Tommy Lee Jones Quotes

What appeals to me? There are things, points of view, uses of the language, habits of dress, ways of thought and believing that came to me from my grandparents and came to them from theirs. Things that are of good use in any situation, no matter what the future may hold.

Tommy Lee Jones

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 15, 1946

Topics

GoodFutureDressMeThoughtView

I don't really experience much embarrassment.

John Grant

ExperienceEmbarrassmentMuchReally

I think the gay - the gay/straight alliances in the school are very useful as far as creating understanding among kids and so kids aren't necessarily so stigmatized or demonized for being who they really are.

Jeanne Phillips

ChangeCommitmentPeopleFeelYou

A lot of musicians are good cooks, and a lot of cooks are musicians, but I think that may just be a result of the creative impulse finding several means of expression. Probably an equivalent number are visual artists, woodworkers or compulsive liars.

Steve Albini

GoodCreativeThinkMusiciansResult

I was recruited to teach 9-year-olds. I taught for two years.

Sting

TeachTwoYearsTaught

Two prisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means of communication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

Simone Weil

CommunicationGodWallSeparationUs

I love adventure, so I'm excited to be working on something new and making the transition from reality show contestant to host.

Rob Mariano

LoveAdventureRealityTransition

Most people prepare for travels by reading about their destination; it always seemed an odd approach to me. I find it much easier and more pleasant to focus with the sights and smells of a place rattling around in my mind.

Michael Specter

FocusPeopleMindMeDestination

It is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind.

Lucretius

LiveGreatSoulMindWealth

When I'm getting ready, I'll listen to '80s music on Spotify just to wake me up and put me in the mood. I like that it's cheesy.

Julia Restoin Roitfeld

MusicMeReadyMoodListenUp

Agribusinesses should never dictate the quality of school meals.

Jared Polis

QualitySchoolNeverMealsShould

I never intended to only do dark, serious things.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

DarkSeriousNeverThingsOnly

These days, it's perfectly normal to move between the theatre and television.

Diana Rigg

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