J.J. Brown Quotes

But who is more ignorant? The man who cannot define lightning, or the man who does not respect its awesome power?

Time is a river, and books are boats.

Today is today. But there are many tomorrows

General Lee, this is no place for you. These men behind you are Georgians and Virginians. They have never failed you and will not fail you here. Will you boys?

When you are not pursuing your goal, you are literally committing spiritual suicide.

You're either living your dreams, or living your fears.

When we numb [hard feelings], we numb joy, we numb gratitude, we numb happiness.

We are at a critical point where rapid change is forcing us to look not just to new ways of solving problems but to new problems to solve.

Some people live life and others talk about it.

I'm a ghetto man who made good. I never forgot where I came from and who put me on top - God and Jack The Rapper.

Organic farming is about buying out of a corrupt, illegal and dishonest system.

I will defend everybody, every man, woman and child who's come to California for a better life and has contributed to the well-being of our state.

About all you can do in life is be who you are.

You cannot legislate an attitude.

Becoming a grandmother is wonderful. One moment you're just a mother. The next you are all-wise and prehistoric.

Jazz is something you have to feel, something you have to live.

No matter how good you are, at top pf your game, always remember that you're a half a step away from the street.

There was no publicity. You had to like it. There was no pressure, just great competition. The attitude of the coaches and players was exceptional.

You decide every day who you will and will not be. Be bold in your decision but remember, choose wisely.

Too many people, right now are playing it small. If you want to be SUCCESSFUL, Live BIG, Think BIG, & make every day of your life COUNT!

Don't try to imitate other coaches. Be your own person with your own style and do your own thing.

...you could be the best team or the best player in different generations and people respect each other. Nobody cares who was the best.

The money's always been on the table. We could have took that money any time we wanted - every year, two, three times a year we've had offers, all the way down the line.

If you doubted your fears instead of doubting your dreams, imagine how much in life you'd accomplish.

I could fully express myself in lacrosse.

Thank God for the journey.

All I demand for the black man is, that the white people shall take their heels off his neck, and let him have a chance to rise by his own efforts.

Even to me the issue of "stay small, sweet, quiet, and modest" sounds like an outdated problem, but the truth is that women still run into those demands whenever we find and use our voices.

Laughing brains are more absorbent.

Evil can be a teacher, if you look at the wisdom of its negative power.

Knowledge is a tool, and like all tools, its impact is in the hands of the user.

I must be free... free to do what I like, say what I like, write what I like, within the limits prescribed for me by my own sense of what is seemly and fitting.

Without the story - in which everyone living, unborn and dead, participates - men are no more than bits of paper blown on the cold wind.

I've parked my solo thing in a lay-by and jumped in another vehicle and I'm in that now.

If you can't return a favor, pass it on.

Cooking is an observation-based process that you can't do if you're so completely focused on a recipe.

Odd how much it hurts when a friend moves away- and leaves behind only silence.

No matter how old you get, hug and kiss your mother whenever you greet her.

Dull magic is a collection of tricks: great magic should sting.

Instead of asking WHY you had to do it, how about just thanking Him for safely bringing you THROUGH it.

A good life happens when you stop and are grateful for the ordinary moments that so many of us just steamroll over to try to find those extraordinary moments.

We'll keep writing and if it hits our standards we'll go with it. We're not here to destroy anything. It's as precious to us as it is for someone who's followed us for years.

You got to live for yourself, yourself and nobody else.

Science tells me God must exist. My mind tells me I will never understand God. And my heart tells me I am not meant to.

Whatever it takes, prove to yourself right now, that you deserve the wildest of dreams that you could ever imagine. BUT........... Only if you are willing to bleed, sweat and work for it.

People are starting to understand the other side's perspective and that's where empathy can sort of begin - once you quit judging other people but just understand where they're coming from.

In golf, a player can step and mar the line of his adversary's putt. A player can also hit his adversary or his caddie intentionally with his ball and claim the hole - but it isn't usually done.

Wholehearted living is not like trying to reach a destination. It's like walking toward a star in the sky. We never really 'arrive,' but we certainly know that we're heading in the right direction.

I've always wondered, like, what is so masculine about abstraction? How did men get the ownership over this?

Allow yourself to experience fully every step of the journey, both the joy and the pain. You're alive. Greet the moment at hand with a grateful heart.