Foxx Quotes & Sayings

The gas tax has been the backbone of the transportation system since the inception of the Interstate highway system in the 1950s. — Anthony Foxx

We cannot meet the needs of a growing country and a growing economy by simply maintaining our current level of effort. We must do more. — Anthony Foxx

Also, I think having that comic gene kind of makes you look at things in a different way. If you take yourself so seriously, eventually you end up one of those people having a 'Do Not Disturb' sign on their lives. You see them drawing the curtains and they don't even realize that they've kind of drifted off somewhere. — Jamie Foxx

Black people are the most talented people in the world, — Jamie Foxx

Not every innovation in transportation is going to come from government or even a large enterprise. There are smart people out there with tools and skills to come up with great ideas. — Anthony Foxx

I didn't have a knee-jerk reaction like some people did to the language and the violence. My stepfather was a history teacher at Lincoln High School in Dallas. So, I was already familiar with the N-word and the brutality of slavery. What I was drawn to was the love story between Django and Broomhilda and how he defends and gets the girl in the end. I thought it was just an amazing and courageous project. — Jamie Foxx

One poll shows that by 61 percent to 29 percent Americans under 40 say that Social Security needs to be fixed. — Virginia Foxx

We remain in Iraq because we know that sometimes liberty needs some nursing before it can grow on its own. — Virginia Foxx

When you're an actor or actress in this business, usually the natural progression is to direct, but a lot of times, we don't get a chance to get to it. Myself, I really want to get into it. I want to be the person who eventually doesn't have to be in front of the camera. — Jamie Foxx

I'm convinced that Sanford and Son shows middle-class America a lot of what they need to know. — Redd Foxx

Jamie Foxx. He's been very much a mentor and friend, and we've worked together several times. He's just been such an influence in my career. There's nothing that man can't do, and that's something I would like to reflect in my career. — Bresha Webb

I was the first mayor to even go meet with the LGBT community. — Anthony Foxx

A girl's legs are her best friends ... but even the best of friends must part. — Redd Foxx

The American people must not buy into the Democrat rhetoric. — Virginia Foxx

I know well the opportunities and the challenges of maintaining and improving infrastructure and providing good transportation choices. — Anthony Foxx

I carry a knife now because I read in a white magazine that all black people carry knives. So I rushed out and bought me one. — Redd Foxx

In the face of terrorism, a united front is one of the strongest weapons. — Virginia Foxx

I cut the scene out, but there was a moment where Christoph Waltz plays the piano in 'Django [Unchained]' - Jamie [Foxx] is a magnificent piano-player but there's never a moment where Django plays the piano. — Quentin Tarantino

An ideal movie would be, like - to get this to happen, I have to work so much harder - but imagine Denzel Washington, Laurence Fishburne, Jamie Foxx, Eddie Murphy ... Who else? Donald Faison. Directed by Steven Spielberg. That would be awesome. — Donald Faison

Junk runs in the family. My granddad was a junk man in St. Louis and so was my uncle. — Redd Foxx

Lil Wayne is a music god!!!! — Jamie Foxx

In looking at Hollywood and its structure, the director controls the medium, and I want to be in control of certain things. I want to be able to get my own ideas and my own feelings out there, and the only way to do that is to be behind the camera. — Jamie Foxx

The first misconception is that embryonic stem cell research is not legal. The fact is, embryonic stem cell research is completely legal. Research on embryonic stem cells has taken place for years. — Virginia Foxx

It's so easy to play us guys that I hate to give away secrets to women because I know they'll use them. But OK, if you just simply don't give a guy the time of day, every once in awhile, it just makes us more like 'What do we do?' Men are developed to conquer. When we can't seem to conquer, we stay in it no matter what. — Jamie Foxx

I'd like to say I'm R&B's savior. Whether that's the truth or not, I'm definitely going out there with my mic and my shield to declare, 'I am here to save R&B.' I will have the people saying, 'Sir, there is a man at the musical gates saying he is here to save R&B.' — Jamie Foxx

So there is not a lot about me that you don't know other than that I play table tennis. I'm great, I'm great at table tennis! You will look at me and go, 'How does that dude know how to play that well?' — Jamie Foxx

Being just an actor, sometimes people are like, "Hey, man, we don't wanna see you no more, in front of the camera," and I don't want that. — Jamie Foxx

Our brave soldiers and support personnel are engaged in a battle as important as any the United States has ever before waged, for the success of democracy in Iraq is a crucial test of the ideals this Nation was founded upon. — Virginia Foxx

This is the big one! You hear that, Elizabeth? I'm coming to join ya, honey! — Redd Foxx

I never planned to win an Oscar. When I auditioned for 'Ray,' I was just thinking about what a great project it would be. — Jamie Foxx

You are what you repeatedly do when things get hard. — Jamie Foxx

Adult stem cells tend not to form tumors. — Virginia Foxx

Jamie Foxx does a good rendition of me. It's a real gift, mimicry of that kind, the tonal thing. It's sort of like having a talent for playing an instrument. — Al Pacino

