J.J. Brown Quotes

Is it not possible that we are still living in the Dark Ages, still mocking the suggestion of 'mystical' forces that we cannot see or comprehend.

Ladies and gentlemen.” He [Jabba] sighed. “Meet the kamikaze of computer invaders...the worm.

Langdon whispered to Vittoria. 'Ever fire anything other than a tranquilizer gun?' 'Don't you trust me?' 'Trust you? I barely know you.' Vittoria frowned. 'And here I thought we were newly-weds.

My father could argue two sides of a Möbius Strip.

I learned early on not to listen to either critique - the people who love you or the people who don't like you.

What's the matter?'' She immediately started laughin. ''What's the mattter? Everything is the matter! Rocks! Trees! Atoms! Even anteaters! Everything is the matter!

Suggesting a married Jesus is one thing, but questioning the Resurrection undermines the very heart of Christian belief.

My sincere hope is that 'The Da Vinci Code,' in addition to entertaining people, will serve as an open door to begin their own explorations.

Everyone thinks that religion is the ball and chain. But the reality is that sin is the ball and chain. A relationship with Christ is the freedom that people are looking for in alcohol and drugs.

Nothing in Christianity is original.

The act of tattooing one's skin was a tranformative declaration of power, an announcment to the world: I am in control of my own flesh.

I remember devouring the entire Hardy Boys series over one summer, enthralled by their bravery and cleverness.

We did not have a television while I was growing up, and so I read voraciously. My earliest memory of being utterly transfixed by a book was Madeleine L'Engle's 'A Wrinkle in Time.

To fly or not to fly, that's the question.

I write slowly. I actually write quickly, but I throw out so much material.

I would have thought you'd import an English staff?" "Good heavens, no! I would not wish a British chef on anyone except the French tax collectors.

Force a hand, the voice warned, and it will fight you. But convince a mind to think as you want it to think, and you have an ally.

I don't read horror, ever. When I was 15, I made the mistake of reading part of 'The Exorcist.' It was the first and last horror book I've ever opened.

It's not about what you tell the reader, it's about what you conceal.

I didn't understand how funny this play Much Ado About Nothing truly was until I became an English teacher and had to teach it. There is no wittier dialogue anywhere.

One final bit of advice. The next time a senior administrator of the CIA tells you she has a national-security crisis Leave the bullshit in Cambridge.

This life is what I always wanted. I had a vision of our happiness.

My lawyers will fricassee your testicles for breakfast. And if you dare board my plane without a warrant, your spleen will follow.

I don't know where I would place myself in the literary landscape. I really just write the book that I would want to read. And I put on the blinders, and I really - it is, for me, that simple.

I think one reason my books have found mainstream success is that they're written from a skeptical point of view.

I will not write a lame follow-up. It could take me 20 years. But I will never turn in a book that I'm not happy with.

I'm from my hood, and everybody knows me in my neighborhood, and that's cool, I can do what I want over there, but in other people's neighborhoods, I can't.

I would never design anything. I just think that's kind of wack. I hated every rapper fashion line that ever came out, you know what I'm saying? I would never try.

If I'm over a song two weeks after I made it, I'm not going to put it out. It has to last months.

I love Michigan, to be honest. I don't think I'd live nowhere else. It's cheap! This is Detroit. A little bit of nothing gets you a lot of something.

In terms of fashion, I think the biggest influence that I had was my father. My pops, he was really into men's fashion and read all of the magazines.

The librarians know the secrets, not the historians

Drugs have played no significant factor in my life.

My big goal in life is to prove people wrong.

I think the sensible thing would be to focus on one thing and be the best you can be at it. There is always that risk of spreading yourself too thin if you try to do too much.

I respect anyone who's honest to themselves and able to bring that into their work in an entertaining fashion.

I try not to make social consciousness a massive part of my music or comedy because I prefer to be an entertainer first and foremost, then do actual grassroots work when I can.

Standup is tough; if you are going through a hard period in your life, it is very hard to get up in front of people and be the happy guy in the room.

No wonder this circuit failed. It says 'Made in Japan'.

There is no better education than rap battling in terms of performance. It makes you fearless.

In show business, never underestimate the power of saying "no".

My shows will always be inspired by hip hop culture and my upbringing within it.

I got into music via the competitions; the first time I ever performed was in a kind of rap battle, competing for money.

I'm proud of most of the stuff I've put out and I hope my kids will look at it long after I'm gone and go, "hey, Daddy was cool once!"

There is only one thing that could make me near homicidal. Yeah - this is called My Proper Tea.

When I slid into comedy, naturally the first thing I said was, "hello, I am a washed up rapper."

I'll just keep going till people get disinterested. It's what I was born to do and thankfully, people have shown an interest. I never do anything to be famous.

If you are successful because of Hip Hop, which I am, then you have to recognize that Hip Hop is nothing if not a product of the street, therefore you have to give something back.

Disinformation about the state of climate change science is extraordinarily if not criminally irresponsible.

I've known lots of people that are talented and nothing happens. It's not about talent, it's relentless drive.