Eubie Blake

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.

Be grateful for luck. Pay the thunder no mind.

Listen to the birds and don’t hate nobody.

I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.

Anyone can do something when they want to do it. Really successful people do things when they don’t want to do it.

The more a man knows, the more he forgives.

Youth should not be slandered. Boy nature and girl nature are less repressed and therefore more wholesome today than before. If they at times seem unimpressed by their elders, it is probably because we make a matter of authority what should be a matter of conference. These young people are new people sent to this scene by Destiny to take our places. They come with new visions to fulfill, new powers to exploit.

Efficiency is intelligent laziness.

I’m embarrassed to say a good chick flick – I’m an old romantic.

Often it does seem a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat.

Does anyone ask their parents how they are conceived?

Romanticism implies nostalgia for damaged goods.

The world’s crazy, when it comes to beauty.

When you doubt the brilliance of your shine, I will take you through my darkness. I will show you where you shine the brightest.

Man is the only animal that blushes – or needs to.

My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never.

Words are only painted fire; a look is the fire itself.

We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.