Ving Rhames Quotes

'Mission: Impossible' is fun. But for myself as an artist, I'm really more concerned with the human condition, the human experience, especially from an African American point of view.

Ving Rhames

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MyselfExperienceFunImpossible

I had a great childhood, a very close-knit family. We were all overweight, and we had good times eating together, I imagine.

Stephen Furst

FamilyGoodGreatTogetherChildhood

I can't separate the process of writing from the visual process. I'm speaking only for myself here, but I'm a highly visual writer. In my imagination, when I'm thinking of a scene, I think of every last detail of it: The space, the color palette, the blocking of the actors, the placement of the camera.

Stephen Gaghan

MyselfImaginationSpaceDetail

I grew up in Adelaide, Australia. No one in my family had finished high school, and I was smart at mathematics, so I became an academic and got my Ph.D. in computer science at Stanford. I didn't set out to be a businessperson.

Rodney Brooks

FamilyScienceMathematicsSchool

What advice do I tell my grandson? I listen to him.

Roy Haynes

AdviceListenHimTellGrandson

Just in general, no matter what you're doing, be true to yourself. Never let anyone else dictate how you live your life.

Rumer Willis

LifeLiveYourselfDoingYouTrue

Without action, we are going to continue to allow Iran to be a safe harbor for terrorists, see its economy further deteriorate, and see the Middle East further destabilize.

Russ Carnahan

ActionEconomySeeWithoutMiddle

Every day we do get closer to a cure. Three out of four children who are diagnosed with cancer will survive the disease, but that is not good enough. The loss of one child to this disease is too much.

Michael McCaul

GoodChildrenDayChildSurvive

Most artists have experienced the creative block. We get stuck in our work. We beat our head against the wall: nothing. Sometimes, it is because we are trying something at the wrong time.

Lukas Foss

WorkTimeCreativeTryingWallHead

When you're on book tours, you definitely need chocolate. At all times.

Lisa Gardner

BookChocolateYouNeedDefinitely

Most of the characters I have in my children's books are grouchy or annoyed about something or are calling each other unfriendly names. Like my own kids, they're not honeys and sweetie pies and little angels. They're kids. Sloppy, dirty, stinky.

Judith Viorst

ChildrenDirtyAngelsMy OwnNames

When God decides its time, I guess he'll come for us.

Diego Maradona

GodTimeUsComeHeGuess

She gave up beauty in her tender youth, gave all her hope and joy and pleasant ways; she covered up her eyes lest they should gaze on vanity, and chose the bitter truth.

Christina Rossetti

BeautyTruthHopeEyesJoyYouth

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