Ed Lee Quotes

All goals apart from the means are illusions; becoming is a denial of being.

To succeed today, you have to set priorities, decide what you stand for.

I have the absolute confidence not to be number two, but then I have enough sense to realize that there can be no number one.

Through my own observations. I am convinced that an absolutely honest and direct inquiry into oneself will lead to understanding.

The more I like me, the less I want to pretend to be other people.

If you play the very subtle jazz tunes with acoustic pianos, acoustic bass and it's a dead standard, you are going to play very differently. It depends on the music.

The best form of endurance exercise is the performance of the event.

I dream crazy vivid dreams. Like, entire movies. And sometimes I write songs about them.

The unconditioned mind intuits truth.

I always thought it was more interesting to think about Reed Richards. As you know, he had the ability to stretch, and sexually, that would seem to be a great asset in many areas.

I never thought that Spider-Man would become the world wide icon that he is. I just hoped the books would sell and I'd keep my job.

I can assure you, public service is a stimulating, proud and lively enterprise. It is not just a way of life, it is a way to live fully.

One will never get any more than he thinks he can get. YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES. Look back and see your progress - damn the torpedo, full speed ahead!

Linda and I aren't one and one. We are two halves that make a whole -- two halves fitted together are more efficient than either half would ever be alone!

Live in the world you inhabit. Look upon things as they are. Take them as you find them. Make the best of them. Turn them to your advantage.

Understanding comes about through feeling, from moment to moment in the mirror of relationship.

Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there.

There is "what is" only when there is no comparing and to live with "what is" is to be peaceful.

Things live by moving and gain strength as they go.

Singing a song, playing sports - anything that entertains, that takes people away from their own problems, is good.

The word "superstar" is an ilusion

If they played more blues, people would just get it - they try to hold it back but just about can't hold it back now because the blues is really going.

In order to be the master of your life, you must first recognize that you are the rightful master of your brain, its owner and operator.

I like to practice on the bass, but I don't do it as often as I should.

It's very demeaning that we have to put on a show to prove that we know how to put on a show.

I guess, we were people who just dedicated to trying to get better.

I use the rules to frustrate the law. But I didn't set up the ground rules.

I haven't shaved my private parts, but I dyed them once for a laugh! They looked more ginger, though!

If you are interested in what you do, that keeps you going!

Archetypes are universal, and, in subtle or extravagant ways, interchangeable.

It is 'where we are' that should make all the difference, whether we believe we belong there or not.

The human being needs a challenge, and my advice to every person in Singapore and elsewhere: Keep yourself interested, have a challenge.

Immortality is not a gift, Immortality is an achievement; And only those who strive mightily Shall possess it.

You have debased my child....You have made him a laughingstock of intelligence...a stench in the nostrils of the gods of the ionosphere.

Making films has got to be one of the hardest endeavors known to humankind.

People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.

The fish you release maybe a gift to another, as it may have been a gift to you.

I have been metal all my life, only I did not know about it. The people in this album (Charlemagne) and I, share the same values.

If one loves, one need not have an ideology of love.

Only when we have something to value, will we have something to evaluate.. and we cannot value something that we cannot share, exchange, and examine.

I don't care where I work. Films are an international business - not an American institution.

IT professionals have a responsibility to understand the use of standards and the importance of making Web applications that work with any kind of device.

The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be he any color of the rainbow, but people have a way of carrying their resentments right into a jury box.

The Tea Party movement as I perceive it is all about recognizing the difference between state and federal powers. And that there are limits to federal power that need to be respected.

In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else.

It has been my observation that parents kill more dreams than anybody.

Try as you may, you can never defy love.

Rather than allowing our response to an even affect our breathing, we can learn instead to let our breathing change our relationship to the event.

It doesn't matter the kind of music, it doesn't matter whether it's a cowboy hat or a yarmulke. I don't care if it's outer space or pop, the spirit is the same.

Some negroes lie, some are immoral, some negro men are not be trusted around women - black and white. But this is a truth that applies to the human race and to no particular race of men.