Um Ki-joon Quotes

I decided upon the thought that I can only find myself once I can admit to myself and approve that both sides are sides of myself.

I believe that there's no improvement if you have an inferiority complex and victim mentality.

To be honest, my goal is very clear. It's to have many people listen to my music. I want to confirm my existence even more by standing on a large stage.

More than anything, I want to just have the largest amount of people possible listening to my music. This is the biggest thing to me.

Sometimes I have that kind of critical mind to myself as well. This is because there are times where I have to do things that I don't wish to.

Making rich people richer doesn't make the rest of us richer.

Even the most complex problem is resolved in the end. Because if there's a question, there also is an answer.

Honestly, I really hated dancing at first. Because I'm not good at it. I still don't like dancing.

I understand that people have a critical mind towards my position. And receive a lot of confusion too.

I liked hip-hop, wanted to do rap, and wanted to stand on a large stage. If you look at it in another angle... it's something that I chose.

If I could just have my music be played for many people no matter what method or way is used, I would reply that that is not the case.

People 'over-produce' pollution because they are not paying for the costs of dealing with it.

Marriage, at first, may seem like it will last forever. But surprisingly, a lot of the times, it shatters easily. Like porcelain.

The best way to boost the economy is to redistribute wealth downward, as poorer people tend to spend a higher proportion of their income.

When G-Dragon released 'Heart Breaker', I remember it. The reactions to when that was released as opposed to 'One of a Kind' is really like heaven and hell.

Because I believe that I know about that aspect of hip-hop better than any one else, I'm trying my best in order to be the most real I can in this situation.

I knew Zico hyung ever since I was a young child. I believe that hyung's actions in general show me a lot. It gives me help, but also stimulates me.

When I see other rappers' lyrics of "I don't do what I don't like to do", I feel like it's really cool and there's also an envious side to me about it.

I wrote out the lyrics that I would do at MAMA 4~5 days in advance. After I said that, Zico hyung told me that it's dangerous to write lyrics quickly like that and that I should be carefully.

There are different ways to organise capitalism. Free-market capitalism is only one of them-and not a very good one at that.

As a director, or just a film fan who wants to enjoy the festival, Cannes is the worst place to be. But it must be a paradise for distributors and importers.

95% of Economics is common sense deliberately made complicated.

To those who help me, I repay them with grace. But to those who don't, I repay them with exactly what I've received. That's my motto. Only then the world will be balanced.

95 percent of economics is common sense made complicated, and even for the remaining 5 percent, the essential reasoning, if not all the technical details, can be explained in plain terms.

I really hate the creature film convention that says you have to wait until the end to see the monster. One hour and all you've seen is just the tip of the creature's tail.

The washing machine changed the world more than the Internet.

The Korean economic miracle was the result of a clever and pragmatic mixture of market incentives and state direction.

A well-designed welfare state can actually encourage people to take chances with their jobs and be more, not less, open to changes.

[Good managers] know that people have 'good' sides and 'bad' sides and that the secret of good management is in magnifying the former and toning down the latter.

There is a lot of extreme emotion in Korean film. It's because there are a lot of extremes in Korean society.

Until there was you, I wandered aimlessly. For a long time, like a little child, I will cry in anticipation of you.

Countries are poor not because their people are lazy; their people are 'lazy' because they are poor.

I'm sure mothers are important across every culture, but particularly in Korean society, the role of the mother is of great importance.

She is sloppy, careless, and have many flaws here and there, but she is so honest and innocent like she's still a kid.

Their incompatible appearances have actually made them more compatible ... Some people said that when a couple comes together ... they will compliment each others shortcomings

There is a big logical jump between acknowledging the destructive nature of hyperinflation and arguing that the lower the rate of inflation, the better.

No matter where I am working, I cannot make a film without 100% creative control and final cut. If there is such a guarantee, I can work anywhere.

The invention of the printing press was one of the most important events in human history.

There is no such thing as a free market.

In the mid 1990s the Korean film industry was really open-minded.

Equality of opportunity is meaningless for those who do not have the capabilities to take advantage of it.

Corruption exists because there is too much, not too little, market.

In Korean films there is only really a strong tradition of melodramas.

I think each film should be regarded as its own specific text.

The multilevel, the conscious and the unconscious, is natural when I write scripts, when I come up with ideas and stories.

Female exposure shouldn't be labelled as 'cheap.'

We still have to wait. The situation will repeat, we will get tired, but as long as we don't let go of each other's hand, then one day they will recognize that we are one.

Assume the worst about people and you get the worst.

Every time I see you, I feel like I'm waiting for the other shoe to fall. I feel uncomfortable every time I see you, and every time we talk, my throat tickles.

Manufacturing is the most important...route to prosperity.