Ed Lee Quotes

They cannot imagine what I'll sound like. But always when I'm done singing, people are very surprised.

I really idolize everything my sisters do,so I went into singing contests and won also. That's how I really got into singing.

I'm not a businessperson. I have no sense of money. My mom does everything for me. She makes all my decisions for me, and even buys my clothes. She's very protective.

I'm sporty, active, bubbly, I like to make people laugh... I'm the jokester. But I'm also very traditional.

I'm proud of my roots. There are not many Asians in the music industry so it's important for me to tell people where I'm from.

I also combined the R&B feel with the pop music of Taiwan... I wanted to bring the R&B flavor and other Westernized sounds to my music, because that's the type of music I grew up listening to.

They really can't imagine what my voice is like. Every time I sing a song, they are very surprised.

You are the captain of your ship that never comes in

That's the best way to audition for anything: When your back-up plan is your dream, you know?

Hey, don't stick that tongue out, unless you're gonna use it.

I had heard about Cheers, of course, but I never watched it. So I watched two episodes, and I was like, "Oh my God. This is really good."

Audience participation should extend from on-stage to backstage to under the stage

I only eat organic. I love salads and believe food is our best medicine. My son is so brainwashed, he thinks McDonald's is the devil.

I want to be on that team that wins the world championship here in Chicago and sees the city go crazy.

If they watch me play, people will say I'm not into it or whatever. That's okay. I kind of like it. People don't know how much work I'm putting into it. They don't need to know.

Defense is something I take pride in. I feel it's just as important as offense. They should have RBIs for defensive plays.

As a first baseman, hitting home runs is what's expected of me. But I don't really try to hit home runs.

I miss basketball every now and then.

I felt I was good in basketball but I wasn't a blue-chip prospect.

You just get better with age. You learn yourself and the league. I'm starting to understand more about hitting every year.

If you write in the paper 'Lee stinks,' that's not going to affect me. I'll just laugh. And if you write 'Derrek Lee is the best player in the league,' that won't affect me either. I'll laugh.

The chance to go to the postseason, it's hard to pass up.

Everybody is exposed to radiation. A little bit more or a little bit less is of no consequence.

I think people are going to return to sanity when they see how ridiculous many of these charges are, and how the predictions are not borne out.

No question about that, the radicals are in charge.

First understand infinity then you will understand God and how evolution is intelligent design.

Hours of research can cut months of field work.

As a child, everyone dreams of finding treasure. There's romance and drama. But as an adult most people aren't going to spend their lives trying to find it.

Rocks are like wreck magnets and ships run aground today in pretty much the same locations and for the same reasons they did thousands of years ago.

I have made "start, grow and stay" a big part of my administration.

At the end of the day, tech workers are not robots: they feel, they think, they have values.

How shall the soul of a man be larger than the life he has lived?

Beware of the man who rises to power from one suspender.

There is no marriage in Heaven, but there is love.

The earth keeps some vibration going There in your heart, and that is you. And if the people find you can fiddle, why fiddle you must, for all your life.

Many books have been written to show that Christianity has emasculated the world, that it shoved aside the enlightenment and wisdom of Hellas for a doctrine of superstition and ignorance.

Such phantom blossoms palely shining Over the lifeless boughs of Time.

The Typical American? He is sent to school Little or much, where he imbibes the rule Of safety first and comfort; in his youth He joins the church and ends the quest of truth.

Why, a moral truth is a hollow tooth Which must be propped with gold.

He stripped off the armor of institutional friendships To dedictate his soul To the terrible deities of Truth and Beauty.

The dust's for crawling, heaven's for flying, Wherefore, O Soul, whose wings are grown, Soar upward to the sun!

I get inspired by the notion of transforming people into extraordinary versions of themselves.

I want to show you that you can leap tall buildings, walk through walls, and change reality.

Anger is the poorest of counselors, and revenge is suicide.

The Sound of battle fell upon my ear & heart all day yesterday - even after dark the cannon's insatiate roar continued.

Surely tis by faith we are upheld thro such trials-justice will be meted in time to those who fill soft places and malign men who perform heroic duties

I prefer to think of myself as a musician who is still learning and trying to do something every time out.

It's hard for me to just practice without writing something.

I was thrilled to support the Teenage Cancer Trust while celebrating the music of The Who - a band that changed my life.

I would like to shift more into writing for and producing people.