J.P. Martin Quotes

If I ever saw an amputee getting hanged, I'd probably just start calling out letters.

The rights of no oppressed people have ever yet been obtained by a voluntary act of justice on the part of the oppressors.

Although idea and form are ultimately paramount in my work, so too are chance, accident, and rawness.

I would like to collaborate with Lana Del Rey . She just has the perfect voice! I love it.

Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us.

NO ONE is immune to the trials and tribulations of life.

Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice.

Tell me how you read and I'll tell you who you are.

Don't let anybody make you think that God chose America as his divine, messianic force to be a sort of policeman of the whole world.

Nothing good ever comes of violence.

Music comes from a place we don't know.

The reason I can't follow the old eye-for-an-eye philosophy is that it ends up leaving everyone blind.

It's not what you achieve in life, but who you become as a person due to those achievements.

As a child I had terrible asthma.

The true horrors of human history derive not from orcs and Dark Lords, but from ourselves.

A know-it-all is a person who knows everything except for how annoying he is.

Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God's children.

You could say I'm a mod, but with a small 'm'; I don't wear a parka, but I do question what I wear and what I listen to, which is what it's all about.

I believe the United States should allow all foreigners in this country, provided they can speak our native language... Apache.

Cellular phones will absolutely not replace local wire systems.

Name anything - high-definition TV, computer obsolescence - and I'm pretty much annoyed by it.

You go into flow when your highest strengths are deployed to meet the highest challenges that come your way.

The human being is not the lord of beings, but the shepherd of Being.

When a man has made peace within himself, he will be able to make peace in the whole world.

I'm not posh or common, I'm in between.

Chinese culture has a lot of virtues that are tremendously valuable to not only us as Asian-Americans, but also the world in general.

A riot is the language of the unheard.

Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.

The Lord of Winterfell would always be a Stark

Cool to me is following what you believe in.

I'd rather be a comma than a full stop.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

You can see in my paintings, I've taken away the context, I've taken away the shadows, I've taken away expression, I've taken away the personal, and yet so much remains!

Nonviolent resistance makes it possible for the Negro to remain in the South and struggle for his rights. The Negro's problem will not be solved by running away.

Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.

It’s all right to tell a man to lift himself by his own bootstraps, but it is cruel jest to say to a bootless man that he ought to lift himself by his own bootstraps.

Be so good they can't ignore you.

The only time a man can be brave is when he is afraid.

You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say

I'm kind of quiet but when I put my helmet on, it's like you flip a switch. I'm ready to go.

I'm trying to broaden the scope of positive psychology well beyond the smiley face. Happiness is just one-fifth of what human beings choose to do.

If you can't tell a spoon from a ladle, then you're fat!

People often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it's served up.

The Premier club in the Premier League - that is Manchester United!

Some people are into bondage... and some people are into crossdressing.. . and some people are into Coldplay. It's okay, I don't mind being a fetish.

If your plan isn't working, adjust your plan. Never give up.

Everyone can walk and talk. Your job is to create magic.

Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children.

Commit yourself to the noble struggle for human rights. You will make a greater person of yourself, a greater nation of your country and a finer world to live in.

There is no room for God in him who is full of himself.