Alonzo Mourning Quotes
Tough times don't last, but tough people do. And I've been through some tough times, and I know a lot of people can recall tough times, and maybe are going through some tough times right now, but they don't last.
Quotes to Explore
-
Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.
-
The doors between the old man today and the child are still open, wide open. I can stroll through my grandmother's house and know exactly where the pictures are, the furniture was, how it looked, the voice, the smells. I can move from my bed at night today to my childhood in less than a second.
-
When it's those division games, that's when it gets ramped up for me.
-
Touring, and being in a band, it's almost like the other stuff, the other parts of life, get put on hold.
-
An alliance of civilisations can be our most powerful weapon in the fight against terror.
-
Sometimes I try a Mai Tai. It's so fruity. It's a little embarrassing, but I like it.
-
I produce for a low price and I sell it on my own to 80 countries.
-
'Encyclopedia Brown Takes the Case,' 'The Secret of the Old Clock,' 'Are You There God, It's Me, Margaret,' 'Flowers in the Attic,' 'Gone With the Wind' - these are the books that defined my childhood. They thrilled me. They made me feel like I wasn't alone in the world.
-
A man is not complete until he has seen the baby he has made.
-
It couldn't have happened anywhere but in little old New York.
-
Building human-centered organizations doesn't imply a return to the paternalistic, corporate welfare practices of the 19th century. Most of us don't want to be nannied.
-
I'm not a sun person.
-
Sufis teach that we first must battle and destroy the evil within ourselves by shining upon it the good within, and then we learn to battle the evil in others by helping their higher selves gain control of their lower selves.
-
I work legs, upper body, everything. Legs are very important. I do hang cleans and squats - I do primary exercises. Squats work over 60 percent of your muscle mass in your body. The hang cleans work on my explosive movement, which is essential for success.
-
The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.
-
I would love to work with the great movie actors of our time.
-
Being in the spotlight, you know, you tend to kind of forget who you are. And being an artist... it could be a very superficial job. It could be very pretentious as well.
-
My parents come down to Los Angeles a lot.
-
I feel lucky that I got to work with some of the big legends in town.
-
We don't grow older, we grow riper.
-
Lying is the rule, not the exception.
-
My grandmother had a cupboard where she kept her collections and textile samples of all sorts of things. When I had good grades, I could take out one piece of work to look at.
-
Inevitably you're going to be delayed somewhere. Always have a book. Always have a movie. Always have a notebook. And then always have a sense of humour.
-
Tough times don't last, but tough people do. And I've been through some tough times, and I know a lot of people can recall tough times, and maybe are going through some tough times right now, but they don't last.
