“It's okay to be average, as long as you surround yourself with extraordinary people that you become the average of.” PeopleInspirationalLongOkayExtraordinaryAverageSurroundOrdinary PeopleSurround Yourself Author:Hal Elrod
“There is nothing wrong with good schmaltz, nothing wrong with good heart... The critics think I'm kind of corny. Well, I am corny. As long as people respond to it, I'm okay.” PeopleThinkingWellsHeartKindLongOkayCriticsCornyGood Heart Author:Walt Disney
“A long time ago, I made a promise to myself: "Okay, you know what? I'm going to play music, and hopefully I'll make enough money that I can go back to school. Once I make enough money to put myself through school, that's what I'm going to do."” KnowsLongMadeI CanEnoughPlaySchoolPromiseLong TimeOkayHopefullyLong Time Ago Author:Dave Grohl
“Emotions can create problems that do not exist. It's fine to be justifiably angry. But, it's not okay to let that anger fester long enough to become bitterness.” LongEnoughProblemEmotionFineOkayAngryBitternessNot Okay Author:Ruben Papian
“Okay, this is Fran Lebowitz. She gave an interview once for the Paris Review about trying to write fiction and saying that fiction writers start talking about how characters are talking to them, and it's crazy, she's never had that. And I also thought, I'm never gonna be able to do this, because I didn't feel that for a really long time.” FeelsWritingTryingLongCharacterAbleFictionTalkingCrazyLong TimeOkayParisInterviewsReviewsFiction WritersReally Long Author:Sloane Crosley
“Christianity has held back any further advances in human consciousness for the past thousand years. And for the past century it's been in direct conflict with its illegitimate offspring, Communism (again with a capital C). Both ask the individual to sacrifice his self-interest to the higher goals of the organization. (Which is okay by me as long as it's voluntary; but as soon as either becomes too big - and takes on that damned capital C - they stop asking for cooperation and start demanding it.) Any higher states of human enlightenment have been sacrificed between these two monoliths.” YearsHumansLongHas BeensTwoSelfStatesBigsPastAsksIndividualGoalInterestConsciousnessChristianitySacrificeCenturyHigherThousandConflictEnlightenmentDirectOkayOrganizationAskingCommunismCooperationThousand YearsSelf InterestOffspringHuman ConsciousnessHigher Goals Author:David Gerrold
“Even through my good-looking youth, I wasn't called on for any romantic parts, which is okay. What I was called on to do, I enjoyed doing. The funny thing about life is that if you live long enough, I think, you'll get every wish you ever had. It'll all come true.” IfsThinkingLongEnoughLife IsWishYouthOkayEnjoyedLooking GoodFunny ThingsWish You Author:Morgan Freeman
“I myself would go for nonviolence if it was consistent, if everybody was going to be nonviolent all the time. I'd say, okay, let's get with it, we'll all be nonviolent. But I don't go along with any kind of nonviolence unless everybody's going to be nonviolent. If they make the Ku Klux Klan nonviolent, I'll be nonviolent. If they make the White Citizens Council nonviolent, I'll be nonviolent. But as long as you've got somebody else not being nonviolent, I don't want anybody coming to me talking any nonviolent talk.” IfsWantKindLongWhiteTalkingViolenceCitizensOkayConsistentNonviolenceCouncilKu Klux Klan Author:Malcolm X
“It is okay to cut your wife's throat as long as you are rich, famous—and black.” LongBlackRichCuttingWifeOkayThroat Author:Jeff Cooper