Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes

Many of the African musicians are well-schooled and well-versed...what they do takes a high level of musicianship.

Everybody can perform, there are so many outlets. Musicians are no longer limited. In the past, the record companies made most of the money. I for one am not sorry to see them fade away.

Most true musicians don't do it for the money, they do it because they love it. When I did slam poetry, it was a great way for me to express myself, I loved it.

Don't expect to make a living on it. Be able to hammer a nail or do retail, doing your music on the side!

It stems from my Australianisms and belief that everyone is a fundamental cog in the wheel.

Certain kinds of clichés are the narcotics of the middle class.

When I say 'God' it is poetry and not theology

The thought of immortality is as well founded as any other well authenticated postulate of the human reason.

You go in thinking you have to do this all by yourself, and what I learned was no, when you hire great people, they do so much for you.

I think that I'm always open to any kind of project.

I find that usually when I watch something like horror film, I'm constantly thinking no, it's not going to happen.

I felt that there was a beautiful story [ in "All We Had"] to be told and one that was valuable and also one that was a size that I could do as my first.

I optioned a book called "Rare Objects" by Kathleen Tessaro and I'm adapting it . It takes place in the 1930s and it's about two women and that's what I'm working on to direct.

I think now I'm just excited to continue directing and find stories that inspire me and bring those to the screen.

I really hope that I get to work with Chris [Nolan] some day.

I really enjoyed working on the first one [Batman franchise] and I wish I could have worked with Chris Nolan again and I hope to work with him again.

Steven [Soderbergh] is so generous and when I sat down to meet him for "Logan Lucky" he answered so many questions about directing, so when I was on set I tried not to bug him too much.

I was paying attention to where Steven Soderbergh had the camera and his shots. I was blown away.

We didn't have the time to watch playback all the time so I depended on my team [All We Had].

I think I want to pursue a movie career and maybe even pursue some theatre.

I did Phone Booth, and that was shot very, very quickly, but that was Joel Schumacher, who's shot so many movies that, if anybody can figure out how to do it in a couple of days, it's him.

I like being part of good movies and telling stories that mean something to me. I also like playing characters that I look up to.

When the bell rings, your trainer can't help you.

Mike Tyson is a sharp puncher. Earnie Shavers was a PUNISHING puncher. There was a difference between the two. Because when Shavers hit you, you feel it all the way through your body.

I make appearances, but I really want to spend more time fishing. That is what I really enjoy doing with my spare time.

I have learned that promoters can love you, hate you, then love you again.

Let people live their lives, as long as they don't hurt anybody. As long as they don't destroy their own lives.

I think the world is changing. And it's changing so fast that people have to change with it.

Joe Louis was a good Heavyweight, good boxer but he was kind of in the same boat as Marciano, weighing about 190 to 200 lbs.

I don't know if I have any regrets, I have had a pretty successful life. I have learned good, bad, and ugly.

Whether I make two dollars or no dollars, it's better than losing. I've got enough people playing the games at the casino that I don't lose any money. So it's good for me, and it's fun.

I don't see anything happening [in heavyweight division] when I watch these fights, they are very boring. Not only that, but you never heard of any of the fighters.

I cursed [Larry Merchant] out once, and I told him that he was a phony.

I don't like Larry Merchant. He thinks he knows everything about a sport that he was never in. He walks around with papers and studies what he writes, he just pisses you off.

I don't think Mike Tyson's a bad guy. I think the people, the media, makes him out to be a bad guy.

I always enjoy myself fighting in Mississippi. I enjoy myself fighting anywhere.

The media loves to take things like that [Rocky Marciano couldn't hold my jockstrap] out of context. There was no harm meant when I said that, but plenty of harm came from it.

I'm tired. I am old and I have never quit pursuing my goals. I am heavily involved in real estate right now, but I am trying to get out of it altogether, I am just tired.

Tex Cobb would call me every day after we fought, I got sick of talking to him. I liked him a lot as a fighter, and as a person, and feel that sometimes he was misunderstood.

Oliver McCall was someone who I never really got to know too well, and he had some well-publicized problems.

Don King ain't a bad guy. He cut my earnings, but I don't hold any hard feelings toward him.

I think gambling can be a good thing if you don't take it too seriously. Take it and have fun with it, and don't lose what you can't afford to lose.

Mike Tyson does a lot of things that shows he wants to win. He might hit you after the bell, he might hit you a little low, but he wants to win the fight. I think if he controls himself, he's okay.

That guy [Floyd Mayweather] is throwing his money around like there is no tomorrow.

Earnie hit me harder than any other fighter, including Mike Tyson. He hit me and I was face down on the canvas hearing saxophonist Jimmy Tillis.

Don King is a hip exploiter, an intelligent flesh peddler

We put our life on the line to fight for them, put on a show and these guys take our money so whatever happens to Bob Arum, Don King or anyone else is fine with me.

The guys today are just too strong and back then they would take many hard punches to land one.

Bob Arum and Don King can do their thing but if I fought for those guys and they put the money up like they are supposed to then I don't have a problem.

Don King was good to me through my years as champion, but I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw him. He's a wheeler dealer and you've got to be careful. He's a great con artist.