Malik Jackson Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
It is time Australian Muslims stop being treated as negotiable citizens in their own country. It is time people stop 'tolerating' us, presuming some right to decide if we have a place in our own home.
-
When you are missing someone, time seems to move slower, and when I'm falling in love with someone, time seems to be moving faster.
-
I worked with Lukas Haas a long time ago, when he was younger, and he was wonderful.
-
If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?
-
When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
-
One always wonders about roads not taken.
-
Only in your imagination can you revise.
-
A fascinating breed, Old Etonians. Impeccable in their social skills and very portable - you can put them anywhere, and they are absolutely charming.
-
If you don't love something, it's not functional, in my opinion.
-
If I ever have children of my own, they will read 'Matilda.' They will watch the movie. And you can bet they will see 'Matilda: The Musical.'
-
If you're not going to wear a tiara when you win a Newbery Award, when are you going to wear one?
-
In order to be universal, you have to be rooted in your own culture.
-
One of the hardest things for me to do is watch myself. The first time I see it, I am obsessed with my left ear or my right ear or some other physical attribute, or the fact that I'm 60 or whatever shallow ego thought is running through my head. I'm just destroyed that I'm not Cary Grant or whatever.
-
I can show you that I have played with just about every jazz musician, every African musician, every blues musician. It's not like I'm cashing in on a false concept. This is what I do.
-
Dwight is a sad clown. You've seen those paintings of sad clown.
-
I'm like, 'Why aren't artists owning their masters? Why are labels robbing artists dry, and they have to spend all this time on tour to even break even?' Like, what happened? Why are they promoting things that aren't either socially conscious or elevating the human consciousness?
-
You exist only in what you do.
-
If I really had to pinpoint my happiest days out of the United States, I'd choose those Fifties military days in Britain, particularly my time in South Ruislip. I had a ball.
-
Consistency is the most overrated of all human virtues... I'm someone who changes his mind all the time.
-
The Hoff has become larger than life, so I can't do anything small any more. If I mess up, it becomes big no matter what it is, so if I do something positive, it has to be equally big.
-
True prayer is not asking God for love; it is learning to love, and to include all mankind in one affection. Prayer is the utilization of the love wherewith He loves us.
-
I'm not an immigrant - I was born and raised in New York. My parents are Puerto Rican, and Puerto Rico is a part of the U.S., for the people that don't know. So my whole life, I've identified as an American. There are times when I've gone to Puerto Rico, and there, I'm seen as the American cousin.
-
Snowboarding really is a luxury sport.
-
Anything that's given to you can be taken away from you at any time.
