J.M. Williams Quotes

The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying, 'Give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses.' She's got a baseball bat and yelling, 'You want a piece of me?'

You are one of one. None before and none to come. That what makes you different, makes you beautiful.

Most people can stay excited for two or three months. A few people can stay excited for two or three years. But a winner will stay excited for twenty or thirty years...or as long as it takes to win.

I'd love to spit some Beechnut in that dude's eye and shoot him with my ole forty-five.

Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.

Fashion has to reflect who you are, what you feel at the moment, and where you're going.

The job of the poet is to use language effectively, his own language, the only language which is to him authentic.

In order to do great things, you must be unafraid to recreate yourself. You can't do that holding on to a glory from yesterday.

I don't know if anybody can second-guess what they will do on Capitol Hill.

Contrary to popular belief, Americans don't hate advertising.

The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that's also a hypocrite!

The weight of love Has buoyed me up Till my head Knocks against the sky.

Life is an unanswered question, but let's still believe in the dignity and importance of the question.

First thing I do [in the morning] is thank the master. I thank God every day.

I just never give up. I fight to the end. You can't go out and say, 'I want a bag of never-say-die spirit.' It's not for sale. It has to be innate.

Despair shows us the limit of our imagination. Imaginations shared create collaboration, collaboration creates community, and community inspires social change.

Some were beggars, some were kings, and some were masters of the arts. But in their shame they're all the same, these men with broken hearts.

As birds' wings beat the solid air without which none could fly so words freed by the imagination affirm reality by their flight.

Boys, you must strive to find your own voice, because the longer you wait to begin the less likely you are to find it at all.

Look at the walls of Pompeii. That's what got the internet started.

Music is the balm that heals the forlorn ache of a distant star.

Finding beauty in a broken world is creating beauty in the world we find.

Win with your heart, not your head - win on emotion, not in logic; have a passion about what you do; nobody wants a boss, everybody wants a coach.

At some point we must make a decision not to allow the mere threat of charges of cultural or religious insensitivity to stop us from dealing with this evil

I don't believe that people should take their own lives without deep and thoughtful reflection over a considerable period of time. (suicide note)

It is not fair to be old, to put on a brown sweater.

You will have bad times, but they will always wake you up to the stuff you weren't paying attention to.

A smart man makes a mistake, learns from it, and never makes that mistake again.But a wise man finds a smart man and learns from him how to avoid the mistake altogether.

Always be suspicious of those who pretend to know it all, claim their way is the best way and are willing to force their way on the rest of us.

My first poem was a bolt from the blue … it broke a spell of disillusion and suicidal despondence. ... it filled me with soul satisfying joy.

There is nothing beginning nor end to the imagination but it delights in its own seasons reversing the usual order at will.

No boy is worth your teenage years!.

Men's consciences ought in no sort to be violated, urged, or constrained.

If you want to surf, move to Hawaii. If you like to shop, move to New York. If you like acting and Hollywood, move to California. But if you like college football, move to Texas.

When you're an outsider or a misfit, if you play it smart, your motto should be, 'I'll show 'em. I will show you.'

Okra is the closest thing to nylon I've ever eaten. It's like they bred cotton with a green bean. Okra, tastes like snot. The more you cook it, the more it turns into string.

A prayer for the wild at heart kept in cages.

Most of all, I want to thank my father, up there, the man who when I said I wanted to be an actor, he said, 'Wonderful. Just have a back-up profession like welding.'

I'm fascinated by the whole concept of snake handling. When you read about the Pentecostal snake handlers, what strikes you the most is their commitment.

Maybe I'm stupid or whatever, but to me if I got a concussion, if I could see straight and I could carry a football then I'm not telling anybody.

What I consider to be peace [is] a sustainable peace in which the majority of people on this planet have access to enough resources to live dignified lives.

I thought lacrosse was what you find in la church.

I went on the courts with just a ball and a racket and a hope...and that's all I had.

Wealth is of the heart and mind, not the pocket

Sometimes life gives us lessons sent in ridiculous packaging.

Of course there is nothing that cannot be done incorrectly.

Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way.

We know grooming is important for people. To get their hair done, to get makeup and things like that - that makes a person feel better.

If they don't have the Grand Ole Opry, like they do in Tennessee, just send me to hell or New York City, it would be about the same to me.

You know what music is - a harmonic connection between all living beings.