Kasi Lemmons Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
Wanted: a man who will not lose his individuality in a crowd, a man who has the courage of his convictions, who is not afraid to say 'No,' though all the world say 'Yes.'
-
All over the world, people are looking at India and saying 'wow', and that's because we have begun to say 'wow' ourselves.
-
Saint Joseph's still is among the smaller-enrollment institutions with a big-time basketball program. The Jesuits still offer the same high-quality education. St. Joe's students and alumni are as supportive as ever, and their spirit is unquenchable.
-
After 2012, all of the Washington political consultants and all the mainstream media came to Republicans and said, 'You've got to do better with Hispanics, and the way to do better with Hispanics is to embrace amnesty.' And, look, a lot of Republicans in Washington were scared.
-
Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot.
-
I need to be doing different things all the time; it's just part of who I am.
-
Historically, San Franciscans have not valued street trees as much as other communities have.
-
I've earned all these years on my face. I don't want to be a liar if in five or 10 years I do get some Botox, but needles in the face scare me, so I don't really know if I am ever going to do that.
-
Always farm fresh eggs, never store bought.
-
No one likes to be criticized, of course, but if the things we successfully strive for do not make our future selves happy, or if the things we unsuccessfully avoid do, then it seems reasonable (if somewhat ungracious) for them to cast a disparaging glance backward and wonder what the hell we were thinking.
-
The bottom line of Hollywood is money.
-
The '80s made up for all the abuse I took during the '70s. I outlived all my critics. By the time I retired, everybody saw me as a venerable institution. Things do change.
-
My head's never really quiet. The only time I can get it to turn off is if I watch 'CSI' or 'Law & Order,' where I have to follow the crime. If I can't turn my head off during that, I know I've really got a problem.
-
I can't go back and label myself as an outcast because I was a pretty well-adjusted kid, but I can certainly relate to the feeling of being an outsider.
-
It is good to know what a man is, and also what the world takes him for. But you do not understand him until you have learnt how he understands himself.
-
God is of no importance unless He is of supreme importance.
-
I will never do a record without some sense of responsibility.
-
A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.
-
To have success in your professional life is not so hard. To succeed as a man is more difficult.
-
I don't want to do the nerdy, goofy guy again. That was really fitting for the 'Napoleon' world, but that's kind of where I want it to stay.
-
In the hands of good writers, you have the opportunity to present both sides of an opinion equally and that you leave it to the audience to listen and then make up their own minds.
-
The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning.
-
There are so many kids out there that need to be adopted and need good homes. I definitely want to have my own but I also want to adopt for sure. I think it's very important to find these kids homes.
-
One of my foolish qualities is to jump boldly, and then think about it later.
