J. A. London Quotes

My signature style is super uniformed. I like black pants, black blazers, and boots.

His bondage had softened him. Irresponsibility had weakened him. He had forgotten how to shift for himself. The night yawned about him.

Less is more. I truly believe in buying a few pieces with better construction.

All metallics are neutrals. So it is absolutely fine to mix gold and silver; you just want it to look like it has purpose.

Smart beauty is about looking your best and feeling your best and never overpaying for it.

The Law is a lie, and through it men lie most shamelessly.

I understand when u feel overwhelmed style is the 1st thing to go, but its also the 1st thing you can pick back up to get you back on track.

If it's a terrible script, it's a terrible bore.

I'm sure any vocal teacher that listens to me would rather cut my throat than do anything.

Thus it was that in obedience to the law laid down by his mother, and in obedience to the law of that unknown and nameless thing, fear, he kept away from the mouth of the cave.

It was the worst hurt he had ever known.

They were firemakers! They were gods! [humans]

You look back and see how hard you worked and how poor you were, and how desperately anxious you were to succeed, and all you can remember is how happy you were.

San Francisco is gone. Nothing remains of it but memories.

Meaning, not beauty, is what we are after.

I have a hard time watching myself! Usually I do the work, and then I leave it. So I pretend like I'm not on TV every week.

I do remember being teased by my cousins on my mom's side for not being black enough. And then I'd spend the summer with my dad and be sent to all white summer camps where I was 'that black girl.'

One cannot violate the promptings of one's nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.

I write for no other purpose than to add to the beauty that now belongs to me. I write a book for no other reason than to add three or four hundred acres to my magnificent estate.

A lot of young kids like myself use Instagram because it has swag - its more personal, and your friends generate it.

The loneliness of the man is slowly being borne in upon me. There is not a man aboard but hates or fears him, nor is there a man whom he does not despise.

Denied the outlet, through play, of his energies, he recoiled upon himself and developed his mental processes. He became cunning; he had idle time in which to devote himself to thoughts of trickery.

The greatest of the arts is the conquering of men.

Some sorts of truth are truer than others.

If you only have work clothes - the black trouser and ribbed turtleneck you got four years ago at the Gap - you're not participating in your own style personality.

I love Barbra Streisand. Anybody who knows me knows I just love her, love her, love her!

Poverty frees them from ordinary standards of behaviour, just as money frees people from work.

Not all the monsters have fangs.

Why could we say more to each other when it counted less?

I remember in the fifth grade my dad would take me to Manhattan to shop for clothes.

Shout-out to my dad - he influenced my style when I was 17.

I like connecting with people through technology.

As one grows weaker one is less susceptible to suffering. There is less hurt because there is less to hurt.

I might want to open a hotel and design all the rooms. Or maybe a museum that lets me curate all the events.

Style can change your look, certainly, but it can also change your life.

I collect a lot of clothes when I travel around the world.

I need to travel, of course, with my laptop, so I can do my business on the road.

A man with a club [bat] is a law-maker, a man to be obeyed, but not necessarily conciliated.

I don't need to hang out in a posse and try to act cool.

I always imagined how cool it would be to be the face of a Gap campaign!

Death and burial were a public spectacle. Shakespeare may have seen for himself the gravediggers at St Ann's, Soho, playing skittles with skulls and bones.

You have to let go of who you were to allow yourself to become who you are.

Whatever I receive from a higher power gets me pumped, which gets the crowd pumped, which gets me more pumped, and then we're just pumped up.

A lot of people in my life are getting sick or potentially going to get sick from tobacco.

I've never dreamed of being famous. The idea of it really scares me.

If I am still doing what I'm doing and I still have respect in this town, haven't done anything completely and utterly stupid, then I'll be happy with myself.

I know I'm happy and can't wait to see where my career will go next. This isn't the end for any of us. I can understand why they are upset but I want them to move forward and look for the future.

6 is all about getting your house in order and I mean that metaphorically.

Under so much pressure and the situation that I was in, that was the personality that came across with me.

And my little sister died when she was 16.