Jamal Quotes & Sayings

Mr. McVicker instilled self-respect in those of us who were his students, because he respected us regardless of our background, — Ahmad Jamal

Predictions of failure have never stopped those whose ambitions are driven by their unwavering vision. — Nabil N. Jamal

He who is satisfied with what he has, is a rich man. — Nabil N. Jamal

Everybody knows how others should do their jobs - but they don't know how to do theirs. — Nabil N. Jamal

Giving, in the form of volunteer work: enhances your immune system, lowers cholesterol levels, strengthens your heart, decreases the incidence of chest pains, and generally reduces stress. — Azim Jamal

We cannot force others to behave differently if they disagree with us. But if we change what we are saying or doing, they may respond differently. — Nabil N. Jamal

Nobody knows exactly what he's capable of until he tries. — Nabil N. Jamal

There is no such thing as weak competition, it grows all the time. — Nabil N. Jamal

The media, itself an arm of mega-corporate power, feeds the fear industry, so that people are primed like pumps to support wars on rumor, innuendo, legends, and lies. — Mumia Abu-Jamal

I'm a superkid yes. But even Superman had his flu days. — Fynn Jamal

Liberals can always be trusted to see God in Mumia Abu-Jamal and the devil in the Pope. — Ilana Mercer

You've got a big, big problem if you get caught up in what people say. If you're gonna live for what people say, you might as well lay down and forget it. Because it doesn't work that way. — Ahmad Jamal

European militants recognize Mumia Abu-Jamal, and the Mexican militants followed their example and legitimated his work because the Europeans said, "Hey, Mumia Abu-Jamal is relevant in the US. I, the European, am telling you. I am your political guide, your icon, your mentor for political references. I am telling you that you should support the relevant causes." — Bocafloja

Companies don't succeed, people do.
Companies don't fail, people do. — Nabil N. Jamal

The attitude you bring to your giving will reflect the benefits you gain. — Azim Jamal

The beautiful thing about theater is every night is an opportunity to incorporate what you discovered the night before. — Malcolm-Jamal Warner

The United States is Fast Becoming One of the Biggest Open-Air Prisons on Earth — Mumia Abu-Jamal

Relearning from children their need to question and discover can ignite one's creativity and reveal more possibilities. — Nabil N. Jamal

Draw the attention of those who do things out of spite, to something else, away from what you wish to avoid. — Nabil N. Jamal

Today's empire is tomorrow's ashes — Mumia Abu-Jamal

Part of coming to know Jesus is coming to know ourselves, Papa. Seeing all the things that we otherwise might wish to keep hidden. Even from our own minds." Jamal lifted his face, creased in sorrows only he could know, to hers. He shook his head as if to clear it. Julia said, "The closer we come to Jesus, the more we recognize his perfect love. And the more we see how far removed we are from this perfection. He calls to us with that love and forgiveness. He invites us to grow, to become more than we ever could be on our own. — Davis Bunn

t is your own barrier, you set it, and only you can remove it. Remember that. So, do you want to try again or permanently give up? — Nabil N. Jamal

I think because I came into journalism by way of the Black Panther Party - and not J-school or a corporate bourgeois institution - I tried to do news, writing and reporting that had social, political and racial content and context. — Mumia Abu-Jamal

When a cause comes along and you know in your bones that it is
just, yet refuse to defend it
at that moment you begin to die.
And I have never seen so many corpses walking around talking about
justice. — Mumia Abu-Jamal

Fool me once; fool me twice; but shame on me if you fool me thrice. — Nabil N. Jamal

I chose Tennessee because I thought they'd give me an opportunity to play. — Jamal Lewis

ot everyone liked Albert. Not everyone was happy that he had become the most important person around. Lots of people were jealous that Albert had a girl to clean his house and the porcelain basin where he did his business at night when he didn't want to go outside to the only actual outhouse in Per-dido Beach. And that he could afford to send his clothes to be washed in the fresh water of the ironically named Lake Evian.
And there were definitely people who didn't like working for Albert, having to do what he said or go hungry.
Albert traveled with a bodyguard now. The bodyguard's name was Jamal. Jamal carried an automatic rifle over his shoulder. He had a massive hunting knife in his belt. And a club that was an oak chair leg with spikes driven through it to make a sort of mace.
Unlike everyone else Albert carried no weapon himself. Jamal was weapon enough. — Michael Grant

Here's how man thinks: If no one's done it, why should I try? It's a waste of my time; but if he's done it, I can do it better. — Nabil N. Jamal

Whether you dream big or dream small, chances are your dream will come true if you believe in it and really work hard on it. — Nabil N. Jamal

People kind of have a misconception, because when someone calls me Theo and I correct them, say, 'No, my name is Malcolm,' they think I have an attitude about it and I don't want to be associated with the show. — Malcolm-Jamal Warner

Fame and glory belong to those who are the first to achieve things, not those who only think about it or do it after it's been done. — Nabil N. Jamal

