Eddie Griffin Quotes & Sayings

I remember doing one day of work, and I was so good I ended up doing 25 days on that movie. And all of it ended up on the editing room floor. That was my first Hollywood lesson: Just because you filmed a movie doesn't necessarily mean that you're in it. — Eddie Griffin

I think some teams shied away because of it, ... But Minnesota stuck with me and I was happy about that. — Eddie Griffin

My cell phone fell off my lap. I was reaching for it in the back. — Eddie Griffin

90? 110? You know. It's a Ferrari, baby - you don't do 50 in a Ferrari. — Eddie Griffin

It was frustrating because I didn't do anything, ... I was at the wrong place at the wrong time, and he decided to punish me. I couldn't do anything about it. — Eddie Griffin

You know how we built the pyramids? You gotta ask yourself a question always flip the script. What if up was down and down was up? What if you looked down into space standing up on Earth? This is how we built the pyramids. — Eddie Griffin

Add the hippie-rock-drugs atmosphere circa 1970, and you get Clinton's rechristened group Parliament, decked out in weird costumes, singing cosmic lyrics and laying down amazing funk lines - also lines of other kinds. One observer describes Maggot Brain ... one of those guys with super technique that took a lot of acid and just went out from there. — Eddie Griffin

He's been on vacation for a year and month. Captain Kirk never left the helm when the Enterprise was under attack. — Eddie Griffin

I believe God wrote the Word in your essence. That's the genius of my Father. You are born knowing right from wrong. You don't need a book to tell you that! — Eddie Griffin

Reading is fundamental - fun to mental. — Eddie Griffin

I think men are afraid to say that they would love to have Michelle Obama in their bed, but they think it. — Eddie Griffin

In Europe, kids learn at least four languages before they're out of high school. But our education system is so underfunded, they go to school to buy heroin and an AK-47. — Eddie Griffin

There's only three major elements. Air, land, which is your flesh and water, which is your blood. You're walking on a third of yourself. She's called Mother Earth. She gave birth to your ass. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, your maggot food ass going right back to her! — Eddie Griffin

It was awkward and embarrassing, but you have to go through things, ... I got through it and I'm happy it's over with and I can move forward and start playing. — Eddie Griffin

It's definitely a relief that it's over. It's been a long season for us, with ups and downs. But we're going to put it behind us now and we've got to try and be a better team. — Eddie Griffin

If bribery is good enough for Congress, it's good enough for me. — Eddie Griffin

Makes no matter if I'm performing in a grocery store, you're always gonna get 150%. — Eddie Griffin

The war is really about religion. The war's between Jesus and Muhammad. The Christians say Jesus is the messenger. Muslims say Muhammad is the messenger. Who gives a expletive who the messenger is did you get the message? — Eddie Griffin

One plus one equals three. When a man and woman marry they become one never two. — Eddie Griffin

Actually it broke my heart to hear that we were going to have to part ways, ... It's a business and they had to do what they had to do. — Eddie Griffin

I remember riding across the Brooklyn Bridge about 12 times because they wanted me to keep up with the helicopter, and I said, "Can you have the helicopter keep up with me, my calves are burning!" — Eddie Griffin

We've lost a bunch on the road, I don't even know how many. It's a relief to get this one. — Eddie Griffin