Ed Lee Quotes

We all wish we had super powers. We all wish we could do more than we can do.

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.

My fans are my lovers, my friends, my family, my Everything

Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.

I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.

The most radical thing I ever did was to stay put.

The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be.

If you want to reach your goals and dreams, you cannot do it without discipline

Don't judge a book by its cover 'til you've read the book.

Selfish prudence is too often allowed to come between duty and human life.

There is no more dangerous experiment than that of undertaking to be one thing before a man's face and another behind his back.

Absorb what is useful, discard what is not, add what is uniquely your own.

Act with a determination not to be turned aside by thoughts of the past and fears of the future.

I happen to represent Enron here in Houston. We have many good corporate citizens here in Houston. Enron happened to have been one.

In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.

To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms.

Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one's potential.

The dominant party cannot reign forever, and truth and justice will prevail at last.

Today we have two Vietnams, side by side, north and south.

If I see an orchid that's fantastically expensive, I'll buy it. It's worth it, for no other reason than it gives me pleasure.

I used to jog but the ice cubes kept falling out of my glass.

The kind of people I look for to fill top management spots are the eager beavers, the mavericks. These are the guys who try to do more than they're expected to do - they always reach.

You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas won't get you anywhere.

If you deprive yourself of outsourcing and your competitors do not, you're putting yourself out of business.

SHINee is like the weather. Everyone has their own personalities and it's something that is essential to Earth.

When you work with people whom you like and you admire because they're so good at what they do, it doesn't feel like work. It's like you're playing.

The first maxim of a man who loves liberty, should be never to grant to rulers an atom of power that is not most clearly and indispensably necessary for the safety and well being of society.

I can only say that I am nothing but a poor sinner, trusting in Christ alone for salvation.

There's nothing like rejection to make you do an inventory of yourself.

Sorrows are our best educator. A man can see further through a tear than a telescope.

Don't be afraid of the shadows, it only means there's a light nearby.

Those who give up cannot gain victory.

To become a champion requires a good mental attitude toward preparation. You have to accept the most tedious task with pleasure.

My studio is designed for atmosphere. I have a really cozy, comfortable room that has a great, huge glass door that views my backyard.

Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about.

It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.

I wanted to be a veterinarian until I saw a video of a vet performing surgery on a dog. Then I decided I wanted to be a pianist.

Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people.

As Members of Congress, we should not be using public office for private gain.

True patriotism sometimes requires of men to act exactly contrary, at one period, to that which it does at another, and the motive which impels them the desire to do right is precisely the same.

We have fought this fight as long, and as well as we know how. We have been defeated. For us as a Christian people, there is now but one course to pursue. We must accept the situation.

Work for the actor lies essentially in two areas: the ability to consistently create reality and the ability to express that reality.

Maybe the word welfare should be changed to something of, 'a transitional living fund.' For that is what it is - for people to be able to live.

When you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance.

I guess one person can make a difference.

All I ever wanted was a Virginia farm, no end of cream and fresh butter and fried chicken - not one fried chicken, or two, but unlimited fried chicken.

The Semantic Web is not a separate Web but an extension of the current one, in which information is given well-defined meaning, better enabling computers and people to work in cooperation.

I understood that if I wanted to work, the saxophone was the main instrument. The clarinet was what we call a double.

I sang with Anita Bryant in the Southern Baptist churches.

In some ways Lester Young is the most complex rhythmically of any musician. He does some things which are just phenomenal.