Eriq La Salle (Erik Ki La Salle) Quotes
I don't see me doing $100 million films because $100 million films, the very nature of them, you need to offend as few people as possible just to make your money back.
Quotes to Explore
-
I've never left them to go do a film. No, we all go together. I could never leave them. My kids are my whole world.
-
I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
-
Building human-centered organizations doesn't imply a return to the paternalistic, corporate welfare practices of the 19th century. Most of us don't want to be nannied.
-
All our wives are experimental psychologists.
-
Pre-Internet, maybe it took six months for a fashion message to get across to a customer base. Fashion messages are now being sent out overnight, simultaneously, to every market in the world.
-
The man who can make others laugh secures more votes for a measure than the man who forces them to think.
-
I don't want to rap forever. But I want to be rich forever.
-
Mostly this problem is contained in the fact that the US makes it so difficult for Canadians to get green cards (you heard it here), but if an American orchestra really wants a player, they have their ways.
-
What we find is that if you have a goal that is very, very far out, and you approach it in little steps, you start to get there faster. Your mind opens up to the possibilities.
-
It's called a pen. It's like a printer, hooked straight to my brain.
-
I was always able to get money, but now it's a little bit more money, and I manage the same way. I just want to see my family do better.
-
I believe that in the long run, separation between Israel and the Palestinians is the best solution for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
-
Then India, everyone has his own idea of India.
-
Any future which is not beautiful is unacceptable.
-
I love words. Sudoku I don't get into, I'm not into numbers that much, and there are people who are hooked on that. But crossword puzzles, I just can't - if I get a puppy and I paper train him and I put the - if all of a sudden I'd open the paper and there's a crossword puzzle - 'No, no, you can't go on that, honey. I'll take it.'
-
If you love a man, immediately you will reduce your intake of food - it's automatic.
-
Terry's mother worked in the film industry for many years. She always wanted him to marry an actress.
-
There is something, yeah, I mean traditionally it's more fun to play bad guys than it is good guys and when you're playing a bad guy, yeah, the fun in it is to see how scary you can be, how horrible you can be. And it's surprising what you come up with.
-
Clarinet is often associated with certain genres, like swing or folk music. I combine the old and new, using the clarinet as an expressive tool and not in one genre. I'm just happy that people are drawn to what I do.
-
That's what we want people to do. Select a goal or gold and go after it.
-
I think most people's record collections are more interesting than radio generally gives them credit for. You're likely to be as interested in the Grateful Dead as Palestrina. It pisses me off how compartmentalised music is. I used to be in a punk band, you know?
-
The Savior was selfless. He viewed himself and his own needs as secondary, and he ministered to others tirelessly, lovingly, effectively.
-
The greatest pleasure is not - say - sex or geometry. It is just understanding. And if you can get people to understand their own humanity - well, that's the job of the writer.
-
I don't see me doing $100 million films because $100 million films, the very nature of them, you need to offend as few people as possible just to make your money back.
