Elvis Presley Quotes - Page 3

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• Envy someone an' it pulls you down. Admire them and it builds you up. Which makes more sense?

  Elvis Presley

  Integrity, Envy, Hypocrisy

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• What's the good of reaching 90, if you waste 89?

  Elvis Presley

  Philosophy, Waste, Reaching

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• Live each day, as if it we're your last. It's written in the stars, your destiny is cast.

  Elvis Presley

  Stars, Philosophy, Destiny

  Song: Wisdom Of The Ages

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• We can't build our dreams on suspicious minds.

  Elvis Presley

  Dream, Advice, Mind

  Song: Suspicious Minds

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• When I was a child I was a dreamer. I read comic books, and I was the hero of the comic book. I saw movies, and I was the hero in the movie. So every dream I have ever dreamed has come true a thousand times.

  Elvis Presley

  Movie, Dream, Children

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• I love only one girl, one in every town.

  Elvis Presley

  Girl, Towns

  Song: I Love Only One Girl, Album: Double Trouble

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• There is a season for everything, patience will reward you and reveal all answers to your questions.' 'Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't going away.

  Elvis Presley

  Going Away, Answers, Rewards

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• I've come too far, and I don't know how to get back.

  Elvis Presley

  Epiphany, Knows, Get Back

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• When I was a child, ladies and gentlemen, I was a dreamer. I read comic books, and I was the hero of the comic book. I saw movies, and I was the hero in the movie. So every dream I ever dreamed, has come true a hundred times... I learned very early in life that "Without a song, the day would never end; without a song, a man ain't got a friend; without a song, the road would never bend - without a song." So I keep singing a song. Goodnight. Thank you.

  Elvis Presley

  Inspirational, Movie, Dream

  Elvis Presley's acceptance speech for the 1970 Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Nation Award (January 16, 1971); later quoted in Jerry Osborne "Elvis - Word for Word: What He Said, Exactly As He Said It (p. 188), August 1999.

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• When your intelligence don't tell you something ain't right, your conscience gives you a tap you on the shoulder and says 'Hold on'. If it don't, you're a snake.

  Elvis Presley

  Integrity, Character, Snakes

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• There's no job too immense, when you got confidence.

  Elvis Presley

  Inspirational, Jobs, Immense

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• Don't criticize that man unless you have walked in his shoes.

  Elvis Presley

  Men, Shoes, Criticize

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• Gospel music is the purest thing there is on this earth.

  Elvis Presley

  Earth, Music Is, Gospel Music

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• I don't like people who are in politics for themselves and not for others. You want that, you can go into show business.

  Elvis Presley

  Leadership, Business, People

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• The road to love is full of danger signs.

  Elvis Presley

  Love, Love Is, Danger

  Song: Spinout

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• Love me tender, love me true, all my dreams fulfill. For my darling, I love you, and I always will.

  Elvis Presley

  Romantic, Dream, Love You

  'Love Me Tender' (1956 song; with Vera Matson)

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• Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.

  Elvis Presley

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Heroes and Hero-Worship". Book by Thomas Carlyle, 1840.

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• People ask me where I got my singing style. I didn't copy my style from anybody.

  Elvis Presley

  People, Style, Singing

  Elvis Presley (2007). “Elvis: Inspirations”, p.137, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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• Whatever it is, go back and do it again.

  Elvis Presley

  "Elvis on Tour". Documentary, Music, www.imdb.com. 1972.

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• If you cry when you're in love, it sure ain't no disgrace.

  Elvis Presley

  Sadness, Cry, Disgrace

  Song: A Mess of Blues

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• The first time that I appeared on stage, it scared me to death. I really didn't know what all the yelling was about. I didn't realize that my body was moving. It's a natural thing to me. So to the manager backstage I said, "What'd I do? What'd I do?" And he said, "Whatever it is, go back and do it again."

  Elvis Presley

  Song, Moving, Yelling

  Interview Magazine (March/April 1972); later quoted in Jane Ellen Wayne "The Leading Men of MGM" (p. 406), February 17, 2005.

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• The Lord can give, and the Lord can take away. I might be herding sheep next year.

  Elvis Presley

  Sheep, Years, Giving

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  A live concert to me is exciting because of all the electricity that is generated in the crowd and on stage. It's my favorite part of the business - live concerts.

  Elvis Presley

  Song, Live Concerts, Crowds

  "Paranoia & Power : Fear & Fame of Entertainment Icons" by Gene N Landrum, (p. 60), 2007.

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• I think most people have a natural instinct to rebel.

  Elvis Presley

  Thinking, People, Rebel

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• A lot of people seem to think I started this business. But rock 'n' roll was here a long time before I came along. Nobody can sing that kind of music like colored people. Let's face it: I can't sing like Fats Domino can. I know that.

  Elvis Presley

  Thinking, Rocks, Long

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