Eubie Blake

Listen to the birds and don’t hate nobody.

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

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

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

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.

I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.

Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.

We learn something every day, and lots of times it’s that what we learned the day before was wrong.

Silence is so accurate.

You need to face the pain and the fear and walk through the Grief.

She woke up every morning with the option of being anyone she wished. How beautiful it was that she always chose herself.

I think us bad b*tc*es is a gift from God.

Be ready to revise any system, scrap any method, abandon any theory, if the success of the job requires it.

Warm summer sun, shine kindly here. Warm southern wind, blow softly here. Green sod above, lie light, lie light. Good night, dear Heart, Good night, good night.

People are never so likely to be wrong as when they are organized. And they never have so little freedom. Perhaps that is why the people at large keep their freedom. People can be manipulated only when they are organized.

Possessions are always secondary, loved ones are all that matters.

“You should know our mania for building is stronger than ever. It is a diabolical thing. It consumes money and the more you build, the more you want to build. It’s a sickness like being addicted to alcohol.

My entire life can be described in one sentence. It didn’t go as planned and that’s OK.

It takes an enemy and a friend, working together, to hurt you to the heart. The one to slander you, and the other to get the news to you.