E.W. Jackson Quotes

America is not like a blanket- one piece of unbroken cloth. America is more like a quilt- many patches, many pieces, many colors, many sizes, all woven together by a common thread.

If I only dated actresses, Id be a very lonely man.

You can bring out your inner self and moods through dancing. Music does the same.

Get rich or die tryin'.

So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally.

Acting is not about dressing up. Acting is about stripping bare. The whole essence of learning lines is to forget them so you can make them sound like you thought of them that instant.

Yeah, "Wacko Jacko". Where'd that come from? Some English tabloid. I have a heart and I have feelings, I feel that, when you do that to me. It's not nice.

It occurred to me in my junior year of high school. I got my first letter from a big college. I still have that letter to this day - a letter from Indiana.

Great ideas need landing gear as well as wings.

The great can protect themselves, but the poor and humble require the arm and shield of the law.

O proudly name their names who bravely sail| To seek brave lost in Arctic snows and seas!

Did you stand there in shock at the sight of that black smoke risin' against that blue sky? Did you shout out in anger, in fear of your neighbor or did you just sit down and cry?..

I could compose and write music and get to share it with the masses and the people around the world and to have them to receive it so beautifully - I love that.

I run into a lot of kids who are either on R&R, or on their way to Iraq. They all know who I am and are fans, but they're kids! I am yet to meet one that's over 23. Yet they're full-time warriors.

Remember, Team, surrender the me for the we.

The mind and the voice by themselves are not sufficient.

I have so much more confidence in myself now than I ever did before.

You ain't seen nothing yet, and the best is yet to come.

When love is at its best, one loves so much that he cannot forget.

Fans don't boo nobodies.

Approach the game with no preset agendas and you'll probably come away surprised at your overall efforts.

Men are more often bribed by their loyalties and ambitions than by money.

When I see children, I see the face of God. That's why I love them so much. That's what I see.

Just because a chicken was born in the oven doesn't make it a biscuit.

I was a veteran, before I was a teenager.

A man becomes as attractive as an attractive woman when he becomes successful and is publicly noted. Power's an aphrodisiac.

It is only when I lose contact with the painting that the result is a mess. Otherwise there is pure harmony, an easy give and take, and the painting comes out well.

Loyalty is such a rare quality; but my fans are the most loyal in the world.

It all went by so fast, didn't it? I wish I could do it all over again, I really do.

Pedantry is the dotage of knowledge.

I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of God than live in that palace at Washington.

Let the music keep our spirits high, let the buildings keep our children dry, let creation reveal its secrets by and bye.

Very few men imprisoned for economic crimes or even crimes of passion against the oppressor feel that they are really guilty.

I have the greatest fans in the world. I love them.. All of them, I really do.

Yes, victory is sweet, but it doesn't necessarily make life any easier the next season or even the next day.

I never did one thing right in my life, you know that? Not one. That takes skill.

If I played in New York, they'd name a candy bar after me.

When I was nine years old I use to copy ( not trace ) the covers of the Donald Duck comics. Many years later I became a close friend of Jack Hannah, the director of the Donald Duck film shorts.

Please go for your dreams. Whatever your ideals, you can become whatever you want to become.

I guess the worst day I have had was when I had to stand up in rehab in front of my wife and daughter and say 'Hi, my name is Sam and I am an addict.'

Love is stolen in the shadows of the night. Though it's wrong all along, it keeps going on as long as they keep it out of sight.

I like people who can make you laugh without using vulgarity, or bad words.

Love is the force that ignites the spirit and binds teams together.

If you believe in God, He will open the windows of heaven and pour blessings upon you.

Don't forget, a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.

Every good painter paints what he is.

We've removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.

Live and learn and pass it on.

Never give up on anybody. Miracles happen everyday.

In their innocence, very young children know themselves to be light and love. If we will allow them, they can teach us to see ourselves the same way.