Cecil Frank Powell Quotes

We stand on the shoulders of giants - and that's something we can never forget.

I always see other people as predecessors and admire them.

When you sit at the feet of an elder, it changes you.

As I walk to my office every morning, I know I stand on the shoulders of those who came before me.

A guy like James Brown has walked the walk, talked the talk. I can't disrespect James Brown in any kind of way. In my household, the adults tell you where to get off at.

It's important to show love to the people that came before you.

It's an honor when someone writes for you. That means they can hear your voice in their head.

I'm very grateful to all the people of Fresno, to Philip Levine and all the poets before me, and all the farmworkers. I didn't get here by myself.

It is still a surprise when people tell me that I've had an influence on them, particularly when it's someone I really respect.

And I tell my audience, you know, give the real stars a round of applause. Because without them I'm nobody. So I learned so much from people like that.

These guys from the past really motivate me, much respect to the guys before me and the ones after me.

It is an honour and it's flattering that people refer to me as someone they trust or get inspired from.

Drake doesn't realize, in many ways, he was like the big brother I never had. He set the example and paved the way for me to be myself. Now, whether I'm at the Grammys or whether I'm here or there or whatever, he'll show me love... People don't realize what that's like, what that means.

I wish to thank the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences very sincerely for the great honour they have done me. It is an honour so great that even yet it is difficult for me to believe that it is true.

I felt that Balanchine was my father towards me. He was the person I most admired and looked up to.

I definitely did look up to John. We all looked up to John. He was older and he was very much the leader; he was the quickest wit and the smartest.

I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if one is to amount to something; I don't know where I would be without it.

I get a lot of advice from Mark Harmon, and I take it all to heart because I respect the heck out of him.

I owe Mr. Bergman so much.

Thank you so much for supporting me from the day I stepped foot into the music industry. It really means something to me to have Maya Angelou speak on my behalf. It also means a lot to have Oprah on my speed dial!

Failure to accord credit to anyone for what he may have done is a great weakness in any man.

I feel like I have so many middle-aged women who look up to me.

I was on Oprah's show recently talking about the people who impacted me the most. One was a teacher and one was my soccer coach. I didn't even go into my family, who had the most influence.

I got into acting because my teachers kept nudging me into it. The power a teacher has to influence someone is so great. I can't think of a profession I have more respect for.

Chuck Daly was a man and a coach who everyone had great respect for, and to be recognized in his memory is very special.