Ed Lee Quotes

I was stationed at a Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego from 1965 to 1967.

I always love to come to Austin.

Know the difference between a catastrophe and an inconvenience.

Parents must lead by example. Don't use the cliche; do as I say and not as I do. We are our children's first and most important role models.

I'm just trying to tell a good story and make thought-provoking, entertaining films. I just try and draw upon the great culture we have as a people, from music, novels, the streets.

It takes a variety of strategies and initiatives to address this pandemic. It's about life and death and the survival of humanity.

For the first time I was learning how much easier it was to leave than to stay behind and love.

Your humans slaughter each other because of the color of your skin, or your faith or your plitics -- or for no reason at all -- too many of you hate as easily as you draw breath. - Magneto

One of the nice things about the Senior Tour is that we can take a cart and cooler. If your game is not going well, you can always have a picnic.

I am keen on helping Indian bowlers but I am not seeking a full-time role. But yes I am really keen on helping out pace bowlers across the world.

Like the cobra, you remain coiled in a loose but compact position and your strike should be felt before it is seen.

You must never forget to smile.

The energy of life entering and leaving your body flows evenly throughout the universe. With that current, the mind of the cosmos communicates with all things.

Having begun my life in science searching for the equation beyond time, I now believe that the deepest secret of the universe is that its essence rests in how it unfolds moment by moment in time.

Sexual harassment is complex, subtle, and highly subjective.

One of the good things about getting older is you find you're more interesting than most of the people you meet.

I wanted them to be diverse. The whole underlying principle of the X-Men was to try to be an anti-bigotry story to show there's good in every person.

Showing off is the fool's idea of glory.

Women are great. When they dig you, there's nothing they won't do. That kind of loyalty is hard to find - unless you've got a good dog.

Bodybuilding is the closest we have to the fountain of youth.

There's an independence to surfing, it's just you and the ocean. There aren't a bunch of rules.

If you knew you had to fight for your life tomorrow, would you change your training today?

Anyone who has a choice and doesn't choose to write is a fool. The work is hard, the perks are few, the pay is terrible, and the product, when it's finally finished, is pure joy.

The essence of leadership is not giving things or even providing visions. It is offering oneself and one's spirit.

The Web as I envisaged it, we have not seen it yet. The future is still so much bigger than the past.

My children are the reason I laugh, smile and want to get up every morning.

Are you going to let the obstacles in your life be stumbling blocks or stepping stones? Choose the positive. You are the master of your attitude.

The more we deny that we have a dark side, the more power it has over us.

To solve big problems you have to be willing to do unpopular things.

Game fish are too valuable to be caught only once.

Work for your own soul's sake.

We've all got out self-destructive bad habits, the trick is to find four or five you personally like the best and just do those all the time.

Marry...into a family that will enable your children to feel proud of both sides of the house.

You don't need to be born with a silver spoon to reach for the brass ring

Don't ignore the five senses in search of a sixth.

A militia, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves... and include all men capable of bearing arms.

Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire.

We need diversity of thought in the world to face the new challenges.

I loved autumn, the one season of the year that God seemed to have put there just for the beauty of it.

A teacher is never a giver of truth; he is a guide, a pointer to the truth that each student must find for himself.

If you are a child of God, know that every promise in the Bible is yours.

In the middle of chaos lies opportunity.

You can tell a story clearly in the storyboards, but if you don't keep the correct focus in the animation, it can be ruined.

Emotion can be the enemy, if you give into your emotion, you lose yourself. You must be at one with your emotion, because the body always follows the mind.

I like whiskey. I always did, and that is why I never drink it.

Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen.

It seems that we learn lessons when we least expect them but always when we need them the most, and, the true gift in these lessons always lies in the learning process itself.

We are so much more powerful and important than we realize. In each moment that we connect with another, we have the opportunity to etch a memory into their heart.

I am two of the most powerful words; for what you put after them shapes your reality.

The true test of a person's character is how they treat the people in life that they don't need.