Ed Lee Quotes

The big nest was in Afghanistan, thats not quite cleared, then there are nests in the Philippines, there are nests in Indonesia, the Malaysians are clearing up their nests.

Go toward self-actualization rather than self-image actualization... Search within... for honest self- expression.

Action is a high road to self-confidence and esteem. Where it is open, all energies flow toward it. It comes readily to most people, and its rewards are tangible.

Belts are only good for holding up your pants

Downloading a Tamagotchi egg onto my phone is possibly the loudest my biological clock has ever ticked.

There is hardly an activity that a person can think about that does not intrinsically involve energy, most of which is currently provided by fossil fuels.

We must look to the rising generation for the restoration of the country.

Rap is poetry to music, like beatniks without beards and bongos.

Invisible airwaves crackle with life Bright antennae bristle with the energy Emotional feedback on a timeless wavelength Bearing a gift beyond price, almost free

I don't think my films are going to get rid of racism or prejudice. I think the best thing my films can do is provoke discussion.

The greatest waste in all the world is living below our potential.

The heaviest burden that one has to bear in this life is the burden of delaying too long before putting the fruit in the Jell-O so it's too firm and the chunks just sit on top.

...but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself.

Caddies are a breed of their own. If you shoot 66, they say, "Man, we shot 66!" But go out and shoot 77, and they say "Hell, he shot 77!"

Brimming. That's what it is, I want to get to a place where my sentences enact brimming.

Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.

Remember even though the outside world might be raining, if you keep on smiling the sun will soon show its face and smile back at you.

Prejudice, a dirty word, and faith, a clean one, have something in common: they both begin where reason ends.

I have come to understand that life is best to be lived and not to be conceptualized. I am happy because I am growing daily and I am honestly not knowing where the limit lies.

You must be shapeless, formless, like water. When you pour water in a cup, it becomes the cup.

There's a lot of Americans, black and white, who think that we've arrived where we need to be and nothing else needs to be done and affirmative action needs to be dismantled.

What most people perceive as energy is really strength of spirit. It comes from the joy of knowing God, loving Him, and being loved by Him.

At the end of the day, what have I got? A successful Singapore. What have I given up? My life.

Men aren’t attracted to me by my mind. They’re attracted by what I don’t mind.

It's not what you give, it's the way you give it.

No director wants to be directed, but no good director... would shy away from the good ideas of others.

I have a kind of old-fashioned, artisan approach.

Relationship is the mirror in which you discover yourself - to be is to be related.

Characters with no integrity are just as interesting as characters with lots of integrity.

I might not win a Grammy or get another Stellar Award but I'll get my rewards from the Lord. There's nothing better than that.

If we screw it up, start over. Try something else.

Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you. I'll not willingly offend, nor be easily offended.

Most larger companies now see that for the market to grow, Web infrastructure must be royalty-free.

Believe in the life inside you, believe in the great and holy mind within you, and push forward with the dream you have chosen until you make it.

You are who you are, there's nobody like you, and to try and be like someone else is just a lie.

If you want to learn to swim you have to throw yourself in the water.

With the sincere devotion of our employees, Samsung has achieved stellar performances since its foundation.

We should remember that people can go to Heaven without knowing much of the Word of God, but they cannot go to Heaven without knowing Jesus Christ as Savior.

If that's all there is, my friends, then let's keep dancing.

America, I am not ignoring you.

Lon Chaney and Boris Karloff didn't like the word 'horror'. They, like I, went for the French description: 'the theatre of the fantastique'.

But to those who kept saying "It can't be done," Never are the victories Or the honors won. But, rather, By the believing, doing kind, While the doubters Watched from far behind.

I was a product of the times, the war, the occupation, the reoccupation, my 4 years in Britain, admiring but at the same time questioning whether they are able to do a better job than we can.

Way back about nineteen-twenty there was a Klan... The Ku Klux's gone... It'll never come back.

Do not allow negative thoughts to enter your mind for they are the weeds that strange confidence.

I would change policy, bring back natural grass and nickel beer. Baseball is the belly-button of our society. Straighten out baseball, and you straighten out the rest of the world.

Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I'd have the facts.

Music is all about wanting to be better at it.

One problem with being a leader, is that even among your friends you are alone, for it is you -- and you alone -- to whom the others look for final guidance.

Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.