J.J. Brown Quotes

Be smarter than other people, just don't tell them so.

The difficult thing is that vulnerability is the first thing I look for in you and the last thing I'm willing to show you. In you, it's courage and daring. In me, it's weakness.

Remember that a gesture of friendship, no matter how small, is always appreciated.

First and foremost, we need to be the adults we want our children to be. We should watch our own gossiping and anger. We should model the kindness we want to see.

Remember that life's big changes rarely give advance warning.

Learning the truth has become my life's love.

When God made man she was practicing.

You can only write by putting words on a paper one at a time.

It seemed there was always a close correlation between true believers and high body counts.

Darkness feeds on apathy.

Dean: Don't you find that somewhat of an aberration? Doesn't this disturb you my dear? After all, it's not normal. Molly: I know it's not normal for people in this world to be happy, and I'm happy.

Oh well, maybe the only beauty left in cities is in the oil slicks on the road and maybe there isn't any beauty left in the people who live in these places.

Fear does not have any special power unless you empower it by submitting to it.

I'm sure you could have. Fending off unwanted male attention is a skill every attractive woman must acquire. But you're also a lady who was reluctant to cause a scene.. (Hammond Cross)

To the Indians it seemed that these Europeans hated everything in nature - the living forests and their birds and beasts, the grassy grades, the water, the soil, the air itself.

It's in our biology to trust what we see with our eyes. This makes living in a carefully edited, overproduced and photoshopped world very dangerous.

The greatest story ever told is, in fact, the greatest story ever sold

Be tough minded but tenderhearted.

One of the reasons we judge each other so harshly in this world of parenting is because... we perceive anyone else who's doing anything differently than what we're doing as criticizing our choices.

You can point to the alleged miracles of the Bible, or any other religious text, but they are nothing but old stories fabricated by man and then exaggerated over time.

People adjust their behavior to fit the society they live in. They integrate because they have to. But what they are on the inside doesn't change.

I think the reason I choose the comic approach so often is because it's harder, therefore affording me the opportunity to show off.

It is said that in death, all things become clear.

Book publishing would be so much easier without the authors.

PHI is one H of a lot cooler than PI!

I think of birth as the search for a larger apartment.

I would say I'm an inspirational guidelines book. You can take my life story or scenarios or songs and relate to them and apply them to your everyday life.

My style icons would be people like Brigitte Bardot and old Hollywood actresses who always look so stunning, cool and chic. I like classic and timeless looks.

I still get up every morning at 4 A.M. I write seven days a week, including Christmas. And I still face a blank page every morning, and my characters don't really care how many books I've sold.

I write seven days a week, starting at 4 o'clock in the morning, including Christmas.

There is no music that can't be used politically, but the motives behind the creation of that music can be non-political.

I have nothing but sympathy for the people who are forced to work with me. I'm better now at picking out those that want to play that game with me, and those that don't.

I bought a selection of short, romantic fiction novels, studied them, decided that I had found a formula and then wrote a book that I figured was the perfect story. Thank goodness it was rejected.

I don't know whether you have any rights before you're born. All I know is that being born again doesn't entitle you to twice as many.

Don’t use the language of ‘good’ or ‘bad’ when talking about blood sugar numbers – these are data points, not judgments of your ability to manage your diabetes.

Persistence and discipline. Without those two, you have nothing, no matter how talented you are.

I don't think I'm ever afraid, but I doubt myself often. Because of that doubt, I constantly strive to make myself better.

My best business decision was becoming a writer as well as a director, and learning all aspects of the filmmaking craft. My worst business decision was licensing music that I don't own.

Storytelling excites me. Nothing gets me more juiced up than having an impact on people.

Your patience will be rewarded.

The turkey - my number one thing that people don't get is take that sucker out of the refrigerator about three hours before you plan on cooking it.

I'm too tired to hate.

Unless your kid is Pele Jr., they're not going to be able to feed themselves from soccer. If your kid knows how to play soccer, but not make dinner, you have done them a disservice.

My advice: write down everything you eat. It's amazing what that "self honesty" can do for you. (Do you really want to have to confess that doughnut? I thought not.)

Racism. It's ugly. Even in tubers.

Wine is like women. It tempts you; it comforts you; it confuses you and can even turn on you when you least expect it. It can be your friend one day and your enemy the next.

You know most of the food that Americans hold so dear - things like hamburgers and hot dogs - were road food, but even before they were road food, they were peasant food.

I can’t talk about anything or write about anything if I don’t understand it. So a lot of the stuff that I go through and a lot of the time that I spend is understanding.

Laminated Lettuce ... perfect for holiday gift giving.

All that [replacing of fat] does is lead to dissatisfaction and I think that dissatisfaction results in overeating.