Jay Kay Quotes
Now, I'm the most impatient person that ever walked the planet. However: for the best, you always wait.
Quotes to Explore
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Brave men do not gather by thousands to torture and murder a single individual, so gagged and bound he cannot make even feeble resistance or defense.
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If you put up a blog, people can cut out the middle man and get material to you. Which is really helpful because a lot of time there's really cool stuff out there that we just don't see. Because, y'know, the agent is acting in our best interest, but it does sometimes prevent some of the good stuff from getting through.
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I personally enjoy theatre, but preferably I do films so that I can reach up to maximum audience. If you want to give a serious message, it will reach out to maximum people through films. But through theatre, you can hardly reach out to about 3,000 audience at a time.
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I was sent the script for 'Silver Linings' when I was doing a play in D.C. at The Kennedy Center with Cate Blanchett and I was sent the script and asked if I was interested, and I said 'Oh, boy am I!'
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Playing music is a beautiful thing. But listening to music is just as great.
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I always believe that people can learn a broader skill set. You need good technology and solving a big problem. I always think that, at it's core, it's solving a problem; you're not building technology for the sake of technology.
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'Bruce Lee' didn't work, and there were apprehensions about what the fans might say. People might have commented that Charan could have waited for some time before selecting me again. But that's what makes it a real achievement to me. People want to work with me because of the comfort level; nobody would work with you again otherwise.
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Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack.
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Humans are amphibians - half spirit and half animal. As spirits they belong to the eternal world, but as animals they inhabit time.
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Ed is very sexy because his emotions are really there - not forced.
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I believe in the will. I believe in discipline. I believe in the organization. I believe in the rigor that gives us work. I believe in love as an engine of all things. I believe in the light. I believe in God. I believe in kindness.
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While watching him work on the set of the film based on my life - Patch Adams - I saw that whenever there was a stressful moment, Robin would tap into his improvisation style to lighten the mood of cast and crew.
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Nearly all institutions, it might be said, are based on signs, but these signs do not directly evoke things.
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What I haven't apologised for is the original concept of seeking to bring justice to all South Africans through the concept of nation states.
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Chess is a lot of fun for me. Football is a physical game, and in chess you can just beat someone mentally - you outwit somebody, outmaneuver them, think ahead of them.
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Egotism - usually just a case of mistaken nonentity.
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It's such a challenge to play a good guy - it's hard to be believable.
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We must go through life so inconspicuously that Fate does not notice us.
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Exhaustion and exasperation are frequently the handmaidens of legislative decision.
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We do not know a truth without knowing its cause.
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For 10 years, I had a band called Steel Train. We made three albums. We toured like crazy.
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Now, I'm the most impatient person that ever walked the planet. However: for the best, you always wait.
