“People don't slip. Time catches up with them.” — Nat King Cole Quote

People don't slip. Time catches up with them.

Music is emotional, and you may catch a musician in a very unemotional mood or you may not be in the same frame of mind as the musician. So a critic will often say a musician is slipping.

It's not the people in the South who create racial problems - it's the people who are governing.

I am an American citizen and feel I am entitled to the same rights as any other citizen.

I often wonder whether Negroes like myself who are pretty well known help out at all in breaking down barriers.

I really do try to watch everything I say. Because one little tiny slip, and it's like the world is coming to an end!

Don't let your opportunities slip away.

You want people to buy you as just about anything. So if they think that you're one thing, it's hard to slip into, you know, all these other things.

You don't want to let your form slip because it can be hard to get back from that.

I managed to slip two children out in the middle of my career and have been lucky with all the work.