Lisaraye Quotes & Sayings

The less you use your brain, the less it will be there for use when you need it. — Auliq Ice

As if it were far easier to start over completely than to try to put everything back together again. — Jennifer E. Smith

I'm one of those women who's not to be messed with. I'm very opinionated and boisterous at times. I'm also kind and humble. I know when to fold and when to hold, and that's important. If my edge scares you, then you have a choice to remove yourself. — LisaRaye McCoy-Misick

I intimidate a lot of men, because I've done a lot. I'm established. I'm successful. — LisaRaye McCoy-Misick

I tried to tell you that it's not Spade in there."
"You could have tried harder. I absolutely never needed to know that Ian was pierced down there. — Jeaniene Frost

Looks fade, don't get too attached. — Ashton Kutcher

When we stop thinking primarily about ourselves, of our wants, our image and our own self-preservation, we undergo a transformation of truly heroic proportions. — Jose N. Harris

You have probably never heard of Professor Moriarty?" said he. "Never. — Arthur Conan Doyle

As an actress, I have put myself out there as an independent black woman, a single mom, a go-getter, a hustler who isn't afraid to survive. — LisaRaye McCoy-Misick

I've got girlfriends who call me 'Raye' or 'L. Raye', but when somebody calls me 'Lisa', it's like, 'You've got two more times to say that and then I think you're disrespecting me and I'm going to have to cut you!' — LisaRaye McCoy-Misick

Some men are afraid of women who challenge them and demand respect and answers. That's who I am and will always be. — LisaRaye McCoy-Misick

Acting is wonderful, but it's not pulling in the type of money that I want. It's not bringing in the type of money that I am used to or the type of money that is going to supply my lifestyle. I'm a leisure girl; I like to be over in Italy or in Europe, you know shopping or vacationing, you know. — LisaRaye McCoy-Misick

The feeling itself is the language your Higher Self listens to. — Raphael Zernoff

I make no apologies for loving the finer things in life or the men I choose to date. I don't feel bad about the person I am. Now, I do have an edge, rawness and realness, and I can tell you I'm going to keep that. — LisaRaye McCoy-Misick

I've tried everything but celibacy, and I really want to know what it feels like to be touched by someone with a mental touch and not a physical touch. — LisaRaye McCoy-Misick

Growing up, I stayed in a child's place. My father was murdered when I was 20. I was a model and never had a real job and my parents took care of me. — LisaRaye McCoy-Misick

Abandon certainty! That's life's deepest command. That's what life's all about. We're a probe into the unknown, into the uncertain. Why can't you hear Muad'Dib? If certainty is knowing absolutely an absolute future, then that's only death disguised! Such a future becomes now! — Frank Herbert

We must not think too unkindly even of the east wind. It is not, perhaps, a wind to be loved, even in its benignest moods; but there are seasons when I delight to feel its breath upon my cheek, though it be never advisable to throw open my bosom and take it into my heart, as I would its gentle sisters of the south and west. — Nathaniel Hawthorne

I am such a vacation girl. I have little places that I go to frequently! If I am not too busy on a weekend, I try to go someplace like Mexico or Manzanillo or something like that. — LisaRaye McCoy-Misick

It is much easier to fight through this thing called life with someone, as opposed to fighting alone. I absolutely want to be a wife and to come home to somebody who I know adores me. — LisaRaye McCoy-Misick

I'm a talkative person because I like to get to know a person and I like you to get to know me. — LisaRaye McCoy-Misick

I know how to play comedy when it's needed. So even when it's really not there, my facial expressions are really great. I have a lot of facial expressions in my face, you know. — LisaRaye McCoy-Misick

I think it is important for every actress to be able to feel whatever garment she has on because, we as women, we know when we look good. We know when we feel good. — LisaRaye McCoy-Misick

I want to start dating the man that I'm gonna marry. I want to start having some fun with someone that I know I'm gonna be with. I don't play any games. I'm too old for that. I've been there; I've been around the block. — LisaRaye McCoy-Misick

I learned from my mistakes; I was able to accept the things that were my fault and to be able to grow from that. You have to be able to see growth from your experiences, and I've done that. — LisaRaye McCoy-Misick

I have very few friends. I'm an associate of everybody and friend of none. — LisaRaye McCoy-Misick

I grew up on the Southside of Chicago. What people don't realize is that my father was a multimillionaire who owned 12 hotels, motels, a steel mill, a radio station, a club, nursing home, and a law office. So I think it's safe to say I'm a little above middle class and I'm a daddy's girl. — LisaRaye McCoy-Misick

When I was younger, I thought LisaRaye sounded so country, but I've come to really appreciate my family-given name. I was named after my father, David Ray McCoy, and I'm totally a daddy's girl. — LisaRaye McCoy-Misick

I'm not into younger men. A couple of years younger, maybe, but I'm not a cougar. I'm not a panther, either. — LisaRaye McCoy-Misick

Let us make this world a house of love and peace.
Let us forget and forgive all hate and prejudice.
Let us break all the walls of pride and prejudice.
Let us open our door to welcome joy and peace. — Debasish Mridha

I want to know what it is to build the foundation of the friendship for real, to have my best friend and not because we're just intimate, but because we're mentally intimate. So I'm waiting for that person to come into my life. — LisaRaye McCoy-Misick

I've got to be able to get my time off whether it's just enjoying my house or the peace and quiet of my family and being there and cooking for them. I love doing that. I also love doing leisure things. I ride horses. I love to shop. I love to drive! — LisaRaye McCoy-Misick