Ann B. Ross Quotes

We don't wanta lose that little baby. Miss Hazel Marie might think she don't want it, but she do. If she lose it, she be worse upset than if she don't. When the Lord send a baby, he send the wantin', too.

There is no virtue in doing something for someone else when it's something you also want to do. That's merely being helpful, but it's hardly commendable. The real virtue is in doing something you don't want to do, but doing it because someone else wants it.

I don't believe in speaking ill of the dead, even when it's the truth.

I am a Christian, you know, Julia.'
So am I. But I'm not above staying out of jail any way I can.

Be kind to everyone - you don't know what cross they're bearing and how sweet that kind word might ring.

I certainly supported a woman's right to choose, but to my mind the time to choose was before, not after the fact.

You'd better have a firm foundation when you go out into the world. There's no telling what you'll run into.

One or both of those babies could be president one day. Or they could discover the cure for a terrible disease, or one could be a famous musician or even a preacher.' I stopped and considered for a minute, wondering what would impress her more than that. 'Or just be fine and decent men or women, or man and woman, who would be a blessing to you in your old age. There's a purpose for every soul that comes into this world ...

Whenever Papa said, 'Jump,' I was always the first one in the air.