Y.S. Lee Quotes

Independent inquiry is needed in your search for truth, not dependence on anyone else's view or a mere book.

It is history that teaches us to hope.

Ah, stardom! They put your name on a star in the sidewalk on Hollywood Boulevard and you walk down and find a pile of dog manure on it. That tells the whole story, baby.

It is the heart that sees the primordial eternity of every creature.

Business, after all, is nothing more than a bunch of human relationships.

As soon as people see my face on a movie screen, they knew two things: first, I'm not going to get the girl, and second, I'll get a cheap funeral before the picture is over.

The measure of the moral worth of a man is his happiness. The better the man, the more happiness. Happiness is the synonym of well-being

Learning is a constant process of discovery - a process without end.

To live is to express, and to express you have to create. Creation is never merely repetition. To live is to express oneself freely in creation.

Where do you begin telling someone their world is not the only one?

What comes after victory? Why do people value victory so much? What is 'glory'? What kind of victory is 'glorious'?

And to me, I had come out of Texas, and during that time was when I realized that a lot of people in Nashville, their idea of what country music was was not the same as mine.

You must learn to walk to the edge of the light, and then a few steps into the darkness; then the light will appear and show the way before you.

I've never found a client's business problem that could be solved solely through advertising.

I don't believe in love at first sight. I think it's a grave mistake.

My wife doesn't care what I do when I'm away, as long as I don't have a good time.

The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.

I don't get all the women that I want... I get all the women that want me.

It's not who wants to sleep with you; It's who wants to sleep with you again.

You can talk to a fade but a hook won't listen.

My style? You can call it the art of fighting without fighting.

Now I see that I will never find the light Unless, like the candle, I am my own fuel, Consuming myself.

The intangible represents the real power of the universe. It is the seed of the tangible.

All my life I been doin' what people tell me to do. Now, I'm telling them.

A change in language can transform our appreciation of the cosmos.

It is not what happens that is success or failure, but what it does to the heart of man.

To be physically fit is just a small aspect. You can be a beautiful physical specimen, but you're empty as far as what it takes to be a person, and that shows up real fast

Boards don't hit back.

Ethnic stereotypes are boring and stressful and sometimes criminal. It's just not a good way to think. It's non-thinking. It's stupid and destructive.

We have great work ahead of us, and it needs devotion and much, much energy. To grow, to discover, we need involvement.

Willing is not enough, one must apply.

Success is not in reaching the destination, but in making the journey.

The bad news motivated the drill instructors that much more.

I myself feel that it is very important that my ISP supplies internet to my house like the water company supplies water to my house. It supplies connectivity with no strings attached.

Life is wide, limitless. There is no border, no frontier.

I went on to Cincinnati. I had got a taste of the big cities and them bright lights. I stayed there until I was about 18 or 19 and then I went on to Detroit.

I honestly do feel that I am a role model for young people.

I'm a big believer of daylight in the studio.

It's the law of averages: put in more, come out with more.

With every adversity comes a blessing because a shock acts as a reminder to oneself that we must not get stale in routine.

It is compassion rather than the principle of justice which can guard us against being unjust to our fellow men.

I was brought up with psychics and tarot cards. My mum was always told I was going to be in a boy band and be famous as a singer.

It is the hour to rend thy chains, the blossom time of souls.

I think the American West really attracts me because it's romantic. The desert, the empty space, the drama.

Silence make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying, but the never needing to say that counts.

Some like to understand what they believe in. Others like to believe in what they understand.

My favourite country is Finland because once you get to a certain point, you can drive for hours without seeing a single person. I love peace and quiet - something I don't get very often.

Ideas are nothing, doing is everything

Revolutions require work, revolutions require sacrifice, revolutions, and our own included, require a certain amount of rationing, a certain amount of calluses, a certain amount of sacrifice

If people say Jeet Kune Do is different from this or from that, then let the name of Jeet Kune Do be wiped out, for that is what it is, just a name. Please don't fuss over it.