Forest Whitaker Quotes

I see a deep connection between peace and change: peace always starts from within, for communities and people alike. The same is true of change: real change starts from within.

Forest Whitaker

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 15, 1961

Topics

ChangePeacePeopleDeepConnection

Since the Puffy Combs case in New York, I will not try any more criminal cases.

Johnnie Cochran

New YorkNewWillTryMoreCriminal

Growing up, it was just me and my mom, so we would play games where we'd listen to the radio and sing harmonies to each other.

Ruthie Ann Miles

MeMomGrowing UpPlayGrowingUp

I'm a weird guy. I'm practically albino. What about me isn't weird?

Mike White

MeWeirdGuyAboutPractically

Given the choice of Hollywood or poking steel pins in my eyes, I'd prefer steel pins.

Mike Leigh

EyesChoiceSteelHollywoodPins

Nothing requires a greater effort of thought than arguments to justify the rule of non-thought.

Milan Kundera

EffortThoughtNothingRuleGreater

On one occasion in 1987 the security police came looking for me because of a drawing that I'd published.

Jonathan Shapiro

PoliceMeLookingDrawingSecurity

Our goal is not to crush the enemy at any price, but to make it realize that it is illegal to take up arms to overthrow a democratically elected government.

Jose Eduardo dos Santos

GovernmentGoalPriceEnemyRealize

The problem with Mexico isn't so much the men who govern but the lack of rules to govern by and the absence of institutions to rule with.

Denise Dresser

MenProblemRulesMexicoRuleWho

We can't deal with the flood in the orchards until we cap the floodwaters coming into them. And that means giving our Border Patrol the total resources they need to get their job done, and even utilizing military personnel in particular hot crossing spots.

Chuck Norris

JobBorderGivingDoneCapNeed

It is always easier - and usually far more effective - to focus on changing your behavior than on changing the behavior of others.

Bob Nelson

FocusBehaviorOthersMoreAlways

Girls marry for love. Boys marry because of a chronic irritation that causes them to gravitate in the direction of objects with certain curvilinear properties.

Ashley Montagu

LoveDirectionBecauseObjectsMarry

When every physical and mental resources is focused, one's power to solve a problem multiplies tremendously.

Norman Vincent Peale

PowerProblemFocusedResources

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