Mike Colter Quotes

What I like about my character: Luke Cage is a person first and foremost. We do have other black superheroes, but he's important because he's touchable. Luke has moments when he has to try to forget his pain, but then, unlike the rest of us, he's also able to channel that frustration into fighting bad guys. Real martyrs aren't trying to be martyrs.

Mike Colter

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 26, 1976

Topics

CharacterPainFrustrationRestBad

I am not a black artist, I am an artist.

Jean-Michel Basquiat

I AmBlackArtistAm

The ascot connotes informality. It is something one might wear at a cocktail party in one's own flat but is not something you wear out in public.

Roger Stone

YouPartyCocktailOutOwnWear

You look around baseball and when things go south, that type of fan apathy happens.

Mike Quade

BaseballYouLookGoApathyThings

People come to a company like Abbott sometimes and think, 'It's so big, I can't make a difference.' I think just the opposite. I think everybody can make a difference.

Miles D. White

PeopleThinkMake A DifferenceBig

Indonesia can hold regular elections, but if the laws do not apply to the most powerful elements in society, then there is no rule of law and no genuine democracy. The country will never become a true democracy until it takes serious steps to end impunity.

Joshua Oppenheimer

LawDemocracySocietyEndPowerful

Separate and unequal didn't work 100 years ago. It will not work today.

Jonathan Kozol

WorkTodayWillYears100 Years

Directing is a rarefied business. And you see very few women pass that Rubicon.

Donna Langley

WomenBusinessYouSeePassFew

I was the youngest of six kids, and my brothers and sisters were kind of a lot older than me. And the one sister that was, like, in a close age range - she was five years older than me. She was my closest sister in age, and she was a loser.

Chelsea Handler

AgeMeSisterLoserKindShe

I love modeling, and I want other girls to enjoy the experience.

Coco Rocha

LoveExperienceEnjoyModelingWant

When I get an artistic itch, I have to scratch it.

Bonnie McKee

GetItchScratchArtistic

Painters have always needed a sort of veil upon which they can focus their attention. It's as though the more fully the consciousness is absorbed, the greater the freedom of the spirit behind.

Bridget Riley

FreedomFocusAttentionSpiritMore

We're not just any star stuff, most of which is humdrum hydrogen and listless helium. Our bodies include fancier ingredients like carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorous, and a few other herbs and spices.

Seth Shostak

IngredientsHerbsStarSpicesStuff

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Mike Colter