M. Jackson Quotes

I have less compassion than the average human.

The Earth we share is not just a rock tossed through space, but a living, nurturing being. She cares for us, she deserves our care in return.

Some friends, you only see them when the sun shines.. My fans sustained me even in dark days. I owe them everything.

It's appalling that there have to be movements organized to give human beings the right to be human beings in the eyes of other human beings.

If you're not doin anything and you don't have goals and you got nothing to do then you might as well go jump off something, you just wasting the air.

It's not your job to get people to like you, it's your job to like people.

All women should understand that a mammogram is nothing to be afraid of. It's not an enemy but a friend. Early detection is the key to the cure.

I never allowed my fear to limit me.

I've learned that every great achievement was once considered impossible

The hardships of forced marches are often more painful than the dangers of battle

People who actually have money don't want to talk about it. They want to talk about everything else.

I'm not trying to be philosophical, but I really think it's my job to help children. And I don't care if people laugh.

Planet Earth, gentle and blue With all my heart, I love you. Dancing the Dream by Michael Jackson

The event itself is so extraordinary that another chapter could be added to the Bible to chronicle its significance.

I need you. I need you to hate, so I can use you for your energy

Marrying an old bachelor is like buying second-hand furniture.

I just wish I could understand my father.

If you want me to sing this Christmas song with the feeling and the meaning, you better see if you can locate that check.

There is nothing so skillful in its own defense as imperious pride.

I had to overcome challenge after challenge in order to take my life from nothing to living my dreams.

Today painters do not have to go to a subject matter outside of themselves. Most modern painters work from a different source. They work from within.

When starting out, don't worry about not having enough money. Limited funds are a blessing, not a curse. Nothing encourages creative thinking in quite the same way.

I am Peter Pan. He represents youth, childhood, never growing up, magic, flying.

If the KKK was smart enough, they would've created gangsta rap because it's such a caricature of black culture and black masculinity.

Those who follow are always behind.

Mature love is composed and sustaining; a celebration of commitment, companionship, and trust.

I've had to live with women all my life. I grew up with four older sisters, and I was the baby and the only boy.

In real life, women dont enjoy being degraded and treated like objects/receptacles.

If you came to see the truth, the purity, it's here inside a lonely heart.

Deep down inside we're all the same. We all have the same emotions.

I find in animals the same thing I find so wonderful in children. That purity, that honesty, where they don't judge you, they just want to be your friend. I think that is so sweet.

A thug is what I want and a thug is what I need. And my friends don't understand, and I think it's jealousy.

Even the toughest guys are afraid to be anything outside of the toughest guys.

To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while. Your children need your presence more than your presents.

My grandmother, she's been the positive portion of my life the entire time. She raised us Baptist, and when I got old enough to say I didn't want to go to church, she didn't force me. She was cool.

I think justice is important because there are many injustices in the world and I hate injustice.

Real charity is giving from the heart without taking credit.

That's all Hymie wants to talk about is Israel. Every time you go to Hymietown that's all they want to talk about.

My mother and father have brought us up to respect everyone with the same equal love and honor them, and you're supposed to honor your profession.

That’s why I hate to take credit for the songs I’ve written. I feel that somewhere, someplace, it’s been done and I’m just a courier bringing it into the world.

Inflation hasn't ruined everything. A dime can still be used as a screwdriver.

Great things happen in small places. Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Jesse Jackson was born in Greenville.

Basketball is sharing.

Basketball is a simple game. Your goal is penetration, get the ball close to the basket, and there are three ways to do that. Pass, dribble and offensive rebound.

I've got to make it to heaven; for going through hell.

It takes 50 years to get a wrong idea out of medicine, and 100 years a right one into medicine.

I grew up reading Shakespeare and Mark Twain.

I'm just like anyone. I cut and I bleed. And I embarass easily.

People are my religion/Because I believe in them.

Just doing as well as you did last time is not good enough.