Tommy Lee Jones Quotes

My education as a filmmaker has been entirely practical. I started working professionally in the film business in 1970, and I've been at it steadily since, and I pay a lot of attention.

Tommy Lee Jones

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Men want a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue. That is what is written in their hearts. That is what little boys play at. That is what men's movies are about. You just see it. It is undeniable.

John Eldredge

BeautyLiveMenAdventureFightYou

Atheism is aristocratic; the idea of a great Being that watches over oppressed innocence and punishes triumphant crime is altogether popular.

Maximilien Robespierre

GreatWatchesInnocenceCrimeOver

When I was eight or nine, I came to London for the day from Swindon and went to The National Gallery. I remember standing in Trafalgar Square with my best friend Tim, who was covered in pigeons because I put bird seed on his head.

Tom Ellis

FriendBirdBestDayBest Friend

I am going to miss Don Shula. I like him, and I admire him. I'm going to miss looking those 53 yards across the field and thinking, 'There is a coaching legend.'

Marv Levy

I AmLookingThinkingLegendAdmire

Love is the silent saying and saying of a single name.

Mignon McLaughlin

LoveRomanticLove IsSayingName

On 'Friday,' I had a big trailer, and we would have a barbecue going and music playing. It was a fun set. There was too much involved for 'The Hangover' to be a fun set. They're trying to get money.

Mike Epps

MusicMoneyFunFridayTryingBig

I don't think people will ever forget I was an 'Angel', anymore than they'll forget Sally Field was 'The Flying Nun.'

Cheryl Ladd

PeopleAngelFlyingThinkForget

During the bus boycott, I was tested by fire, and I came to understand that I was not a breakable crystal figurine.

Coretta Scott King

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After my head injury, I was, like, bipolar, an emotional wreck.

Brady Jandreau

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Periods of tranquility are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.

Alfred North Whitehead

AchievementCreativeTranquilityUp

I don't think the way I look at myself has changed.

Scott Wolf

MyselfThinkLookWayChanged

If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else.

Reinhold Niebuhr

CourageSurviveMoreAnythingDanger

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