Joe Morton Quotes

When I started, black people were either victims or they were the perpetrators; they were the boogie men who jumped out of the bushes and did terrible things to you.

Joe Morton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 18, 1947

Topics

MenPeopleBlackYouOutStarted

I never choose jobs because of what I think I should do. I want to feel something. And with 'Beast,' it was very much like that.

Jessie Buckley

ThinkFeelChooseBeastWantNever

To passively get up and play a bunch of old songs wouldn't have really motivated us. So we are bringing the new material into the set and it goes down really well.

Andy Taylor

DownPlayNewOldUpWell

Problems are the outward signs of unused inner possibilities.

Rollo May

ProblemsPossibilitiesSignsInner

Nothing is wrong with California that a rise in the ocean level wouldn't cure.

Ross MacDonald

OceanRiseWrongNothingCalifornia

If you ask me the best bowler, then Wasim Akram was the best bowler because he had a lot of variety. Even when you were batting on 100 or 150, you're not very sure... He could still get you out. That was his forte.

Mohammad Azharuddin

BestMeYouAskOutVariety

With the policymaking process, you have an idea, and you try to sell other stakeholders on the idea. That's not much different than in business, where you're trying to find capital to make your idea a reality.

Jared Polis

BusinessProcessRealityTryingYou

I talk to millions of people every day. I just like it when they can't talk back.

Don Imus

DayPeopleEvery DayBackTalkJust

One truth I've learned as a father: Children want presence more than presents. They don't want to read about you; they want you.

Don Willett

FatherTruthChildrenYouWantMore

Learning can take place in the backyard if there is a human being there who cares about the child. Before learning computers, children should learn to read first. They should sit around the dinner table and hear what their parents have to say and think.

Dixie Carter

LearningChildrenChildParents

I always wanted to live in a haunted house.

Dick Cavett

LiveHouseAlwaysWantedHaunted

Sometimes you have compulsions that you can't control coming from the subconscious... they are the dictator inside ourselves.

Denis Villeneuve

ControlYouSometimesInsideComing

Star Trek has brought so much of what I want within my grasp.

DeForest Kelley

WantWithinStarGraspMuchTrek

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