C.J. Anderson Quotes

No matter how bad things are, they could always be worse. Start finding gratitude for what might have happened, but didn't.

Power thrills, consistency kills.

The most sincere compliment we can pay is attention.

From the moment we wake up each morning to the time we hit the pillow at night, we hear what people have to say, but are we really listening?

He had seen too much of the cosmos to have any great faith in man's ability to understand it.

There's no way I set out to be a certain kind of symbol - the way I dress is the way I am, the way I live my life.

Christianity isn't true because it works; it works because it's true.

Be true to yourself. Establish your own style and stick to it.

We have to raise the status of girls and women in every country.

You say you're a comedian, you always have to be on guard.

I fell into this thing by accident. I was never supposed to be a photographer.

Humans who spend time in the wilderness, alone, without man-made mechanical noise around them, often discover that their brain begins to recover its ability to discern things.

In person I don't have that many friends. I'm a pretty tight-knit guy with the people that I know. Offline, I have no more than four or five friends.

You must not become a mere peddler of words. The thing to learn is to know what people are thinking about, not what they say.

You must take chances. If you do nothing, you reduce the possibilities you have for greater joy.

Human trafficking is a globally assisted pandemic that generates billions of dollars of income a year.

Live well laugh often and love much.

I have a soft spot for bad boys.

It takes all sorts to make a world - saints as well as soldiers.

My dad had emphysema and both of my parents had chronic bronchitis and ended up with cancers - all smoking related.

A person has to be busy to be alive.

I was afraid of staying at the Playboy Mansion; I wanted to get a footing before I ventured into a world of hedonism.

With each movie I have a different set of inspirations.

Of course, I'm no dummy.

There is a difference between being listened to and being heard.

Nothing quells anxiety like action!

That's the thing about suicide. Try as you might to remember how a person lived his life, you always end up thinking about how he ended it.

Performance art is about joy, about making something that's so full of kind of a wild joy that you really can't put into words.

Used to be that my whole body was my canvas-hot cuts licking my ribs, ladder rungs climbing my arms, thick milkweed stalks shooting up my thighs.

I'm on a mission to love, give as much as I can, and support people who make a difference.

I'm not usually where I think I am. It's kind of spooky.

Don't be afraid of anyone. Imagine your life if you're not afraid of anyone.

True success is always the last of a string of failed attempts to get it right.

A lot of artists who have a certain style are expected to more or less keep doing their style. It's so easy to get into that rut of production.

I would like to do a movie in space, but I think it would be difficult to do it on location.

My earliest memory? Trying to use a red jelly bean as lipstick.

I've never been a fan of whimsical or confusing storytelling.

I'm a complete romantic - it's why I always get married. Someone should really stop me.

I have a great belief in the future of my people and my country.

In the movies, Bette Davis lights two cigarettes and hands the second one to James Cagney. It was just so glamorous and romantic.

I have a feeling, one of those gut feelings, that I'll make pretty good movies the rest of my life.

If somebody invented cigarettes today, the government would not legalize them.

Nicole can do anything that involves a ball and whistle.

I realized my family was funny, because nobody ever wanted to leave our house.

To not do what you can to protect someone, that's cowardly.

It's amazing to me that young people will still pick up a cigarette.

I don't believe a manager ever won a pennant. Casey Stengel won all those pennants with the Yankees. How many did he win with the Boston Braves and Mets?

I think if you've suffered, if you've experienced loss, you're probably more open to understanding it and more comfortable talking about it and experiencing it.

You have to be careful who you meet. You can't unmeet them.

But the tune ends too soon for us all