W. H. Davies Quotes

I'm from the hood. You put me in a rough neighborhood and believe me, I'm OK.

I grew up in the East Village, in Alphabet City, when it was a very dangerous neighborhood. To survive there, I had to learn to be a little bit invisible.

I'm from the street. We all know that.

Just growing up in Harlem, it didn't matter what you had to do to get fresh - you would do it.

I have the street smarts and survival skills of, like, a poodle.

There's a certain type of character that you can't help but come in contact with growing up and living in Brooklyn and Long Island. A certain mixture of moxie, heart, and a wise guy sense of humor.

Creativity runs across many categories in life, from the arts-and-crafts project a mum or dad does with their kids, to the bestselling author's manuscript, to the designs of the hairdresser, to the creations of the computer programming genius.

The misery of the people here is very great, the beggars innumerable and increasing everyday…One half of the people in Ireland eat neither bread nor flesh for one half of the year, nor wear Shoes or Stockings; your Hogs in England and Essex Calves lie and live better than they.

For one person who is blessed with the power of invention, many will always be found who have the capacity of applying principles.

They had been brought up in the School of Hard Knocks.

A wandering family [in Ireland] will fix themselves under a dry bank and with a few sticks, furze, fern, etc,, make up a hovel much worse than an English pigsty, and support themselves how they can by work, begging, and stealing.

If a man can... make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path to his door.

Looking back now, I realise that belonging to the family of a labourer actually helped to prepare my body for boxing. There were many times when my family didn't have enough food or warm clothing to go around. All this made me physically, as well as emotionally, tough.

I like creating new things.

A lot of people cry and complain and put their hand out and beg. It never goes well.

I'm wondering how people are so creative, and how many things were born out of and inspired by the Cube.

There is quite a large clan of Scotties among American beggars. He is a good beggar for the simple reason that he is a good talker. Almost every Scotch beggar I met in the States of America was inclined to be talkative, and yet they all managed to conceal their private affairs.

At heart, I'm a dude from South Central Los Angeles. We roll the way we roll because we had survival tactics; we had to learn how to adapt. That's just me.

We were below welfare. We begged from people on welfare. My father tried to repair our shoes with pieces of bicycle tires.

The difference between me and other Superstars is that I am more intelligent, possess a superior streetwise viciousness and am motivated by money.

I've lived most of my life in Manhattan, but I lived in Brooklyn for a while as a kid. I went to junior high school there. Girls in Brooklyn have to be tough - I mean real tough - just to get by. It's life in the combat zone.

Creativity is, after all, lauded as the engine of business innovation.

I learnt the game as a kid hustling car dealers for cash.

I like to create new things.