Otis Williams quotes

Otis Williams quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“I've learned over the years that people are human and have mood swings, regardless of how talented they are. Today, I'm looking at life from a realistic point of view instead of the way I would want things to be.”
-- Otis Williams

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“Bill Mitchell said he really liked it. But when he asked the other four their opinions, we all took one look at ourselves in our raggedly long winter coats and cracked up. We knew we weren't likely to tempt anyone or anything, but what the hell, it was as good a name as any.”
-- Otis Williams

Source : Otis Williams (2002). “Temptations”, p.49, Cooper Square Press

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“The Temptations still stand today, not in spite of those who left us, but because of them.”
-- Otis Williams

Source : Otis Williams, Patricia Romanowski, Patricia Romanowski Bashe (2002). “Temptations”, p.219, Rowman & Littlefield

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“Im the glue that holds everything together.”
-- Otis Williams

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“The great thing about taking big chances when you're younger is you have less to lose, and you don't know as much. So you take big swings.”
“Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom.”

Source : Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “101 Facts of life”, p.66, Publishdrive
“'Swing' is an adjective or a verb, not a noun. All jazz musicians should swing. There is no such thing as a 'swing band' in music.”
“Somebody asked me once, 'Do you think that swing will ever come back?' And I said, 'Do you think the 1938 Ford will ever come back?'”
“I'm known for changing halfway through the day if my mood swings.”
“I think I feel rather differently about sympathy to what seems the normal view. I like just to feel it is there, but not always expressed.”
“In Britain, you never get away from the fact that you're a foreigner. In the U.S., the view is it doesn't matter where you come from.”

Source : "Stephen Curry Talks About His Christian Faith in MVP Acceptance Speech" by Christine Thomasos, www.christianpost.com. May 6, 2015.
“Convergence of our views on global trade issues under the WTO and our common resolve to combat terrorism provide a valuable base for mutual understanding.”
“The World Health Organization ... estimated that 1.6 million years of healthy living are lost every year in Europe because of noise pollution.”
“If you imagine writing 1,000 words a day, which most journalists do, that would be a very long book a year.”

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