Lamar Quotes & Sayings

We are the only country in the world that has taken people from so many different backgrounds, which is a great achievement by itself, but an even greater achievement is that we have turned all of that variety and diversity into unity. — Lamar Alexander

Liberty does not exist where rights are on one side and power on the other. To be liberty, rights must be armed with vital powers. A people cannot be free who do not participate in the control of the government which operates upon them. — Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II

We all get distracted, the question is, would you bounce back or bounce backwards? — Kendrick Lamar

It isnt easy to put all of the ingredients together and one of the key things is this is the first time theres been a real, significant governmental body participation. In our case, its Collin County and the City of Frisco, the Frisco Economic Development group and the Frisco Independent School District. Those bodies, and Hunt Sports Group, obviously, put money into the project, and that has helped make it work. — Lamar Hunt

If I'm gonna tell a real story, I'm gonna start with my name. — Kendrick Lamar

Our entire being is fashioned as an instrument of praise. Just as a master violin maker designs an instrument to produce maximum aesthetic results, so God tailor-made our bodies, souls and spirits to work together in consonance to produce pleasing expressions of praise and worship. When we use body language to express praise, that which is internal becomes visible. — LaMar Boschman

I can tell that the Greater Yellowstone from the Tetons, to the Lamar Valley where wolves howl and grizzlies roam, acts as my spine, my range of memory that ties me to landscape of Other. And that the ocean from the rocky coast of Maine, to the Florida everglades, to the looming cliffs at Big Sur, sustain me, remind me we are nothing without salt water, wind, and waves. — Terry Tempest Williams

September 11 is one of our worst days but it brought out the best in us. It unified us as a country and showed our charitable instincts and reminded us of what we stood for and stand for. — Lamar Alexander

I think it's easy for people to say, 'Because you do this, you must be this kind of person, vain or uptight or mean to people.' People have a sense of who you may be because of the job you do. That's unfair judgment. — Lamar Odom

Eventually you get to this point where you understand what you want to do and get across and sound like. — Kendrick Lamar

I want you to recognize that I'm a proud monkey. — Kendrick Lamar

I knew how easy it was to make people believe a lie, but I didn't expect the same people, confronted with the lie, would choose it over the truth. . . . No amount of logic can shatter a faith consciously based on a lie. — M. LaMar Keene

Well, we've made huge strides since the 1990 World Cup, USA '94, and obviously since '98. Unfortunately, those strides only register with the public once every four years. — Lamar Hunt

Just let me be me, That's the only way I know. — Kendrick Lamar

I stole a Bible, is that a sin? — Kendrick Lamar

Death always seems to be around me. — Lamar Odom

I think higher education is over-regulated. — Lamar Alexander

I don't really believe in the type of pressure that people are wanting to put on the type of music that I make. — Kendrick Lamar

The center of all my enjoyments is the home wherein are my wife and children, and I have no wish to wander out from that home in pursuit of any pleasures that the world presents. — Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II

Until all the files are released, former officials and CIA personnel will continue to say or imply that Fidel killed JFK, thus perpetuating the fifty-plus-year Cold War with Cuba — Lamar Waldron

I've always felt that I'm a natural leader. — Lamar Odom

Most people who get in trouble in politics usually get in trouble because they're disconnected from the people they serve, and I don't think anybody in Tennessee, even people who won't vote for me, would accuse me of that. — Lamar Alexander

Put too many one-size-fits-all jackets on Americans and the place explodes. — Lamar Alexander

Me and Kendrick [Lamar] have different types of music. He from a different coast; we ain't in the same lane. — Meek Mill

There are artists that are using computers in all genres - Kendrick Lamar's music is electronic-made, and Taylor Swift is the same thing. There's a lot of pop music, underground music, and music for films made with computers. In that sense, it's not going to go away. — Skrillex

It is a rare American who does not have some story about how music has made our lives richer and more interesting, how it has changed our moods, brought out the best in our character and even sometimes helped us earn a living. — Lamar Alexander

We hear a lot about rebuilding Detroit, and we just spent $70 billion to bail out the auto industry - well, they need to be cost competitive, too. If they have high-cost energy, those suppliers are going to move to Japan or Mexico instead of Michigan and Tennessee. — Lamar Alexander

I'm standing on a field full of landmines doing the moonwalk hoping i blow up in time — Kendrick Lamar

I don't talk about these things if I haven't lived them, and I've hurt people in my life. It's something I still have to think about when I sleep at night. — Kendrick Lamar

There's a lot of other artists doing things outside of that depth that I enjoy - that music that I can actually have fun to, and not be in depth and think about, then I appreciate that. — Kendrick Lamar

