American Quotes

I can say, hands down, 'Annapolis' is the most challenging film I've ever taken on.

I accused a woman of doing something behind my back when I knew that she hadn't, just to see if she loved me.

A lot of times black actors get stuck in a box. They're up against a lot of limitations for the kind of films that they get approached about. It's easy to get stuck in a box and just be approached about nothing but urban films.

When you step on the treadmill, make a commitment. Do, say, 3 miles a day. And don't get off until you finish. It doesn't matter what speed you're going. Just don't get off.

To me, a groupie is a stalker. If you're a fan, then you're a fan. But I can look at a woman and become a fan of hers instantly.

There was a perception of me, and I earned it because I was really intense, really gruff. I treated certain people poorly at times. It was because of who I was. It was almost my strength. I came in all business. I tried to find ways to fit in with that demeanor, but it's not easy.

Schools used to fund-raise for luxuries, like a trip to the water slides. Now, we fund-raise for things we have to have.

Now here I am almost 52 years old, it's really easy. I'm way more at peace. But when you're a competitor, and you're as intent on becoming the best in the world as I was, it comes with consequences.

If you're a manager you can't get frustrated and be emotional. You have to continue to steer the ship, you can't let go of the wheel because who knows where it will go then.

I'm not out here to win a beauty contest.

I was kind of a volatile personality, very intense. Because of that, I drew some criticism and people would say things about me, and my parents had tried to defend me. I would just tell them don't worry about it. Our day will come.

I got to experience a world championship with some great teammates.

What a thing is and what it means are not separate, the former being physical and the latter mental as we are accustomed to believe.

There has been a great gulf in psychological thought between the perception of space and objects on one hand and the perception of meaning on the other.

The human young must learn to perceive these affordances, in some degree at least, but the young of some animals do not have time to learn the ones that are crucial for survival.

The abstract analysis of the world by mathematics and physics rests on the concepts of space and time.

Psychology is still trying to explain the perception of the position of an object in space, along with its shape, size, and so on, and to understand the sensations of color.

I also assume that they are not simply the physical properties of things as now conceived by physical science. Instead, they are ecological, in the sense that they are properties of the environment relative to an animal.

Hence it is that the shape of something is especially meaningful.

A mechanical encounter or other energy-exchange may cause tissue damage.

The perception of what a thing is and the perception of what it means are not separate, either.

The meaning or value of a thing consists of what it affords.

They're after one world religion and one world government. That's why they've attacked the Catholic Church so strongly, to ultimately take control over it by their doctrine.

Hitler had this deal where he was supposed to make it rough on them so they would all get out and migrate to Israel because they needed people there to fight the Arabs.

Greenspan tells us what to do. Someone should take him out and hang him.

Anyway, there were more after the war than before.

All my life, I've never been able to get enough airplanes. This will keep me flying every day.

When I wrote those two songs, I couldn't have been any closer to the bottom.

The only thing I was any good at was music.

Simple is the only way I can write.