Conventional wisdom would have one believe that it is insane to resist this, the mightiest of empires, but what history really shows is that today's empire is tomorrow's ashes; that nothing lasts forever, and that to not resist is to acquiesce in your own oppression. The greatest form of sanity that anyone can exercise is to resist that force that is trying to repress, oppress, and fight down the human spirit. — Mumia Abu-Jamal

Like in the zoo, you will always find lots of monkeys but very few lions. — Nabil N. Jamal

Being a celebrity can be very intoxicating and very addicting. And I've always been afraid of that, because I've grown up post-almost every child star out there who has gone wayward. — Malcolm-Jamal Warner

In business, everyone has a different weight. — Nabil N. Jamal

I don't see you making it to the top; nobody's going to help you get there. You have to do it all on your own. But if you want it so bad, prove me wrong. — Nabil N. Jamal

Free people have a right to decide for themselves what they want to hear. — Mumia Abu-Jamal

I hope we can build our offense and go out there and win games. — Jamal Lewis

I never wanted to be one of those 'Where are they now?' kids. — Malcolm-Jamal Warner

The power of giving is instantaneous, continuous and eternal. — Azim Jamal

I don't watch that much football ... I really like to play it. — Jamal Lewis

Very few people in prison have voices that go beyond the wall. It's my job to do the work for them because they have no one. — Mumia Abu-Jamal

The quickest way to become troubled is to be concerned with what people are gonna say about your life and your work. — Ahmad Jamal

While they were still in the university, Osama and Jamal made a resolution. They decided to practice polygamy. It had become socially unacceptable in Saudi Arabia. "Our fathers' generation was using polygamy in not a very good way. They would not give equal justice to their wives," Khalifa admitted. "Sometimes they would marry and divorce in the same day. The Egyptian media used to put this on television, and it made a very bad impression. So, we said, 'Let's practice this and show people we can do it properly. — Lawrence Wright

In spite of what some people claim, we are not in a post-racial era. I think it's still an important issue to bring up. — Malcolm-Jamal Warner

The idea that other perspectives exist may not be obvious to those who are in an emotional state of mind. — Nabil N. Jamal

It is wise to consider a matter carefully before jumping in carelessly. — Nabil N. Jamal

African-Americans are not a monolithic group. So, we tend to talk about the black community, the black culture, the African-American television viewing audience, but there are just as many facets of us as there are other cultures. — Malcolm-Jamal Warner

At the risk of quoting Mephistopheles I repeat: Welcome to hell. A hell erected and maintained by human-governments, and blessed by black robed judges. A hell that allows you to see your loved ones, but not to touch them. A hell situated in America's boondocks, hundreds of miles away from most families. A white, rural hell, where most of the captives are black and urban. It is an American way of death. — Mumia Abu-Jamal

When I'm not working, I'm on the road with my band. Or I'm performing in poetry houses doing spoken work. So I've got another passion and another outlet that allows me to be creatively fulfilled and not sitting at home pulling my hair out waiting for the right role to come along. — Malcolm-Jamal Warner

The role of television is the illusion of company, noise. I call it the fifth wall and the second window: the window of illusion. — Mumia Abu-Jamal

When his parents announced the newest rules to Jamal, he defiantly announced back to them that, as a matter of principle, he would not be "manipulated or forced into complying with a Fascist parenting style. — James T. Webb

I love networking. But I learned to love it — Jamal Igle

Why start something that you won't see to the end? You need to finish what you start! — Nabil N. Jamal

I really liked watching Bo Jackson run just because of his size and his speed. — Jamal Lewis

The rumors about me being with Jamal Lewis, Adam Carolla and Tiki Barber are absolutely false. I've never even met Adam or Tiki Barber in person'we did phone interviews. What happens is that a lot of high-profile men saw topless photos of me. — Kola Boof

You cannot advance if you cannot visualize the end from the start. — Nabil N. Jamal

If after giving it all that you possibly can, you do lose to the competition, then they really deserve the win. — Nabil N. Jamal

But there's a huge blessing that comes from being a part of a show like 'The Cosby Show' that sets such a high standard of quality - it touched so many people on so many different levels. — Malcolm-Jamal Warner

Hopefully, I can put the pictures they take of me up on my Facebook. — Jamal Idris

I am a responsible parent and have always provided for my children. That fact cannot be disputed. I have made mistakes in my life, but failing to care for my children is not one of them. — Jamal Lewis

I would like to be a scholar in whatever I do, a scholar is never finished, he is always seeking and I am always seeking. — Ahmad Jamal

Doing 'Malcolm and Eddie' was probably the foremost miserable years of my life. — Malcolm-Jamal Warner

If you really dissect hip-hop you will find a whole lot of Charles Mingus, Ron Carter, Ahmad Jamal, a lot of classic jazz samples in there. — Robert Glasper

