E. A. Davis Quotes

My talent was the weapon, the power, the way for me to fight. It was the one way I might hope to affect a man's thinking.

I know what I've done for music, but don't call me a legend. Just call me Miles Davis.

Poor people, people of color - especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institutions of higher education.

All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.

How I grew to believe Black hair has power, genius, and magic in it, defying gravity and limitation. I mean, look at how marvelous it is: Black hair grows up and out.

People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else.

Always look ahead, but never look back.

If you can dream it, you can make it so.

Life is too short to worry about anything

I'm in pro football to win, to have the Raiders dominate, to have the Raiders global, and we're not going to be able to do that with a half-filled stadium.

Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all be bigger than life.

A language is not just a body of vocabulary or a set of grammatical rules. ... Every language is an old-growth forest of the mind.

All you really need to do is shift people just a tiny bit for change to happen. It doesn't have to be huge and humongous.

I want my work to reflect my level of gifts and talent

I will not change the world. Jesus will do that. I can, however, let Him use me to change the world for one person.

Sometimes we have to step out of our comfort zones. We have to break the rules. And we have to discover the sensuality of fear. We need to face it, challenge it, dance with it.

Real friends stab you in the front.

I don't always know where this life is going. i can't see the end of the road, but here is the great part: courage is not about knowing the path. It is about taking the first step.

Look, I don't want to win in the press. I want to win on the field.

That was my gift . . . having the ability to put certain guys together that would create a chemistry and then letting them go; letting them play what they knew, and above it.

Food makes my mind sluggish.

The secret of marriage is: separate bedrooms and separate bathrooms.

As I see it every single day you do one in every of two issues: construct well being or produce illness in your self.

The way you change and help music is by tryin' to invent new ways to play

The measure of a society is not only what it does but the quality of its aspirations.

I was never very interested in boys - and there were plenty of them - vying with one another to see how many famous women they would get into the hay.

If you love them in the morning with their eyes full of crust; if you love them at night with their hair full of rollers, chances are, you're in love.

Success is built on disappointment, and disappointment is inherent in all success.

I have to be a star like another man has to breathe.

We have been basically persuaded that we should not talk about racism.

There are so many opportunities in life, that the loss of two or three capabilities is not necessarily debilitating. A handicap can give you the opportunity to focus more on art, writing, or music.

Anybody who has curly hair knows you don't want it to be brushed out because it becomes a never-ending tangle.

If this country [America] is to survive, the best-fed-nation myth had better be recognized for what it is: propaganda designed to produce wealth not health.

Sir, if you think that I am that kind of a man, you have missed your mark. I would rather die a thousand deaths than betray a friend or be false to duty.

The out-of-work actor wears out more than shoe leather. The very sensibilities that make him an artist are shattered by the disregard he is shown as a human being.

But at the same time you can't assume that making a difference 20 years ago is going to allow you to sort of live on the laurels of those victories for the rest of your life

I have never forgiven myself…that I might have made a mistake.

Life is like a Ferrari, it goes too fast. But that's ok, because you can't afford it anyway.

There are lines that I know are going to get a belly laugh, but after a few shows I get sick of hearing myself say them so I drop them.

At the end of the day, nobody can tell you how to tackle failure or how to handle change. The world is very good at encouraging you to go along with the status quo and at basking in your successes.

The only thing that separates women of color from everyone else is opportunity.

If you hit a wrong note, it's the next note that you play that determines if it's good or bad.

Find someone who disagrees and invite them to your table.

I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to be involved actively.

Well for one, the 13th amendment to the constitution of the US which abolished slavery - did not abolish slavery for those convicted of a crime.

Be yourself, let you come through.

we have accumulated a wealth of historical experience which confirms our belief that the scales of American justice are out of balance.

You mustn't miss the moment. There's only one first sailing into Rio harbor.

It's like, how did Columbus discover America when the Indians were already here? What kind of s-- is that, but white people's s--?

I believe there is only one truly courageous thing we can do with our lives: to love unconditionally. Absolutely, with all of ourselves, so much that it hurts and then more.