Jeffrey Wright Quotes
I used to say that 'happy' was like 'lucky,' kind of imaginary. But now that I'm married and have children, I find that happiness is a real space.
Quotes to Explore
-
One of the very important characteristics of a student is to question. Let the students ask questions.
-
If the television market collapses - and it will collapse - then, it seems, there is too much regulation, and that's not a good thing.
-
Men move through a much different process before commitment than women do.
-
We don't ask the actor playing James Bond what his sexual preference is. So I don't know what it is, really, with trying to out actors who portray gay characters on television. But it is some sort of fascination in society.
-
If someone is alone reading my poems, I hope it would be like reading someone's notebook. A record. Of a place, beauty, difficulty. A familiar daily struggle.
-
Newt Gingrich seldom misses a chance to note that he is a historian.
-
For me, and this may not be everybody, but because I do love country music so much, there's such a feeling of home in Nashville, especially because it's such a small town. You bring up one song, everybody knows who wrote it, everybody knows their mother and what their cell number is, and all of the stories.
-
But we will play 6, 7 new songs each evening, approximately a third in the concert. I think it's a good balance. It will be very interesting to see the public's reaction. But i think when we'll play the very first new piece, we will be scared.
-
My dad was in the military, yeah. He was in the Air Force, and he was a doctor, so he would go places for six months here, and two years there. And I was home-schooled because I played the violin, and I did a lot of competitions.
-
The chief product of an automated society is a widespread and deepening sense of boredom.
-
We had a great dramatic society in school, and that's where I first got exposure both as an actor and director.
-
Mum and Dad were both happy for me to do what I wanted.
-
A lot of actors and actresses pull from past experiences.
-
When James Bond gets old, you get rid of him and bring a new James Bond in.
-
I enjoy music wherever it's coming from.
-
Behaviour arises from the level of one's consciousness.
-
I sometimes get that wonderful sympathy between me and the audience, telling me I've reached their hearts. And when I do, the thrill is mine.
-
In nature there are few sharp lines.
-
Liberty, as we all know, cannot flourish in a country that is permanently on a war footing, or even a near war footing. Permanent crisis justifies permanent control of everybody and everything by the agencies of central government.
-
All three of us - two sisters and a brother - were brought up with an emphasis on academics.
-
I think the real problem is all the negative connotations people have with that term. They think, 'Oh my God! I don't want to be 'plus-size!'' But people attach too much significance to terms. We can't let these terms define us or our beauty.
-
People like to watch surfing, but maybe the girls get the wrong kind of promotion and the wrong kind of press. I might be called a feminist for saying it, but it's like the girls are promoted sexually rather than what they're achieving.
-
My mother was a very wonderful woman. When she and my dad divorced, she moved to California and worked two jobs in the cannery at night and as a waitress during the day. But she saved enough money to establish a restaurant.
-
I used to say that 'happy' was like 'lucky,' kind of imaginary. But now that I'm married and have children, I find that happiness is a real space.