The composition of the primary is so different than when I was first elected governor in 1978. — Lamar Alexander

You really can't categorize my music, it's human music. — Kendrick Lamar

You don't hear no artists from Compton showing vulnerability. — Kendrick Lamar

My mother and grandmother raised me. Queens raised me. — Lamar Odom

Electricity is derived from many non-renewable energy sources like oil, natural gas and coal. — Lamar S. Smith

People making it like I sit there and eat a whole plate of candy before I play a basketball game. I don't think anyone could do that. — Lamar Odom

When a nation has just emerged from the throes of a great civil warfare, where section was arrayed against section, class against class, two things are to be done: First, the work of reconstruction is to be effected; Secondly, a willingness for the proper acceptance of the issue's decision is to be created. — Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II

If the administration asks for $5 and Congress appropriates $4, that's what they get. If the government creates a subterfuge by going outside the government to raise money through a private entity, that's a violation of the law. — Lamar Alexander

I promised myself as a kid that I would not become that guy. So I have my finger on the pulse of what is going on and I love relevant music today. We are talking about artists like Kendrick Lamar, School Boy Q, Absoul, that whole crew. Of course Evidence and Alchemist, those guys are my brothers and I love those guys, they have been lifelong friends but I have always sort of looked up to them artistically. — Shane Bunting

The most important person you will ever talk to is yourself — Lamar Dexter Gardner

If your dad always has candy, how cool is he? Coolest dude in the world. My kids think I'm cool. — Lamar Odom

My grandmother was always upbeat, a naturally happy person. I think I got that from her. — Lamar Odom

The INS, by their actions, is telling would-be illegal aliens that if you don't get caught entering the U.S., we'll look the other way so you can stay. — Lamar S. Smith

I think my worst problem is actually living in the moment and understanding everything that's going on. I feel like I'm in my own bubble. — Kendrick Lamar

Found myself screaming in a hotel room. I didn't want to self-destruct. — Kendrick Lamar

It's that find some inspiration, it's that crack the installation, it's that quantum jump and that fist pump and that bomb detonation... — Kendrick Lamar

If you have a solution to immigration, it is possible to come home and defend it. — Lamar Alexander

The stadiums are like none I've ever seen. I think there must have been some strong competition nationally between Korea and Japan to make the best facilities because they are very well designed. — Lamar Hunt

I support basic research, which can lead to discoveries that change our world, expand our horizons and save lives. — Lamar S. Smith

So that's our new flag. The thing we've been fighting for-thirteen stripes for the colonies and thirteen stars in a circle for the union. — Lamar Trotti

People tell me that I'm always smilin' on the court. I don't think about it. I just get emotional out there. — Lamar Odom

There are a growing number of conservatives and Republicans who, while they support the president and support the war in Iraq, wonder how many of these nation-building wars we're going to engage in and what the parameters of that are. — Lamar Alexander

You want to remain hungry and stay in a good place as a competitor; at the same time, you want to be confident but not cocky. You have to realize that you can lose. We have to stay hungry, because losing is the worst thing that can happen now. That's a road we don't want to go down. — Lamar Odom

The Lakers are family. My kids don't have to switch schools. Little things like that are important. People don't think about things like that. I feel like something special is going to happen in this town. — Lamar Odom

Since day one, since the first time I touched the pen, I wanted to be the best at what I do. — Kendrick Lamar

Am I radiating openness? Do you feel the warmth of the springtime sun when I'm near? If so, please understand that sensation is actually my fiery disdain. — Lamar Giles

Judges should interpret the law, not make it. — Lamar S. Smith

My mind is living on cloud 9 and this 9 is never on vacation. — Kendrick Lamar

My grandma always said bad things don't last forever. — Lamar Odom

We're all products of our environment. The key is not to fall. — Lamar Odom

The cultivated mind is the guardian genius of democracy. It is the only dictator that free man acknowledges. It is the only security that free man desires. — Mirabeau B. Lamar

Remember when Jay-Z wore a Che Guevara T-shirt? Nobody knew who Che was. Then Jay-Z wears it, and it's everywhere. — Lamar Odom

There's pressure every night to be the best on the court. I put a lot of pressure on myself. Pressure is part of the game. It is also part of life. I want to prove I can do the work and be a success off the court as well as on it. — Lamar Odom

We hurt people that love us, love people that hurt us — Kendrick Lamar

Sometimes I still don't know if I'm prepared to go through the entire season, dealing with the different personalities, the crowds, the politics. — Lamar Odom

I'm always going to be under a microscope, and I haven't always handled it well. — Lamar Odom

