Ed Lee Quotes

Drill instructors worked seven days a week, fifteen to seventeen hours a day in many cases, with no time off in between platoons.

When I see something I like, that's all that counts. What they use, how they get there, I never bother them.

What was invented two thousand years ago was the spirit of Christianity.

We had times in '66 and '67 when we would pick up a platoon of privates out of the receiving barracks the week before we even graduated the platoon that we were on!

I'd love to change the world, but I don't know what to do

I go the VA Hospital when I have a problem and the doctor jumps on me.

We are all one, so let's help each other out.

I have seen that Man moves over with each new generation into a bigger body, more awful, more reverent and more free than he has had before.

I remembered their songs but I had never owned a Beatles album.

But I'm attracted to roles where I get to really go in and explore a character.

I am that last, that final thing, the body in a white sheet listening.

I don't have incredible knowledge about films or of filmmaking history; I'm not that kind of person.

I look at American movies, the big muscles, and try to apply that to Chinese film-making.

Now I'm kind of established as a director, I much prefer directing to writing.

Limited government must come politically, not judicially.

So I'm a one movie at a time person, I don't develop. Normally we do a movie then one thing leads to another. If something pops up that catches my attention, then I'll decide.

I think Baywatch is such a hit here because of the weather.

As artists, we like night more than day sometimes.

On a Chinese film you just give orders, no one questions you. Here, you have to convince people, you have to tell them why you want to do it a certain way, and they argue with you. Democracy.

I feel safe and comfortable to do that once I know that the song structure around the bass part is very interesting and it satisfies me in a compositional sense.

I'm a golfer - not an athlete.

I liked the fact that I was forced to get inside of my emotions and to really try to figure out a lot of what I was going through.

To me, Ennis stands for the conservative side of America. He's the biggest homophobe in the whole movie - culturally and psychologically - but by the time he admits his feelings, it's too late.

Meanwhile, the Ice Storm was still in development, And that was something I really wanted to do, and frankly I don't think I was ready to do a big production like this.

If something scares me, then I have to do it.

Could it be in longing we are most ourselves?

I never take myself too seriously.

The only place I'm recognized is at the mall, because that's where the teens are.

The way that I've always gone about making music, the rule of thumb, has just been to make what I love.

My dad said: 'It looks like you'll be world No.1 in a few hours and I wanted to be the first to say congratulations.

. . . the weal of the race, and the cause of humanity, here and now, are enough To give life meaning and death as well.

The mind sees the world as a thing apart, And the soul makes the world at one with itself. A mirror scratched reflects no image— And this is the silence of wisdom.

What is this I hear of sorrow and weariness, Anger, discontent and drooping hopes? Degenerate sons and daughters, Life is too strong for you— It takes life to love Life.

Lack of sleep makes me less productive. I need a good seven or eight hours a night.

the much-sought prize of eternal youth Is just arrested growth.

We could tell Americans everything is okay and nothing is going to happen. The fact is, there is a very real threat.

My brand is a demography-breaker. It speaks to all homemakers and women from all walks of life and all across society.

Success gave me confidence as an artist. And now I'm able to do what I want without anybody thinking it's dumb.

Writing music is my therapy. It’s very purifying!

L.A. doesn't have any big personality to me; it's not inspiring.

I've realized that Evanescence is who I am.

I hope martial artists are more interested in the root of martial arts and not the different decorative branches, flowers or leaves.

Theres nothing but spirit in music. Thats all it is. Yeah, theres a lot of intellectual elements to it, but no matter how you approach it, its all spirit.

Not all friendships take a long time to grow and deepen. Some are formed in an instant.

I can relate to soul, R&B... whatever people want to call me is fine. I just hope it makes them feel something.

I know we're meant to be these hard-headed, money-obsessed professionals but we're still little boys at heart. Just ask our wives.

There is a deliberate and quite outspoken attack on the whole idea of people owning private property.

I do not believe that the government is in any position to say exactly how every single business and every single activity shall reach those performances.

The issue I have always felt most strongly about is hunger in America, in particular the children.

I don't want to ever be a quote-unquote rock star. I want to just be me.