Little Milton famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

I did learn that it was the greatest thing in the world to respect yourself. Respect other people.
-- Little Milton

#People #Self Respect #World
And I tell my audience, you know, give the real stars a round of applause. Because without them I'm nobody. So I learned so much from people like that.
-- Little Milton

#Stars #Real #People
We could play them through the week, and then the weekend we could play the black joints. I learned to be very versatile and learned to love it. So it stays with me even up to now.
-- Little Milton

#Weekend #Play #Black
If I don't love you, baby, grits ain't groceries.
-- Little Milton

#Baby #Love You #Grit
I'm from the Mississippi delta originally.
-- Little Milton

#Delta #Mississippi
And one of my favorites was Eddy Arnold of course. He just had that smooth, soulful voice.
-- Little Milton

#Voice #Smooth #Soulful
I was born in a little place called Inverness, MS.
-- Little Milton

#Littles #Born
I was never into the Bluegrass, Bill Monroe and stuff like that.
-- Little Milton

#Bills #Stuff #Bluegrass
My mom moved up between Leland and Greenville when I was just a little tot.
-- Little Milton

#Mom #Littles #Tots

Major sports are major parts of society. It's not anomalous to have people who love sports come from other parts of that society.
Never follow the crowd.
Time is the coin of your life. You spend it. Do not allow others to spend it for you.
I prefer a saint with faults to a sinner with none.
One must be truthful with oneself about one's own motives, especially if one is to survive in the world. It takes rigor, and it takes courage.
Since I've started fighting it has taught me a lot about self respect, self confidence and self control.
You either get the point of Africa or you don't. What draws me back year after year is that it's like seeing the world with the lid off.
As I make my slow pilgrimage through the world, a certain sense of beautiful mystery seems to gather and grow.
Keeping up appearances is the most expensive thing in the world.
Who made the world I cannot tell; 'Tis made, and here am I in hell. My hand, though now my knuckles bleed, I never soiled with such a deed.

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