A lot of times what happens is, not even just with child actors, but people in general, is they get so caught up in the now. The hot song, the hot TV show, the hot movie. You're not saying 'OK, this is cool, but where am I trying to be 20 years from now?' That's always been in the forefront of my mind. — Malcolm-Jamal Warner

Here and there in the barrios and the favelas, among those who have least, beat hearts of hope, fly sparks of Overcoming. — Mumia Abu-Jamal

I'm 44 now and have been working in comics for most of my adult life. I've been blessed to have had the career that I've had and worked with the many awesome creators I have. — Jamal Igle

The only instance where five purely-negative words had had a highly positive, motivational impact are Winston Churchill's, Never, Never, Never, Never Give-up. — Nabil N. Jamal

Every day, everywhere we are surrounded by positive things, but will you choose to see them? — Nabil N. Jamal

So many thinkers, so few doers. — Nabil N. Jamal

I have looked to the Steinway piano since I was three, not only as my ideal choice of an instrument. But, as a responsive and ever reliable friend. — Ahmad Jamal

Mr. Cosby wanted to do a show not about an upper-middle-class black family, but an upper-middle-class family that happened to be black. Though it sounds like semantics, they're very different approaches. — Malcolm-Jamal Warner

when you read findings like the one above, and see that Jamal doesn't get the job, it's easy to shake your head at the few racist hiring managers who've tilted the odds against him. But the data we see in this chapter shows racism isn't a problem of outliers. It is pervasive. — Christian Rudder

In the last century the Arab thinker Jamal al-Afghani wrote: 'Every Muslim is sick and his only remedy is in the Koran.' Unfortunately the sickness gets worse the more the remedy is taken. — Conor Cruise O'Brien

In a negotiation, we must find a solution that pleases everyone, because no one accepts that they must lose and that the other must win ... Both must win! — Nabil N. Jamal

I also wanted to play with Peyton Manning because I thought he could teach me a lot, and he did. — Jamal Lewis

Without knowing failure how can we know success? — Nabil N. Jamal

Just as it's painful to hear any woman talk about sexual assault, whether true or not, it's just as painful to watch my friend and mentor go through this. — Malcolm-Jamal Warner

Before this generation goes on to its ancestors, we should, we must, do our level best to pass on our lessons, so that they live in our people's minds and lives. — Mumia Abu-Jamal

Watching Bo Jackson, seeing his size, his speed, a lot of his abilities, really drove me. — Jamal Lewis

It is inevitable that there will come a time when mankind will go out more at night and stay indoors during the day to avoid harmful solar rays. — Nabil N. Jamal

We hastily call someone a friend. — Nabil N. Jamal

It doesn't matter how much you make, what matters is what you become. Stay hungry.. Learn.. you'll become world-class — Azim Jamal

Luckily, I have the good fortune of being on the same team as Ray Lewis. I don't have to face him on Sunday. — Jamal Lewis

I never did have a team that I watched in my younger days. — Jamal Lewis

Let your ambitions fly. Let nothing hold you back. — Nabil N. Jamal

As long as I can stay north or south, I'm gaining yards. — Jamal Lewis

Many fail to realize this great recording industry was built by so-called jazz artists. And at the other end of the spectrum, a base in European classical music as well. — Ahmad Jamal

If the Constitution can be used against one, it can be used against all. — Mumia Abu-Jamal

If they survive, today's children will inherit a world that our fathers and grandfathers have ravaged, where the seas are acidic cesspools that the whales have fled, where rain forests are Indian memories never to return, and where human greed has plundered Mother Earth's innards and turned human genes into factories for profit. They will inherit a diminished planet where fresh water is increasingly rare, and where fresh air is a commodity ... We live in a world that fears and hates its young. How else can one explain the bequest of such a foul, polluted, and hollow inheritance? — Mumia Abu-Jamal

Jamal stared at the dog in his arms. Why I am I holding a dog full of angels? — Diana Wynne Jones

Acting had been a hobby that turned into a career, the directing was a hobby that turned into a career and music just really allowed me to find another way to express myself. — Malcolm-Jamal Warner

Prison is a second-by-second assault on the soul, a day-to-day degradation of the self, an oppressive steel and brick umbrella that transforms seconds into hours and hours into days. — Mumia Abu-Jamal

I've met men who have been married 19, 20 years, and all of a sudden the wife decides one day she needs to find herself. — Malcolm-Jamal Warner

Politics is the art of making the people believe that they are in power, when in fact, they have none. — Mumia Abu-Jamal

Creativity and Innovation produces better comics. — Jamal Igle

If you ain't angry, you ain't paying attention. — Mumia Abu-Jamal

Elie Wiesel says that the greatest evil in the world is not anger or hatred, but indifference. If that is true, then the opposite is also true: that the greatest love we can show our children is the attention we pay them, the time we take for them. Maybe we serve children the best simply by noticing them. — Mumia Abu-Jamal

When you control their water, you control the people. — Nabil N. Jamal

The state would rather give me an uzi than a microphone. — Mumia Abu-Jamal