Pearl Bailey Quotes

I don't like to say that my kitchen is a religious place, but I would say that if I were a voodoo priestess, I would conduct my rituals there.

You can taste a word.

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

You must change in order to survive..

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

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

I never really look for anything. What God throws my way comes. I wake up in the morning and whichever way God turns my feet, I go.

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

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.

Fate carries its own clock.

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.

The sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love.

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

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

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

You never find yourself until you face the truth.

When you're young, the silliest notions seem the greatest achievements.

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.

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

I discuss humanity and not races.

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

The way we're going to get to understanding is for each man to open his heart and open his mind and look in himself as he looks at his neighbor.

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

a crown, if it hurts us is not worth wearing

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

The deed of love is stronger than words

No one can figure out your worth but you.

What the world really needs is more love and less paperwork

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

I never ask myself how I do what I do. After all, how does it rain?