John David Washington Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
The thing about travelling is that you work hard and play hard, but you can do all those things without your parents knowing.
-
The coolest part about 'God Made Girls' is you had all these different women writing it, so you had all these different perspectives in this song.
-
Yes, it's annoying that Hamlet doesn't kill his stepfather ten minutes into the play, but if he did kill his stepfather ten minutes into the play, there wouldn't be a play. He has to be annoying, if you will, and not do what would be the thing to do.
-
Sometimes we do things that are really awful.
-
I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
-
Everyone should learn to tango in Argentina before they die.
-
I had my father, and he was an amazing man and an amazing role model, so I always wanted to mirror that.
-
I didn't get a ton of interest from colleges in baseball and football, but I was outstanding in track and had the sense that this would be my meal ticket... Track was a sport where I saw immediate improvement, and I had a lot of good support behind me... and the coaches had a lot of experience and pushed me in that direction for sure.
-
It was never about winning medals or being famous.
-
I've been a loner all the time throughout my life... I haven't been the best father... Many times... my children have accused me of not giving them enough attention. And, frankly, I never have been good at handling that.
-
Because of my job, I get a lot of opportunity to grab a few days here and there in many cool cities for press commitments, magazine shoots and premieres - Barcelona, Madrid, Rome, Paris, Stockholm, New York, Berlin. I always try to get to a gallery or museum if there's time.
-
Hypocrisy is a detriment to progress. There's always a hidden agenda.
-
I am devoted to my husband and son. I am devoted to the practices and rituals that imbue our lives with a sense of meaning and purpose, that help me to live my days in the most emotionally and intellectually productive manner. I am devoted to the idea of devotion itself.
-
The circus leaves a sweet memory.
-
I will not claim I will solve all the world's problems by myself. If I did, I'd have to run as a Republican or a Democrat.
-
Everything that I do to my own hair and makeup I learned from professionals.
-
Something that confirms all fears and many conspiracy theories about government is finding out what our elected representatives would put into law if they could.
-
I remember the first time I heard a teenager say 'LOL.' Just what? But it means 'laugh.' Why don't you just laugh? What are you doing?
-
Control your expenses better than your competition. This is where you can always find the competitive advantage.
-
There is a certain way that I play. You just have to have a feel for it. That's something you have to feel as a football player.
-
As a lad growing up in the Fifties and Sixties, I played both Gaelic football and soccer and loved them both.
-
The eulogy virtues are the ones that are talked about at your funeral - whether you were kind, brave, honest or faithful. Were you capable of deep love? I want to foster eulogy virtues when I'm in a yoga class or meditation session or any spiritual gathering. Especially if I'm lying in corpse pose. It just makes sense.
-
You're pretending this isn't your life. You think it's going to happen some other time. When you're dead you'll realise you were alive now.
-
Football was the best route to obtain my independence.
