Ti West Quotes

Martin King was fundamentally committed to the least of these [poor, working people]. Of course, he was a Christian soldier for justice from the 25th chapter of Matthew.

The legacy of [Martin Luther] King is the very thing that must be expanded if America is to be free and democratic in the 21st century. It's just as simple as that.

Homophobia is very, very difficult to root out, to extricate. That's why we have to bear witness. That's why we have to be so public about it, and that's why we can't just play footsie with it.

There is no such thing as institutional conditions without any individual actions and no such thing as individual action without institutional conditions. So there is always personal responsibility.

Dates in Calendar are Closer Than They Appear! Time is what keeps everything from happening at once. Keep a diary, and someday it'll keep you.

I'm only stopped by people in uniform, whether it's customs people, janitors, or the FBI - they all watch The Wire. Sadly, beautiful, glamorous women don't know anything about it.

While watching the New Orleans Saints (on television), I got angry and punched my bed, and then my remote control flew up and hit me in the head. My girlfriend didn't stop laughing for an hour.

Clothing should be like food. There should never be a $5000 sweater. You know what should cost $5000? A car.

Dennis Thatcher, husband of Margaret Thatcher, when asked who wore the pants in his house, said "I do, and I also wash and iron them." I only like two kinds of men; domestic and foreign.

Love is the only industry which can't operate on a five-day week.

It takes more courage to examine the dark corners of your own soul than it does for a soldier to fight on the battlefield.

Personality is the most important thing to an actress's success.

The censors wouldn't even let me sit on a guy's lap, and I've been on more laps than a table-napkin.

The hardest animal was the vulture. But the horses were great, the dog was great [in Valley of Violence]. It was really easy.

The idea of Kanye and vanity are like, synonymous.

Poor Mary Ann! She gave the guy an inch and now he thinks he's a ruler.

A girl in the convertible is worth five in the phone book.

Whenever y'all are in the store from and y'all are trying to decide whether or not to get something, think if you saw me wear it before or not, and if I have, then it's okay.

One of my biggest Achilles’ heels has been my ego. And if I, Kanye West, the very person, can remove my ego, I think there’s hope for everyone.

I'm talkin' about us, the new slaves, the people who love fashion. I'm talking about us, you know? 'Cause I'm a slave to it. I love it.

We all self-conscious. I'm just the first to admit it.

I will go down as the voice of this generation, of this decade, I will be the loudest voice.

This one Corbusier lamp was like, my greatest inspiration ... I'm a minimalist in a rapper's body.

We headed to hell for heaven sakes, well Imma levitate...make the devil wait.

Turn that 62 to 125, 125 to 250, 250 to half a million, ain't nothing nobody can do with me.

I'm a blowfish. I'm not a shark, I'm a blowfish.

Now that you're gone, it hit us, super hard on Thanksgiving and Chrismas, this can't be right, yo you heard the track I did called this can't be life

Anger can be a bitterness that devours your soul while righteous indignation is morally driven, it's ethically driven.

If I don't win, the award show loses credibility.

We had a much deeper sense of community in '67 than we do in '97. This is important to say that not in a nostalgic way because it's not as if '67 was a time when things were so good.

I am the number one human being in music. That means any person that's living or breathing is number two.

What I feel like - 'cause I wanna be married, of course - I feel like the type of girl I would be with is a fellow superhero. So we get that 'already flying and now we're just flying together' thing.

We'll be back. I promise you that.

Yo Taylor, I'm really happy for you. I'ma let you finish. But Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time!

Though it's thousands of miles away Sierra Leone connect to what we go through today Over here, its a drug trade, we die from drugs Over there, they die from what we buy from drugs

Good women are no fun... The only good woman I can recall in history was Betsy Ross. And all she ever made was a flag.

I'm the smartest celebrity you've ever f***ing dealt with. I'm not Britney Spears.

Some women pick men to marry--and others pick them to pieces.

People say it takes a village to raise a child. People ask me how my daughter is doing. She’s only doing good if your daughter’s doing good. We’re all one family.

I am a black new wave artist.

Take your diamonds and throw em up like you're bulimic. Yeah, the beat cold, but the flow is anemic.

I'm a creative genius and there's no other way to word it.

Larry Summers, I think, he had a long history of arrogance and relative ignorance about poor people's culture and working people's culture and so forth.

Death is always a constant possibility and probability and of course an inevitability, as well.

You have to be able to swim in backlash.

If you put your foot in it, be sure it's your best foot.

..my music isn't just music- its medicine.

Black people can be the most conservative, the most discriminating. Especially among ourselves. It wasn't white people who said all black men have to wear baggy jeans.

In view of this and other things, I demand forgiveness for being so obviously impressed with my own parents.

I think I've got a funny face.