I want to be the person who eventually doesn't have to be in front of the camera. I can be behind the camera and really change things cinematically, and this is giving me an opportunity to do something behind the camera, which I really want to maximize. — Jamie Foxx

Then I was playing the piano at eight, and that helps you learn about women because most of the people I was playing for were women. — Jamie Foxx

Quentin Tarantino is a hip-hop artist. I told him, 'You're hip-hop!' You keep seeing surprises, and a clip here and there, because Quentin is hip-hop. A hip-hop artist will drop a single, leak something over here, and drop something over there 'cause he knows it's hot. He's on the spot with the way he does things. — Jamie Foxx

William Bennett is my patron saint, one of them. Redd Foxx is another. — Kinky Friedman

It's like church over here. It's like church in here. First of all, give an honor to God and our Lord and Savior Barack Obama, — Jamie Foxx

A lot of people in the technology space love the idea of a solving a problem. — Anthony Foxx

Hey! Leave the door open will ya? The flies haven't been out all day. — Redd Foxx

I try to be as honest and open as I am with everything that I do because it's just, um, It helps me, you know, like whether it's stand up or singing or act. I just try to stay true. — Jamie Foxx

This is my first term. I was told it was going to be an exciting term, and a lot of things would be done, and I cannot think about something more exciting than save Social Security. — Virginia Foxx

China's idea of fair trade is government subsidies of its textile and apparel exports to the United States, currency manipulation, and forgiveness of loans by its government banks. — Virginia Foxx

(The bill) is emblematic of the attempt by the majority party to control every aspect of our lives. — Virginia Foxx

People are sitting in traffic longer, and the types of solutions that are needed to relieve that congestion are ones that are paid for by the Highway Trust Fund. — Anthony Foxx

But don't get caught out there looking goofy. It's weird. When you do something that stinks, it's going to last forever on the Internet. There's always someone in the audience with a camera phone and if you're not 100%, you're going to be watching yourself on YouTube. — Jamie Foxx

From a parent's right to know what their children are doing, to protecting citizens across the country from the growing threat of gang violence, the House Democrat leadership is simply out to lunch. — Virginia Foxx

I don't know if I'm built for marriage. — Jamie Foxx

Give a man a beer, the remote and a La-Z-Boy and he's a happy camper! All Things Caveman humor cartoon book will help you understand that hairy guy beside you. — Laurie Foxx

The most interesting thing about acting is when you go to the dark places, that's a lot of energy. When you go to the happiest places, it's also a lot of energy. — Jamie Foxx

You make me wish that birth control was retroactive. — Redd Foxx

As black folks we're always sensitive. As a black person it's always racial. — Jamie Foxx

This bill reminds me of the tactics of the former Soviet Union and we know how successful that was. — Virginia Foxx

There is an abundance of misinformation, exaggeration, and blatant lies being spread by interest groups regarding the prospects for embryonic stem cell research. — Virginia Foxx

I ain't from Africa. I'm from St. Louis. — Redd Foxx

The whole idea that vehicles in the future will communicate with each other is a really big deal. It's a big deal for safety ... and it's an opportunity to engage the automobile in the work of ensuring collision avoidance. — Anthony Foxx

Having a stage name is like having a Superman complex. I go into the telephone booth as Eric Bishop and come out as Jamie Foxx. — Jamie Foxx

I've been a sports fan all my life, and like most other actors, I'm convinced I could have been a pro athlete if Hollywood hadn't come calling. — Jamie Foxx

If I'm in the studio, I'm completely on music. I try to go to that place and that's the toughest thing for me to do. When I'm with other musicians, sometimes I go back to, almost like, childhood, because that's what I always wanted to be. — Jamie Foxx

If you look at how long the Earth has been here, we're living in the blink of an eye. So, whatever it is you want to do, you go out and do it. — Jamie Foxx

I really wanted to just be a musician. I didn't want to be anything else, but I was funny and all that. — Jamie Foxx

The number of kids affected by obesity has tripled since 1980, and this can be traced in large part to lack of exercise and a healthy diet. — Virginia Foxx

China is crippling our manufacturing economy and eliminating our jobs by illegally flooding our markets. — Virginia Foxx

I'd like to say I'm R&B's savior. — Jamie Foxx

(I get to) kill all the white people ... How great is that? — Jamie Foxx

[The Republican plan will] make sure we bring down the cost of health care for all Americans and that ensures affordable access for all Americans and is pro-life because it will not put seniors in a position of being put to death by their government. — Virginia Foxx

Republicans are pushing legislation forward that will improve the effectiveness of and bring more accountability to U.S. foreign assistance around the world and bring democracy even further into the light. — Virginia Foxx

I had that upbringing. Of watching 'Bonanza,' watching 'Hee Haw,' which both black and white would watch. I rode horses. I did gun spinning as a kid. I do these things. — Jamie Foxx

