Bruce Lee Kung Fu Quotes & Sayings

A poverty that is universal may be cheerfully borne; it is an individual poverty that is painful and humiliating. — Amelia Barr

A kung fu man lives without being dependant on the opinions of others, and a master, unlike the beginner, holds himself in reserve. He is quiet and unassuming, with no desire to show off. — Bruce Lee

If I had to define a major depression in a single sentence, I would describe it as a genetic/neurochemical disorder requiring a strong environmental trigger whose characteristic manifestation is an inability to appreciate sunsets. — Robert M. Sapolsky

I fell in love with Bruce Lee after I watched his movies, and I wanted to become a kung-fu practicer, and I would like to be someone like Bruce Lee. That's why I learned kung-fu, and that's why I picked the wing chun style, because it's his style. That's why I decided to be an actor, to go into show business, because of him. — Stephen Chow

It is true that the mental aspect of kung-fu is the desired end; however, to achieve this end, technical skill must come first. — Bruce Lee

I fight like Bruce Lee. I train in his style of kung fu, wing chun. It's all about fighting with controlled power, so you learn to punch correctly. — Lucy Griffiths

I am not sure gender ever won't be an issue in comedy, because I think that women do have different priorities in some respects. — Jenny Eclair

The guy from the bar appeared silently at Uncle Billy's side, his expression cool and steady. He nodded at me once, and turned to my uncle. Seeing him face-to-face,I knew, absolutely, he wasn't just a regular customer. He was a complicationa. A big one. Mo, meet Colin Donnelly. Your bodyguard. — Erica O'Rourke

Somehow people get the idea I think we should be given gumdrops whenever we do anything of value. — B.F. Skinner

A kung fu man who was really good was not proud at all. Pride emphasizes the superiority of one's status. There has to be fear and insecurity in pride, because when you aim at being highly esteemed and achieve such status, you automatically start to worry about losing status. — Bruce Lee

Bear in mind that humility is not timidity. — Israelmore Ayivor

Consistency is one of the hallmarks of my career. You knew what you were going to get out of E-Smith every game, every year, no matter if I was 22, 21 or 35 years old. — Emmitt Smith

Usually I like playing other people. I like finding myself through other characters. But when you do cabaret, you are yourself. I think it's the most fun, and I tell you, if somebody had told me that, I would have done it fifteen years earlier than I did. — Faith Prince

Hindsight plays tricks on our minds. — Jeremy Siegel

In magic, today as always, the effect is what counts. The method or methods used are always purely secondary. — Dai Vernon

No person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years in any term of six. — Thomas Jefferson

A golden tomb is useful only for the thieves! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

There's all sorts of soul. There's Irish soul and Native American soul. If it touches you and moves you, it's soul. — John Oates

In White Summer, Joelle Biele exhibits a Roethke-like affinity with nature and natures creatures. At times a miniaturist, Biele constructs exquisite addresses to a heron, cicada, spider, catalpa tree, mockingbird, snail, cormorant, and others. These pitch-perfect poems are written with a delicate, meticulous attention to craft and music. Like the joy she takes in her subjects, this collection is a joy to read. — Elizabeth Spires

The Treatise of the Three Impostors is a book that enjoyed centuries of notorious nonexistence until (as Voltaire would say) it became necessary to invent it. Georges Minois writes with empathy, erudition, and a novelist's sense of buildup and timing, weaving in the parallel story of Europe's courageous freethinkers. In the face of today's social and even legal pressures against criticizing religion, it is good to see an honorable French tradition asserting itself. — Joscelyn Godwin