Ving Rhames Quotes

When I think of the trials and tribulations that black men go through in America and that black artists went through, I feel very privileged.

Ving Rhames

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 12, 1959

Topics

MenBlackThinkFeelAmericaGo

I don't let it bother me too much if someone doesn't like me. I just figure there's no accounting for taste. It's not me, it's my acting. It's like if someone doesn't like someone's food, they just don't like my acting.

Anna Chlumsky

FoodMeAccountingSomeoneActing

I had some surgery on my feet, which has helped my back some.

Merle Haggard

FeetBackSurgerySomeWhichHad

Like all paradises, Topanga is pitched at the tipping point of promise and peril.

Steve Erickson

PointPromiseLikePerilTipping

The multiculturalism of Britain is one of our greatest strengths in music, literature, and visual art, but the TV and film industry doesn't tap into the multicultural talent pool in the U.K. as much as they do in the U.S.

Riz Ahmed

MusicArtTalentLiteraturePool

Transformational leaders are important because they make choices that most other leaders would not.

Joseph Nye

ChoicesImportantBecauseWouldMost

I know what I want to look like. I don't want to look trashy. I want mothers to be able to look at me and not have to close their kids' eyes!

Jordin Sparks

EyesMeLookKnowWantMothers

I wrote 'Monster' and thought that it would solve a lot of my problems, that I'd have money in the bank, but I felt no different. I was still searching for something.

Jon Bellion

MoneyProblemsThoughtSearching

Drawing and visual pursuits were first. Music came and found me in a way. Really, what it's about is creative problem solving, and music is a lot more an expression of that than painting is for me.

Brandon Boyd

MusicCreativeMePaintingProblem

There were riots in just about every game we played with Syracuse.

Bob Cousy

GameJustRiotsEveryPlayedAbout

Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them.

Willie Stargell

LoveViolenceHatredWoundsThem

I've always like roadracing, but you know how it is in a family when you're young. They thought it was a little too dangerous so I started with Trials riding.

Sete Gibernau

FamilyThoughtYouDangerousYoung

I think the elements to shock the world is either the ability to wrestle and grind somebody out or the ability to knock someone out.

Tyron Woodley

WorldThinkSomeoneGrindAbility

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