The Mavericks and I have mutually agreed that it's in the best interest of both parties for me to step away from the team. — Lamar Odom

If I ever acquire wisdom, I suppose I'll be wise enough to know what to do with it. — Lamar Trotti

There was a possibility I could have been out of the NBA. It's taught me something that was a little deeper than basketball. I'm talking about life decisions. — Lamar Odom

The thing I love about the NBA game is that it's a playmaker's league. — Lamar Odom

The Universe energy doesn't lie. — Kendrick Lamar

I'm a role model. I have overcome the negativity, and I'm playing. — Lamar Odom

When you go on your Twitter or look down your Timeline and it's all great positivity - I love that. But at the same time, it can really divert you from what your purpose is or what you're trying to do. And I've seen artists get caught up in that. — Kendrick Lamar

I aint a drinker Im a thinker, call it what you want — Kendrick Lamar

I have kiddingly called it the 'Super Bowl,' which obviously can be improved upon. — Lamar Hunt

I think it eminently proper that a president should retire from active politics, and equally proper that he should be able to live in quiet independence. — Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II

When I go into the studio - it [words] has to sound the way I heard it in my head. So that's probably one of the biggest things that separates me when I'm working in the studio - just how I hear certain things. — Kendrick Lamar

Hip-hop and being a pro athlete go hand in hand. When they come together, it's a win, not just for your business brand but also for culture. — Kendrick Lamar

I grew up playing with kids from Hurt Village, playing with kids from other housing projects, Lamar Terrace, because my grandmother lived in that particular area. So, I always wondered how I would have turned out if I would have lived in that particular given circumstance. — Katori Hall

I've always been taught to care what other people think. My grandmother and mother taught me to project a positive image of myself. — Lamar Odom

When I was governor, I was looking for a way to unify our state. I realized music is about the only thing that unifies Tennessee. — Lamar Alexander

When I get close to an election, I look to 'Lamar Alexander's Little Plaid Book' for inspiration. — Lamar Alexander

Being able to tell one from start to finish, and making that puzzle come together at the end. That's the art for me. — Kendrick Lamar

The nations of Europe constitute a federative league, a commonwealth of nations which, though it has no central head, is so intimate and elaborate as to subject the action, and sometimes even the internal affairs, of each to surveillance and intervention on the part of all the others. — Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II

For years I've been seeing my young brothers wearing Scarface T-shirts, John Gotti T-shirts, Rick James T-shirts. We don't have any icons or idols to look up to, just rappers and professional athletes. — Lamar Odom

I don't vote. I don't do no voting. — Kendrick Lamar

You ever met one of those guys who, in a totally calm and composed way, can scare the shit out of you? Like an MMA fighter, or the fat Kardashian sister who married Lamar Odom? — Tucker Max

As several historians have pointed out, it would have made little sense for Fidel to do something that would risk having his country invaded in retaliation, just to make Lyndon Johnson President. — Lamar Waldron

President Bush and I had asked Congress to appropriate a half-billion dollars to school vouchers. We didn't get it, and we were disappointed. But we did not go out and form a corporation to pay for it. That would have been a problem. — Lamar Alexander

The ultimate thing I want to do in making music is to be able to inspire somebody else. — Kendrick Lamar

I'm Machiavelli's offspring, I'm the king of New York, king of the coast, one hand, I juggle them both. — Kendrick Lamar

The thing about hip-hop is they always want to classify you as one particular artist, but hip-hop is about going outside the box and expressing yourself however you want to. — Kendrick Lamar

I'm one of those players that I think I can do what's asked of me. Whether it's putting the ball in the basket, rebounding the ball, diving on the floor, making other people better, I'm willing to do anything just to win. — Lamar Odom

We all seem to stumble, planning our own demise,
Getting the big picture, and making it wallet-sized. — Kendrick Lamar

I love Washington, D.C.; I love this country, but I think over the last hundred years we've built up would I call an arrogant empire: people who think the rest of us are too stupid to make our own decisions. — Lamar Alexander

I'd rather not live like there isn't a God Then die and find out there really is Think about it — Kendrick Lamar

What they are doing is disarming in the battle to stop illegal drugs and illegal aliens. — Lamar S. Smith

What separated me from all my homeboys is the fact that I didn't get caught inside the reality. I was always dreaming about doing something else or going somewhere else. — Kendrick Lamar

The very first act of the Confederate Government was to send commissioners to Washington to make terms of peace, and to establish relations of amity between the two sections. — Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II

I was going to fight for what I wanted first, and that was being in L.A. and being a Laker. L.A. was the first place that came to my mind. That's where my heart was at. — Lamar Odom