Jo Jones Quotes

A wise person does not fear the edges and fringes, but studies them. Indeed, he or she is often in them, working to make change happen.

I've always been a feminist, and what I love in my work is being able to explore a full-sided woman and not patronize her.

Peter's fear of the animals which were shown him was probably not a directly conditioned fear.

It's ridiculous for a woman to say that she's not attracted to other women. That's completely false.

When you're believing in the person that you're playing, you feel protected. It's about being true to that person you're playing.

There is absolutely no inevitability as long as there is the willingness to think.

My teachers treated me as a diamond in the rough, someone who needed smoothing.

The writings of leading ID proponents reveal that the designer postulated by their argument is the God of Christianity.

If you want a midget to look like a baby, don’t put a cigar in his mouth.

The Beatles set the rules. And the rules were: now just because we have long hair doesn't mean that we're rebellious.

We must not confuse distortion with innovation; distortion is useless change, art is beneficial change.

It used to be 65 when you went into retirement. Before that, when you got into your 50s, you were getting older.

I've plenty of bows to my string.

You weren't going to the theatre to change the world, but you had a chance to affect the world, the thinking and the feelings of the world.

Writing can give full meaning to characters and avoid pure stereotype.

To have no vision of your own means living the vision of someone else.

And I got a lot of friends in Hollywood.

Nothing exciting ever happens to me.

Perhaps the true mark of a leader is that she or he is willing to stand alone.

I was full of fire when I was young. I wanted to attack anything.

When my daughter was born she had jaundice, she was small, round and yellow. we called her Melony.

I wanted to be a jockey.

I got arrested for playing chess in the street. I said, it's because I'm black, isn't it.

I chose the trombone because the trombone players in the marching band got to be up front with the majorettes (because of the slides) and I loved that!

I was as content Off-Broadway as I was in a big Hollywood movie, and, I just try to be content wherever I am, you know.

Failure is what you may need to eventually succeed.

A sheriff arrested me. I could be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure my men-in-uniform fetish began that day. The sheriff was hot. And he handcuffed me. I've never been the same.

A whole lot of the way identity politics has gone seems to me to deny empathy.

No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.

Forgetting your mission leads, inevitably, to getting tangled up in details-details that can take you completely off your path.

All men are created equal. After that, it's up to you.

I am only (lim.it.ed), limited by what I believe is possible.

What's your specialty? Oh, you know. Madness. Mayhem. Debauchery. And even with all that going for me, I can still make a mean mojito.

As a child, I always liked dressing up and getting into character, and actors are lucky in being able to retain that playfulness, though we do seem to find it hard to grow up.

No one asked me to be an actor, so no one owed me. There was no entitlement.

Success will not happen through (os.mo.sis), osmosis.

Bad friends could ruin your whole life. Be wise when it comes to choosing your friends. You set the standard. You be the one who stands strong. Don't be a follower.

[When it comes to God] We can't run out of second chances...only time.

You're the only one that can put pressure on yourself... No one else can put pressure on you. It's self-inflicted. For me, I just want to go out and play football.

I was raised in Chicago and I guess that was one of the special breeding grounds for gangsters of all colors. That was the Detroit of the gangster world. The car industry was thugs.

The main trouble with being an honest man was that it lost you all your illusions.

Look at me - I was the boo boy for years and years. Did I ever think I would end up in Hollywood or the FA Cup final? No, I didn't.

I'm a terrible cook. I am not allowed to go in the kitchen anymore after I almost burned down the apartment in New York.

You have typewriters, presses. And a huge audience. How about raising hell?

He taught me the difference between a good single malt whisky and a bad one.

I'm not afraid of the press or the Militia.

Our society has got to evolve and create better ways of living.

Arts is just as important as military defense, you know? Emotional defense is just as important.

I'm trying to simplify my life, I guess that's my latest project.

China's got a billion people and a hit record over there is a million records. You know that ain't right.