Y.S. Lee Quotes

American slavery was not a Sergio Leone Spaghetti Western. It was a holocaust. My ancestors are slaves. Stolen from Africa. I will honor them.

Living in Dallas, I root for the Mavericks and the Stars and the Cowboys, but I've always pulled for the Chicago Cubs. I enjoy watching them play.

That's the new picture of the good life that I want to paint - living the way that God created us to live. That's what the good life is.

One must be truthful and honest in his approach; a constant independent inquiry and not blindly following a certain blue print laid down by others

Only bad golfers are lucky. They're the ones bouncing balls off trees, curbs, turtles and cars. Good golfers have bad luck. When you hit the ball straight, a funny bounce is bound to be unlucky.

I think people who have faults are a lot more interesting than people who are perfect.

I don't think about time. You're here when you're here. I think about today, staying in tune.

I think, if one is a painter, all you experience does come out when you’re painting.

Between being loved and being feared, I have always believed Machiavelli was right. If nobody is afraid of me, I’m meaningless.

I have very short hair. It's the only cute haircut I think I've ever had.

Self-Conquest is the greatest of victories. Mighty is he who conquers himself.

You do it a day at a time. You write as well as you can, you put it in the mail, you leave it under submission, you never leave it at home.

Evaluation by others is not a guide for me.

In case of a thunderstorm, stand in the middle of the fairway and hold up a one iron. Not even God can hit a one iron.

Show me a golfer who doesn't have a mean streak, and I'll show you a weak competitor.

If you can't think because you can't chew, try a banana.

Classic Van Halen made people want to dance and f**k. Modern Van Halen makes you want to drink milk and drive foreign cars.

Love is like a friendship caught on fire.

Either you understand or you don't, and that is that.

You affect the world by what you browse.

The possession of anything begins in the mind.

I like a canvas to breathe and be alive. Be alive is the point. And, as the limitations are something called pigment and canvas, let's see if I can do it.

My trust is in the mercy and wisdom of a kind Providence, who ordereth all things for our good.

The one thing the blues don't get is the backing and pushing of TV and radio like a lot of this garbage you hears. They choke stuff down people's throat so they got no choice but to listen to it.

There is scarcely anything that is right that we cannot hope to accomplish by labor and perseverance. But the first must be earnest and the second unremitting.

An instructor should exemplify the things he seeks to teach. It will be of great advantage if you yourself can do all you ask of your students and more.

Man, he is constantly growing and when he is bound by a set pattern of ideas or way of doing things, that's when he stops growing

I’d rather apologize than to be so timid as to never try to do anything smart or brave.

The man who is really serious, with the urge to find out what truth is, has no style at all. He lives only in what is.

Live a life worth remembering.

There is no policy too sensitive to question, and no subject so taboo that you cannot even mention it.

I firmly believe that you live and learn, and if you don't learn from past mistakes, then you need to be drug out and shot.

Reading is very good. And you can quote me!

Remember my friend to enjoy your planning as well as your accomplishment, for life is too short for negative energy.

Understanding requires not just a moment of perception, but a continuous awareness, a continuous state of inquiry without conclusion

Power is knowing your past.

The change is from inner to outer. We start by dissolving our attitude not by altering outer conditions.

Love planted a rose, and the world turned sweet.

And like most middle-aged people who hear the clock ticking in their lives, I had come to resent a waste or theft of my time that was greater than any theft of my goods or money.

The sensation of energy expands with increasing relaxation.

It's my firm conviction that when Uncle Sam calls, by God we go, and we do the best that we can.

You must study to be frank with the world: frankness is the child of honesty and courage. Say just what you mean to do on every occasion, and take it for granted that you mean to do right.

I ain't Martin Luther King. I don't need a dream. I have a plan.

Oneness is very simple: everything is included and allowed to live according to its true nature. This is the secret that is being revealed.

No matter what you got, the blues is there

If you've ever driven across Texas, you know how different one area of the state can be from another. Take El Paso. It looks as much like Dallas as I look like Jack Nicklaus

To express yourself in freedom, you must die to everything of yesterday. From the 'old', you derive security; from the 'new', you gain the flow.

By virtually any measure, the record of the Republican Majority is an appalling failure.

It's never hard to sing the blues. Everyone in the world has the blues . . .

I can't forgive a woman who is irresponsible and dishonest