Umar Quotes
Acquire knowledge before you become leaders and pride prevents you from learning and you live in ignorance.
Quotes to Explore
-
I was a little hesitant at first because there's so many ways you can get 'Straight Outta Compton' wrong. You know, it's such a great story; it's such a classic tale. I was a little nervous 'cause it's like a very narrow road to success with that type of story - you got to get it right - but when I read it, I was pleasantly surprised.
-
I would like my kids to study well.
-
I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.
-
The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.
-
If you can shrug off a loss, you can't be a winner.
-
I will sign pro life bills. But what people are interested in is what we can do to create jobs, grow the economy, and keep our costs under control.
-
Generally I can sleep any time, anywhere, any place, unless I'm anxious about work. I can get performance anxiety, so when I'm on tour it can be hard to sleep.
-
Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity.
-
I loved history because to me, history was like watching a movie.
-
But I'm not objective when I'm acting.
-
Women are able to fit public service into their lives. Once they find out they like it and can do it, there is plenty of room to grow.
-
I'm the Jerry Lewis of crime fiction.
-
I'm just someone who marvels at God.
-
I'm a storyteller. I love to tell stories about brands. I love to tell stories, period. I like painting pictures through the words, and that's what I do.
-
Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking.
-
To like an individual because he's black is just as insulting as to dislike him because he isn't white.
-
When I graduated college, I had a fairly successful weekly club gig and was buying more studio equipment and writing my own music. I realized I didn't want to work.
-
People love a good story, even if it's a story that has very little truth to it.
-
I was a young kid; I did a little time in the Billerica House of Correction, and it basically turned my life around because I said, 'Oh, I'll never be locked up again. They're not taking away my privacy.' So I flipped a coin: heads - Miami, tails -California.
-
I can see why there's a misconception that it's easier when your parents are actors, but it doesn't work out at all. In fact, it's the reverse.
-
You can only mend the vase so many times before you have to chuck it away.
-
My parents have a strong work ethic, but their attitude to life, their philosophy, is: 'whatever makes you happy.'
-
When I am doing music, I sometimes become over compulsive to 'always make some new music'. I think I am like this because I sense what others are perceiving me as. If I work extraordinarily hard because of these expectations, I will, but I just cannot produce the good music that I want.
-
Acquire knowledge before you become leaders and pride prevents you from learning and you live in ignorance.
