James McBride Quotes
John Brown was the abolitionist to end all abolitionists. People thought he was crazy. He was like John Coltrane playing free jazz, exhausting all possibilities in his approach to harmony and improvisation.
James McBride
Quotes to Explore
I love learning new things that will never be put to practical use.
Jackson Rathbone
I had this maroon 'Lion King' tracksuit that my mum couldn't take off me. I wore it until the sleeves ended at my elbows and the trousers ended at my knees.
Oliver Jackson-Cohen
'Mrs. Doubtfire' is still a fun movie, and it's still fun to watch, but it is hard to watch myself sometimes. I get very critical. And people will say, 'Mara, you were five.' And I'm like, 'Yeah, but I still should have known better!' I'm a lifelong perfectionist, what can I say?
Mara Wilson
The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.
Samuel Johnson
In 2010, I sold my car, a Toyota Majester, for just a lakh-and-a-half to be able to feed my horses. It continues to be like a hole, where I put all my money.
Randeep Hooda
The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought.
Walter Gilbert
We go after legacies because we just know that, sooner or later, people will understand what we bring to this culture and bring to the game.
Fat Joe
What doesn't feel okay to me, what feels a little bit out of balance, is when you want to turn yourself into something else – when you want to be another person.
Zoe Saldana
Ultimately, when I go back to the stage, I want to be able to do everything. I want to be able to do music and comedy and all that stuff; that's what all this stuff is leading to.
Eddie Murphy
Some artists get so comfortable now after even one or two albums and think, 'I'm the biggest artist in the world,' but it's like, yeah, you are for now, but you've gotta work so that you're remembered further, and that's what I'm trying to do.
Sam Smith
Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell.
Karl Popper
We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
