Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" When I was growing up, I installed refrigerators in supermarkets. My father was an electrical engineer. "

Related Quotes:

" As a child, I watched 'Dallas' and that was my vision for my life for as long as I could remember. "

" In my mind, I've always been an A-list Hollywood superstar. Y'all just didn't know yet. "

" And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other guy's sleeping? I'm working. "

" I know how to learn anything I want to learn. I absolutely know that I could learn how to fly the space shuttle because someone else knows how to fly it, and they put it in a book. Give me the book, and I do not need somebody to stand up in front of the class. "

" I have a great time with my life, and I wanna share it. "

" Well, all I know is what I read in the papers. "

" I mean, I'm very serious with my kids about them comprehending the intricacies of global finance. "

" For me, there is nothing more valuable than how people feel in a movie theater about a movie. "

" In black neighborhoods, everybody appreciated comedy about real life. In the white community, fantasy was funnier. I started looking for the jokes that were equally hilarious across the board, for totally different reasons. "

" The things that have been most valuable to me I did not learn in school. "

" So if you stay ready, you ain't gotta get ready, and that is how I run my life. "

" I try to speak my points of view about black America, and how I feel about black men and the role that black men should play in their lives with their children and in their lives with their women. "

" My skin is hard when it comes to my music. But with my movies, I'm still a virgin in a lot of ways. I'm not used to being shot down for no reason. "

" I love producing. I am loving doing that. I think that is my most natural space in the business. I just love producing or editing and that's where I thrive. "

" Tommy Lee Jones is hilarious. I would say, if you look at the body of his work, the character he is most like is the one in 'The Fugitive.' That's how he talks and jokes. That is the type of energy he has. "

" I don't necessarily believe in organized religion. "

" I'm a student of patterns. At heart, I'm a physicist. I look at everything in my life as trying to find the single equation, the theory of everything. "

" If you're not willing to work hard, let someone else do it. I'd rather be with someone who does a horrible job, but gives 110% than with someone who does a good job and gives 60%. "

" Traditional education is based on facts and figures and passing tests - not on a comprehension of the material and its application to your life. "

" I've trained myself to illuminate the things in my personality that are likable and to hide and protect the things that are less likeable. "

" Life is lived on the edge. "

" I'm a student of world religion, so to me, it's hugely important to have knowledge and to understand what people are doing. "

" I don't know what my calling is, but I want to be here for a bigger reason. I strive to be like the greatest people who have ever lived. "

" If it was something that I really committed myself to, I don't think there's anything that could stop me becoming President of the United States. "

" A rapper is about being completely true to yourself. Being an actor is about changing who you are. "

" I would have absolutely messed up 'The Matrix'. "

" It's quite highly possible that I have peaked. I mean, I just can't imagine what else I could do beyond this. It's really a bittersweet kind of feeling. "

" Whatever your dream is, every extra penny you have needs to be going to that. "

" My first record came out while I was a senior in high school, which is dangerous. "

" There's so much negative imagery of black fatherhood. I've got tons of friends that are doing the right thing by their kids, and doing the right thing as a father - and how come that's not as newsworthy? "

Doing The Right Thing