M. Jackson Quotes

I'm interested in making a path instead of following a trail, and that's what I want to do in life - in everything I do.

My deepest gratitude to the Creator for His gift to me...the joy I receive in creating my music.

You dont have to hold on to the pain, to hold on to the memory.

I want my work to help people rediscover the child that's hiding in them.

Your cameras can't control the minds of those who know, that you'll even sell your soul just to get a story sold.

Damned indecision and cursed pride.

America has been another name for opportunity.

How would I like to be remembered? As a person who came and brought light to the world, some escapism. Also as the voice for the voiceless children, because I love them.

Peace. That's what I want all around the world, everywhere I go I always do the peace sign with my fingers.

Feeling free, let us fly, into the boundless, beyond the sky, for we were born to never die.

Your thoughts are as free as any bird

I was taught to be Biblical: “Forgive them for they know not what they do.

A big mistake people make when they are trying to lose weight is that they stop eating. They'll eat salads once a day and then their body starts trying to protect itself and holds onto the fat.

Be like children , Not childish BUT childlike.

When I am in my painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing.

My men have sometimes failed to take a position, but to defend one, never!

My past is my shadow, it follows me everywhere I go. Well, all those things come from when I had no other choice. They put my back against the wall. I do what I gotta do.

Everybody's life has these moments, where one thing leads to another. Some are big and obvious and some are small and seemingly insignificant.

I love surprising people with a present or a gift or a stage performance or anything.

I yield to no man in sympathy for the gallant men under my command; but I am obliged to sweat them tonight, so that I may save their blood tomorrow.

Filmmaking for me is always aiming for the imaginary movie and never achieving it.

I love composing and writing music and dancing and performing and conceptualizing creatively for visual mediums. I love to create.

There is danger that, if the Court does not temper its doctrinaire logic with a little practical wisdom, it will convert the constitutional Bill of Rights into a suicide pact.

When I came here, I put my hand on the Bible and swore to uphold the Constitution. I didn't put my hand on the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible.

That's what's great about show business. It's escapism. You pay your five bucks to get in and sit there and you're in another world. Forget about the problems in the world. It's wonderful.

I love you all very; very much and I shall never, ever forget you, I promise.

We must never surrender. America will get better and better. Keep hope alive. Keep hope alive.

It [abstract art] should be enjoyed just as music is enjoyed after a while you may like it or you may not.

In politics, an organized minority is a political majority.

My fans truly are a part of me, we share something that most people will never experience.

Dogs have their day but cats have 365.

Everyone who knows me will know the truth, which is that my children come first in my life and that I would never harm any child.

If you meet the Buddha in the lane, feed him the ball.

Politics is not perfect but it's the best available nonviolent means of changing how we live.

The agriculture we seek will act like an ecosystem, feature material recycling and run on the contemporary sunlight of our star.

If I'm not creating, I'm not as happy.

At the end of the day, we're defined by our predicament, not by the sides of town.

You can't hurt me, I found peace within myself.

The great responsibility that we have today is to put the poor and the near poor back on front of the American agenda.

No matter how old you get, hug and kiss your mother whenever you greet her.

People always say the abused abuse and it is not true. I am totally the opposite.

The thing that I love most about being on stage is making people happy...It's my job to do that, and I enjoy it.

Be the best at what you do. Get to know more about your field than anybody alive.

what comes around goes around.

It is better to give a lick than receive one.

Out of the bliss comes magic, wonderment and creativity.

I want people to appreciate talent and ability.

Always have something beautiful in sight, even if it's just a daisy in a jelly glass

On many occasions when I am dancing I've felt touched by something sacred. In those moments, I felt my spirit soar and become one with everything that exists !

Love your work, then you will find pleasure in mastering it.