Edward B. Lewis Quotes
The most important person to thank is...my mother. She gave me four golden rules to live by: be a proud black man, take care of your family, make education a priority, and try to do the right thing.
Quotes to Explore
-
I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences.
-
My little circle of friends know how twisted my brain is. I'm constantly reading and people always think, 'Ah, we didn't know that about you', but that's part of my charm.
-
He who binds his soul to knowledge, steals the key of heaven.
-
I'm not a straight man, but I play one on television.
-
I don't talk in ifs.
-
If the blood humor is too strong and robust, calm it with balance and harmony.
-
The bee collects honey from flowers in such a way as to do the least damage or destruction to them, and he leaves them whole, undamaged and fresh, just as he found them.
-
Sometimes I'll lock myself in a room and dance. I'll turn music on as loud as possible and just get weird!
-
You have to change your life for yourself, and it's about the fun of getting there - sitting in the tour van, breaking down on the side of the road, you know, having a laugh with the guys in the band, making mistakes with nobody watching.
-
I don't want to see Superman replaced with Superboy.
-
La tierra tiene lo que tú levantas de la tierra. Nada más tiene.
-
It isn't about the words you say. It's about the energetic message you send.
-
Sometimes when you get on a new movie you kind of how to figure out the way other people work and it can be like being the new kid in high school where you're just trying to find out where your place is on the movie or on the set.
-
There was this sausage factory a block away from my childhood apartment. It didn't smell nice, like chorizo or something; it was pretty foul. Just nasty. But that smell reminds me so much of my childhood because every morning when I was going to school, I would smell that.
-
There is always a reason why, and I need to tell the stories.
-
My mother and father had a terrible marriage. They celebrated their wedding anniversary one year with their friends. Why did they celebrate? Maybe because they had lasted so many years without killing each other.
-
I like to do 'Garfield Mondays': lasagna and napping in a box.
-
If nothing else, I have money.
-
Most of my mentors in my early career were men; I'm happy to see today the partnership between the newer generation coming through and more senior women leaders helping others advance their careers.
-
All real education is the architecture of the soul.
-
I don't know the man I admire more than [Charles Evans] Hughes. If ever I have the chance I shall offer him the Chief Justiceship.
-
As always, we prepare for all sorts of contingencies. And the first few days of the flight up until docking on Day 3 are all spent really in the rendezvous because we launch at a time that puts us in an optimal position to catch up to station.
-
The most important person to thank is...my mother. She gave me four golden rules to live by: be a proud black man, take care of your family, make education a priority, and try to do the right thing.
