Pearl Bailey Quotes

Sometimes you think the whole world is falling, and it's only yourself that's leaning.

To talk to someone who does not listen is enough to tense the devil.

I discuss humanity and not races.

How can you give a man a room in a house and not let him come through the front door?

Hungry people cannot be good at learning or producing anything, except perhaps violence.

You cannot belong to anyone else, until you belong to yourself.

There's a period of life when we swallow a knowledge of ourselves and it becomes either good or sour inside.

No one can figure out your worth but you.

Sometimes I would almost rather have people take away years of my life than take away a moment.

My kitchen is a mystical place, a kind of temple for me. It is a place where
the surfaces seem to have significance, where the sounds and odors carry
meaning that transfers from the past and bridges to the future.

Everybody wants to do something to help, but nobody wants to be first.

Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a wider one is still possible.

I tell stories to music and, thank God, in tune.

People see God every day, they just don't recognize him.

I see their souls, and I hold them in my hands, and because I love them they weigh nothing.

A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive.

Do not worry about whether or not the sun will rise. Be prepared to enjoy it.

We look into mirrors but we only see the effects of our times on us - not our effects on others.

You never find yourself until you face the truth.

There is a way to look at the past. Don't hide from it. It will not catch you if you don't repeat it.

I hate labels, and I wear no labels. When a man has to put something around his neck and say I am, he isn't.