Ben Vereen Quotes
When people come and see my show, I try to infuse into them that they can walk away feeling like their lives are a victory.
Quotes to Explore
-
People tend to judge presidents on how the economy performs, and yet we don't expect them to have the power to do much about it. Or we don't want them to exercise that power, if they were to have it.
-
My concept of government's role in people's lives is that it is limited but legitimate, and essential when people have nowhere else to turn.
-
The Haitian people are gentle and lovable except for their enormous and unconscious cruelty.
-
I am a beneficiary of the American people's generosity, and I hope we can have comprehensive immigration legislation that allows this country to continue to be enriched by those who were not born here.
-
When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
-
I hope people don't think I'm crazy, because I'm not.
-
Something like 'The Matrix' would be ideal, something where it's super agents and wire work and special effects - not necessarily running from bombs and shooting people. Something more sleek, like an assassin.
-
I love talking to people, hearing people's stories; I love honest things.
-
You have to understand that while I pre-plot the meta story of a given book, I often have no idea of what will happen on the next page, let alone the next chapter. That's what makes it fun for me; I write the books the same way many people read them.
-
People hate searching.
-
We have our own history, our own language, our own culture. But our destiny is also tied up with the destinies of other people - history has made us all South Africans.
-
A lot of people forget how important it is to be creative. We get caught up in getting ahead and in day-to-day minutiae. But creativity is a fundamental mode of expression, as is being tenacious and standing by your own convictions and passions, even if it's not the 'popular' choice.
-
I don't have any hobbies. You know, I'm very embarrassed when people ask me what are my hobbies; I don't have any hobbies. I mean, it's just enough to keep up with the things I'm trying to solve.
-
Always when I directed the play, I was always trying to cast people not who were necessarily like the characters, but people who I felt had the essential component that the character had, some kind of soul for it.
-
Ironically, for a few million people in the Far East, I did become an English teacher through my music.
-
We need more transparency and accountability in government so that people know how their money is being spent. That means putting budgets online, putting legislation online.
-
Although I do not have a family, I have eyes, ears and imagination, and know, as most people know, that the importance of one's children is paramount.
-
If someone is not treating you in a way that you like, remember that there are so many nice people out there. The problem is that when you love someone, you make excuses for that kind of behavior.
-
Simon Pegg is terribly talented, very funny, such a delicious sense of humour.
-
Means are not to be distinguished from ends. If violent means are used, there will be bad results.
-
The accidents of my life have given me the ability to make stories in which different parts of the world are brought together, sometimes harmoniously, sometimes in conflict, and sometimes both - usually both. The difficulty in these stories is that if you write about everywhere you can end up writing about nowhere.
-
I don't get star-stuck. I love Angelina Jolie, though.
-
A lean sorrow is hardest to bear.
-
When people come and see my show, I try to infuse into them that they can walk away feeling like their lives are a victory.
