Tommy Lee Jones Quotes

I think any stereotyping is too much.

Tommy Lee Jones

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ThinkToo MuchI ThinkMuchTooAny

The American government will be whatever we all make of it.

Megan Smith

GovernmentAmericanWillWhatever

I watch one news channel until my soul can't take it anymore. It's the background of my life.

John Oliver

LifeSoulMy LifeMy SoulNewsTake

No one else holds or has held the place in the heart of the world which Jesus holds. Other gods have been as devoutly worshipped; no other man has been so devoutly loved.

John Knox

HeartManWorldLovedPlaceBeen

Courage: Great Russian word, fit for the songs of our children's children, pure on their tongues, and free.

Anna Akhmatova

CourageChildrenGreatFreePure

To be in a situation where you have no rights whatsoever is something I wish everybody could experience. People's attitudes would change. It would be a better place.

Tommy Chong

ChangeExperiencePeopleBetterWish

The family is changing, not disappearing. We have to broaden our understanding of it, look for the new metaphors.

Mary Catherine Bateson

FamilyUnderstandingLookNewOur

I don't like gimmicky pictures; I've always hated them. I like pictures that are very clear and clean, whether you're a great street photographer - somebody like Friedlander or Winogrand or Cartier-Bresson - or whether you're a portraitist, like Irving Penn.

Mary Ellen Mark

GreatYouPicturesStreetClean

Life in cyberspace seems to be shaping up exactly like Thomas Jefferson would have wanted: founded on the primacy of individual liberty and a commitment to pluralism, diversity, and community.

Mitch Kapor

LifeCommunityCommitmentDiversity

I like both music and acting, and they both have a lot in common - timing, immediacy, stuff like that. But acting is more regimented. You wait around for hours, you don't get to write the script, you get hired. Music represents me better. I'm not acting; I'm just expressing myself.

Lukas Haas

MusicMyselfMeWaitBetterActing

I thought, 'Nobody wants this book, and I'm an idiot for having worked on it so hard.' But to succeed in writing, you must be willing to look stupid for a long time. 'Pachinko' took so long because I got it wrong so many times.

Min Jin Lee

TimeWritingStupidSucceedBook

The atheistic idea is so nonsensical that I cannot put it into words.

Lord Kelvin

WordsCannotIdeaNonsensicalPut

Black women know that we've got to take care of it - so we take care of it. It's just embedded in us.

Loni Love

WomenBlackCareTake CareKnowUs

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