Because Quotes

I've always taught that a poor economy is the best opportunity for salespeople because the naysayers and grumblers have already given up, leaving more territory, more opportunities to be successful than in a good economy when virtually all salespeople are out there, giving it their best.

I am an American. Black. Conservative. I don't use African-American, because I'm American, I'm black and I'm conservative. I don't like people trying to label me. African- American is socially acceptable for some people, but I am not some people.

There's much to be said for feeling numb. Time passes more quickly. You eat less, and because numbness encourages laziness, you do fewer things, good or bad, and the world's probably a better place for it.

Be careful what you pretend to be because you are what you pretend to be.

I say, don't try to fight your own battles because God will do it.

Be careful in dealing with a man who cares nothing for comfort or promotion, but is simply determined to do what he believes to be right. He is a dangerous uncomfortable enemy, because his body, which you can always conquer, gives you little purchase upon his soul.

But innovation comes from people meeting up in the hallways or calling each other at 10:30 at night with a new idea, or because they realized something that shoots holes in how we've been thinking about a problem.

I don't choose to analyze what I have done and I think that is the right choice, because then I won't be spending my time creating.

There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel.

I'm lazy. But it's the lazy people who invented the wheel and the bicycle because they didn't like walking or carrying things.

I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is a much better policy to prophesy after the event has already taken place.

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.

So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things.

Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish.

I always tell people that I became a writer not because I went to school but because my mother took me to the library. I wanted to become a writer so I could see my name in the card catalog.

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

Every person, all the events of your life are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you.

It kills me to lose. If I'm a troublemaker, and I don't think that my temper makes me one, then it's because I can't stand losing. That's the way I am about winning, all I ever wanted to do was finish first.

Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive, half wishing they were dead to save the shame. The sudden blush devours them, neck and brow; They have drawn too near the fire of life, like gnats, and flare up bodily, wings and all. What then? Who's sorry for a gnat or girl?

I do not believe in God because I do not believe in Mother Goose.

I failed to make the chess team because of my height.

Don't make me into this airy-fairy, moralist, idealist because I'm not.

Revenge is often like biting a dog because the dog bit you.

If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem.

Do you know because I tell you so, or do you know, do you know.

Occurrences in this domain are beyond the reach of exact prediction because of the variety of factors in operation, not because of any lack of order in nature.

I feel good because I believe I have made progress in rebuilding the people's trust in their government.

As far as playing, I didn't care who guarded me - red, yellow, black. I just didn't want a white guy guarding me, because it's disrespect to my game.

I'm happy that I have brought laughter because I have been shown by many the value of it in so many lives, in so many ways.

I was never into the boy crazy thing because I was very focused on my career.