Every single thing in my life is built around race. — Jamie Foxx

Yeah, anytime anybody has a kid, you know how you feel when you have a kid, you look at the world differently because your kid's in the world now. When it's just you, whatever happens happens but now you pay more attention to political things. You pay more attention to things because your daughter or your son has to deal with these circumstances. — Jamie Foxx

It was really fun working with Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz on set. — Quvenzhane Wallis

Will.i.am and I performed at Wango Tango. That's when my daughter said that I had made it in music. — Jamie Foxx

In other words, Foxx represented what Sarah Palin (speaking at a campaign fundraiser in Greensboro three weeks before the election) called "the real America," by which she did not mean fallow farms and disability checks and crack. — George Packer

That's what's great about the arts. Everything inspires you, and you get a chance to grow from watching other people and how they do their work. — Jamie Foxx

The rapid increase in the production and transportation of crude oil requires additional vigilance for the continued safe movement of this commodity. — Anthony Foxx

If I were catching blindfolded, I'd always know when it was Foxx who connected. He hit the ball harder than anyone else. — Bill Dickey

As a kid, I was scared of losing my mind. In Terrell, Texas, where I grew up, there was a guy that would walk down the street talking to himself. And I used to watch him and feel uneasy. And there was a sanitarium where people would say, 'That's where all the crazy people go.' It really sort of frightened me. — Jamie Foxx

Every two, three years there is a movie about the Holocaust because they want you to remember and they want you to be reminded of what it was. When was the last time you seen a movie about slavery? — Jamie Foxx

If you come any closer Dal'las I will be forced to tie you to our bedja until we are done with our discussion." "Hmm, I've been meaning to suggest a little rope play in our sex life," she practically purred, truly finding the idea exciting. — Nia K. Foxx

You know what? I never really factor Hollywood into anything. I'm a black actor, so I can't really control what Hollywood thinks. I gotta go do my thing, and my jokes have got to be funny. Whatever I do has got to be great. — Jamie Foxx

What's weird is when you meet a girl who is 23 and you are talking to her, even her voice is high-pitched, she's young. You ask her how old she is, she says, 'Twenty-three, how old are you?' and when I tell her I'm 41 it's like I've just told her I have cancer. It's, 'Oh my God, how long have you had that?' — Jamie Foxx

No one respects the First Amendment more than I do. People have a right to express their concerns and their hopes and dreams to their government. — Anthony Foxx

I play a slave. How black is that? I have to wear chains. How whack is that? But don't worry. I get free. I save my wife and I kill all the white people in the movie. How great is that? — Jamie Foxx

I think Prince should open up a little more to other artists. Just because we love Prince. Especially the old stuff - we love him to death. But if he opened up he would be something to deal with. Imagine Kanye West producing a Prince track? It would be banoodles! — Jamie Foxx

I just love Jamie Foxx! — Nancy O'Dell

When you look at Michael Jackson, there's nobody who loves him in that family, nobody. If they did, they'd tell him he didn't have to do all that in order to be famous. All he has to do is keep doing his music and be himself. Michael's been a little touched for about 20 years, but somebody needs to pull him aside and tell him they love him. — Jamie Foxx

You come to Washington, there's a rail bill, there's a highway bill, there's a aviation bill. But when you go home, there's an airport, there's a highway, there's a rail, there's transit. It all has to work together. — Anthony Foxx

I have about 20 to 25 platonic relationships with women all across the board from professional to artistic and they always give little clues on what they like. — Jamie Foxx

Well, the album 'Intuition' is out and just went platinum officially. So I think to have the music doing what it's doing right now, man, it's the ultimate. Nobody is really selling records out there but we are at a million records and we dropped it at Christmas, so we are just trying to get that thing to like two million, you know. — Jamie Foxx

I'm a real person, and I'm angry. I'm trying to use this celebrity thing to get people some help. AIDS, poverty, racism - I want to be one of the hands that helps stop all that. I'll put it on my shoulders. I'll charge it to my account. — Jamie Foxx

Redd Foxx was the same gruff old codger you saw on television. — Charley Pride

America is hungry and starving for more infrastructure investment. — Anthony Foxx

Bridges and roads take years to build, but too often, states and communities haven't known if funding will be there for them more than a few months at a time. — Anthony Foxx

I am a comedian and you guys know whatever I say, I don't mean any of it. — Jamie Foxx

Man, after all my grandma put into me learning the piano, that was a hard day, telling her I was telling jokes for a living. — Jamie Foxx

There is no such thing as a Democratic or Republican road, bridge, port, airfield or rail system. — Anthony Foxx

A stem cell is essentially a blank cell capable of becoming another, more differentiated cell-type in the body, such as a skin cell, a muscle cell or a nerve cell. — Virginia Foxx

I've been trying to get into the Royal Box in New York for years. They say I'm too dirty, my material is too blue. But I think Redd, the whites and blue can be a nice combination. — Redd Foxx

Obesity among young Americans is a serious problem that can have serious ramifications in the long run. — Virginia Foxx

Guys don't adapt as well as women do to getting their heart broken for the first time. It's tragic. — Jamie Foxx