opinion #rather #reflects

The thing you've got to watch for is going broke when you're old. Look at all the people that go down and out at the finish. The man who built my country place is blind now and penniless. That's terrible! ↗

— Pearl White

#broke #built #country #down #finish

I refuse to go into a fast-food outlet - to use the toilet even - in case anyone got the wrong idea and thought I was sneaking in a quick burger. ↗

— Jonny Wilkinson

#burger #case #even #fast-food #go

I think my playing has been orchestral throughout the years, and this is another way of expressing that. But I primarily see it as the ultimate accomplishment of a musician. Composing makes me feel like I've finally gotten all the way up the ladder as a musician. ↗

— Tony Williams

#another #another way #been #composing #expressing

When I'm on TV, I'm often talking to a conservative host. I may have another conservative arguing with me. You've got very limited time, and you're using 'sound-bite' type language. ↗

— Juan Williams

#arguing #conservative #got #host #i

I first got involved in theater in 1968, at the height of a social tumult. I was a poet. ↗

— August Wilson

#got #height #i #involved #poet

Brian was the oldest, I was in the middle and Carl was the baby. I was the troublemaker. Brian got great grades and Carl got the kind of grades I did. I failed everything. I was too busy fighting and running wild. ↗

— Dennis Wilson

#brian #busy #carl #did #everything

I got to where I couldn't listen to country radio. Country music is supposed to have steel and fiddle. When I hear country music, it should be country. ↗

— Gretchen Wilson

#country music #country radio #fiddle #got #hear

I got to know Sterling Hayden fairly well. He was a quiet man, who got more complicated as the years went on. ↗

— Marie Windsor

#fairly #got #hayden #i #know

To be honest, I think kids have got a lot more going on than adults. They've got their heads screwed on a lot better. ↗

— Amy Winehouse

#going #got #heads #honest #i