Eubie Blake

I don’t have any bad habbits. They might be bad habits for other people, but they’re all right for me.

Be grateful for luck. Pay the thunder no mind.

If I’d known I’d live to be a 100 I’d have taken much better care of myself.

Never trust anyone who wants what you’ve got. Friend or no, envy is an overwhelming emotion.

You have got to decide, look, this is who I am; this is my best way to present myself, and I’m going to ride that horse to the finish line. Not everybody will like it, but that’s OK.

A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.

You are the fever that never broke, the name stuck in my throat. You are every letter of every word in every poem I ever wrote.

If someone out there doesn’t agree with me, then somewhere a village is missing their idiot.

I think you’re running into a lot of trouble if your idea of foreplay is, ‘Brace yourself honey, here I come!’

Nothing is more difficult, in my opinion, than to avoid something that fundamentally attracts you.

The truth doesn’t have versions, it just is.

A lot of people always question, ‘What else can she do, what else can she do?’ And I’m going to show you

I don’t expect to retire. Every man must work, that’s his natural destiny.

The most you get is what you ask for.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

I can only say that I have had a wonderful life.

When you make changes in your life, make sure you’re moving toward the things you want.

Man minus the Machine is a slave; Man plus the Machine is a freeman.

Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still.