22 Gatherings Quotes for You to Enjoy

My grandmother took me to church on Sunday all day long, every Sunday into the night. Then Monday evening was the missionary meeting. Tuesday evening was usher board meeting. Wednesday evening was prayer meeting. Thursday evening was visit the sick. Friday evening was choir practice. I mean, and at all those gatherings, we sang. Maya Angelou

Day Me Prayer Church Sunday Long Practice Monday Every Sick Gatherings Every Sunday Took Meeting Those All Day Visit Wednesday Thursday Missionary Friday Tuesday Board Mean Then Grandmother Choir Sang Usher Evening Night

The things that make me happiest in the whole world are going on the occasional picnic, either with my children or with my partner; big family gatherings; and being able to go to the grocery store - if I can get those things in, I'm doing good. Kate Winslet

Good Family Me World Partner Big Gatherings Those Able Picnic Make Occasional Doing Doing Good Go Big Family Get Going Being Children Store Either Happiest Grocery Grocery Store Whole Things

After I graduated, I tried Broadway, which was difficult for me. It was tough to get a part on Broadway, so I just started talking to audiences at different social gatherings, and little by little I became Don Rickles - whatever that is. Don Rickles

I've had hundreds of challenges at Traveller gatherings. They get a few beers in them, and they start thinking they are Tyson or Ali: throwing punches, swearing, and jumping around with their big fat bellies. I'd love to knock a few of them out. Tyson Fury

Love Challenges Big Few Thinking Gatherings Ali Punches Hundreds Tyson Out Throwing Had Knock Around Jumping Get Them Swearing Traveller Bellies Start Fat

All the family gatherings, I'm too tired, or I can't because it conflicts with work... I have seven grandkids. I've been missing recitals and graduations. To me, it's just not worth it. There is a better way to live life. Damon Wayans

I was born in the city's general hospital on November 15, 1930, and we lived at 31 Amherst Avenue in the western suburbs. It was a magical place. There were receptions at the French Club, race meetings at the Shanghai Racecourse, and various patriotic gatherings at the British Embassy on the Bund, the city's glamorous waterfront area. J. G. Ballard

November Club Avenue Gatherings Waterfront Meetings Embassy City Born Magical General Various Area Hospital Shanghai Glamorous French Were Western Patriotic Place Suburbs Race Amherst Lived British

I believe we are going to move into a situation where the more effective conferences will be smaller, more specialized, more focused, with occasional large gatherings to get the attention of the larger world. Maurice Strong

World Will Situation Believe Gatherings Focused More Smaller Attention Occasional Effective Conferences Get Going Move Where Large Specialized Larger

Gatherings and, simultaneously, loneliness are the conditions of a writer's life. Jerzy Kosinski

Life Loneliness Gatherings Writer Simultaneously Conditions

I started performing non-professionally at birthday parties and family gatherings doing 'Saturday Night Live' impressions at four. Then I started for real at seven. Annaleigh Ashford

Birthday Family Live Gatherings Seven Performing Parties Real Doing Impressions Then Saturday Saturday Night Saturday Night Live Four Started Night

Maybe it was the home tutoring, or the late start to formal schooling, or an overly cautious and protective upbringing, but in any case, I never became a talkative person. As an adult, I am not always comfortable in social gatherings with small talk. I must have inherited my father's gentle nature. Charles K. Kao

Home Nature Father Gatherings Late Must Case Small Adult Never Small Talk Talk Schooling Talkative Protective Gentle Became Comfortable Always Am Overly Cautious Upbringing Person Any Maybe Formal Social Inherited Start

You know, songs like 'Rock'n Me' were actually written to be played in large... for a hundred thousand people kind of gatherings. And a lot of what came out on 'Fly Like an Eagle' and 'Book of Dreams' was music that was put together to be played in big, big venues with big light shows. Steve Miller

Music Dreams Me You Together Book People Light Fly Big Gatherings Hundred Out Kind Thousand Songs Written Put Like Know Venues Came Were Lot Large Shows Actually Eagle Played

Something about her eyes or voice has always suggested the hint of a free spirit, trapped in a Peck and Peck cage, dreaming of making rude noises at public gatherings of Republicans. Jeff Greenfield

My aunt Geraldine was the unofficial historian and storyteller. She had all the information about family members and the gossip that came out of the church because we were very much part of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. At family gatherings, the older folk had the floor, had pride of place, and it was their stories I remember. John Edgar Wideman

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I've often thought even ragtag gatherings of documentary filmmakers are more fun than gatherings of fiction filmmakers. Marshall Curry

Thought Gatherings More Documentary Than Often Fiction Fun Even Filmmakers

U.N.-orchestrated gatherings are typically the death of all spontaneity and innovation. Uzodinma Iweala

Death Innovation Gatherings Spontaneity

Opera should be a place for art forms to meet. I've worked a lot with Peter Gabriel; his music isn't operatic, but he creates big, popular gatherings to which architecture, dance, and music are all invited. Robert Lepage

Father's Day was great, but all the family gatherings brought up my mother's death. Maybe it's me, because I am a wimp. We would get together, but there was someone missing! Doug Davidson

Death Day Great Family Me Together Mother Father Gatherings Would Brought Someone Missing Because Am Up Get Get Together Maybe