Muhammad Ali Quotes
If we continue to think and live as if we belong only to different cultures and different religions, with separate missions and goals, we will always be in self-defeating competition with each other. Once we realize we are all members of humanity, we will want to compete in the spirit of love.
Quotes to Explore
-
I actually think I have an audience member's sensibility about going to the movies.
-
I just realized quite early on that I'm not going to be the type who can write a novel every two years. I think you need to feel an urgency about the act. Otherwise, when you read it, you feel no urgency, either. So I don't write unless I really feel I need to, and that's a luxury.
-
I think it's a natural human tendency, when you read something, you tend to read a lot of your prejudices into it. And neuroscience is like a lot of disciplines - it has fashions; things change.
-
I think by laying it out for the viewer I'm avoiding the issue of bias.
-
Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a habit out of it.
-
I've just come back from Mississippi and over there when you talk about the West Bank they think you mean Arkansas.
-
I think the mental victory is worth it as much as a gold medal.
-
Charlie Sheen gave me a signed headshot. I think it said, 'Keep it real.' But 'real' was spelled 'reel,' like a film reel.
-
I have an abundance of enthusiasm; however, it would be foolish to think I can predict a future that doesn't exist.
-
I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I'm still a supporter of it.
-
My schedule is too overwhelmingly full to think about the future.
-
Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
-
I think people look at me and don't expect much. Even though, I expect a whole lot.
-
I don't think about who the audience is for my books.
-
I don't think you have to be in these serious, heavy, independent little movies to be an actor. Some of the most interesting acting I've seen is on cable television.
-
I think the thing that I get most excited about is the fact that I know I'm gonna have a great match. That's when I get the butterflies. When it's just a regular match or something like that, I may not get that.
-
I still think reading something like 'Ulysses' takes a tremendous investment of time, but it repays all of it with so much interest.
-
I used to have to beg and borrow £25 to hire some French windows. I started producing in 1967, and I was in debt until 1981. Having a think about whether you can afford 'this' or 'that' is a good discipline to have, to maximise what you can achieve to the highest standard.
-
Any time you make more than a couple of friends at an event, I think that you actually made no friends.
-
People consider Black Star a great album, and I think it's a classic album. But the fact is, both me and Mos Def have made better albums since Black Star.
-
People are never quiet. It's go, go, go. I'm a go-getter, but you need rest and silence, just to sit around and think about things.
-
Fusion food as a concept is kind of trying to quite consciously fuse things that are sometimes quite contradictory, sometimes quite far apart, to see if they'd work.
-
Dave was great in Van Halen. No question about it. He was one of the best at being Mr. Rock Star. But it's sickening to see a guy still trying to be that with a wig on 20 years later.
-
If we continue to think and live as if we belong only to different cultures and different religions, with separate missions and goals, we will always be in self-defeating competition with each other. Once we realize we are all members of humanity, we will want to compete in the spirit of love.
