Singleton Quotes & Sayings

I try to keep focused on the things that really make me happy and just do those same things. — John Singleton

One day we will all cherish the memory of having blacksmiths on every corner. — George Singleton

Now, I'm so relaxed that I have to make myself nervous. I feel better when I'm second and third guessing myself over everything. I play with the mice in my head, all the time. — John Singleton

I've become more relaxed. When I was younger, I had more erratic, nervous tension when I was working. — John Singleton

I try not to let other people's problems problem me. — J. Richard Singleton

I do not define my job in any rigid terms but in terms of having the flexibility to what seems to me to be in the best interests of the company at any times. — Henry Earl Singleton

You can't make a woman love you. Not even with duct tape. — J. Richard Singleton

If people could see me the way I see myself - if they could live in my memories - would anyone love me? — John Green

I already have legitimacy as a filmmaker and now I'm trying to do stuff that's just fun. Until I find a cool tangible subject again that I want to tackle. — John Singleton

I've been nominated for Academy Awards, I know what I'm doing. — John Singleton

Cinema was my rite of passage. — John Singleton

And the moral of the story is that you don't remember what happened. What you remember becomes what happened. And the second moral of the story, if a story can have multiple morals, is that Dumpers are not inherently worse than Dumpees - breaking up isn't something that gets done to you; it's something that happens with you. — John Green

I don't believe all this nonsense about market timing. Just buy good value and when the market is ready that value will be recognized. — Henry Earl Singleton

Kanchan says that if you follow what you love, money will follow. Shokunin — Nancy Singleton Hachisu

There are plenty of atheists in foxholes. What I don't see are Christians in foxholes. If a Christian soldier takes a bullet to the knee, he will undoubtedly first call for a medic, not a priest. Reliance on god is typically only available when a problem can be ignored without discomfort or when the problem belongs to others (where it can be ignored without discomfort). When the chips are down, like when you have a serious illness or you've been shot or you're at war, even the most devout Christians rely on humans (doctors or other soldiers) even though they'll swear up and down that it's god helping them. — Sam Singleton

The problem with chameleoning your way through life is that it gets to the point where nothing is real. — John Green

All events and people are set in place for special souls to enter this world at a certain place and time. They follow a direct path and no matter what the circumstance they can't be stopped until their mission is complete. They go against all the odds. Everything is suddenly set in motion, the correct people, the right moment and with a driving force they have an lasting impact that will bring a change in the world. We have witnessed this phenomenon time after time. — Joan Singleton

I'm a bad, inconsistent person, but at least I'm not a member of the Tea Party griping incoherently about too much government, but flashing my Medicare card every other day to a doctor because I'm 400 pounds overweight. — George Singleton

I love comics. I like to do everything I used to do when I was 14-years-old. — John Singleton

Every closed door aint locked. — Elyse Singleton

I graduated from a place called Whitworth College in Spokane with a theater degree, then in 1993 I moved to L.A. and auditioned and did very well there. My first gig was playing a skinhead in John Singleton's 'Higher Learning', and I played Glenn Close's son in a TV movie called 'Serving In Silence.' — Trevor St. John

And yes, again, that was it exactly. A retyper and not a writer. A prodigy and not a genius. — John Green

We have these rules, the 'hero rules.' Like, a hero doesn't slouch. A hero walks proudly with his head up. A hero walks with a purpose. A hero's always a gentleman. — John Singleton

Human individuals and human organizations typically have preferences over resources that are not well represented by an "unbounded aggregative utility function". A human will typically not wager all her capital for a fifty-fifty chance of doubling it. A state will typically not risk losing all its territory for a ten percent chance of a tenfold expansion. [T]he same need not hold for AIs. An AI might therefore be more likely to pursue a risky course of action that has some chance of giving it control of the world. — Nick Bostrom

Singleton has an almost uncanny ability to resist being caught up in the fads and fancies of the moment. Like most great innovators [and investors! - Ed.], Henry Singleton is supremely indifferent to criticism. — Robert J. Flaherty

Well, for the transition from rapper to actor, I was fortunate that director John Singleton pursued me for about two years to be in Boyz 'N the Hood. I really wasn't even thinking about acting at the time, since I was singularly focused on being the best rapper in the world. So, that was really a blessing, because I wasn't really taking him seriously. — Ice Cube

Here I was with the guy I maybe-loved, relaxing by the ocean with salty crisp breezes and blue-gray sea curving into a for-ever horizon. We even had background music to add to the romantic ambience. And except for the "can't kiss because he's my brother" thing, this was the perfect romantic moment. — Linda Joy Singleton

18890 kilometers I travelled one year. One year without boundaries. One year opened like a white canvas. I walked into the desert of life, picked a direction and went. — D.W. Singleton

I Dream I am from a clash of Color, From an idea of love, modeled for others' perception. I see me as I am, but am hidden from others' views. I am who I am, but a living contradiction to my peers. I see life as a blessing, a gift granted to me. Why should my tint describe me? Why should my culture degrade me? Why should the ignorance of another conjure my presence? Too many times I've been disappointed by the looks, By the sneers and misconceptions of the people who don't get me, Who don't understand why it hurts. I dream of a place of glory and freedom, Of losing the weight of oppression on my back. I dream of the enlightenment of people, Of the opening of their eyes. I dream for acceptance, And for the blessing of feeling special just once. One moment of glory . . . for the true virtue in my life. For the glimmer of freedom, and a rise in real pride. — Glenn E. Singleton

Keep a small can of WD-40 on your desk-away from any open flames-to remind yourself that if you don't write daily, you will get rusty. — George Singleton

Los Angeles is a city made up of refugees from better cities. — J. Richard Singleton

I met Princess Anne once at a charity do and she said Blue Peter made her realise TV was all lies - she'd gone to Africa on safari with Valerie Singleton and they didn't see a thing, but when she watched it on TV they'd edited in some lion cubs. I was like, 'Oh dear.' I still don't know if she was joking or not. — Konnie Huq

Our attitude toward cash generation and asset management came out of our own thought process. After we acquired a number of businesses we reflected on aspects of business. Our own conclusion was that the key was cash flow. — Henry Earl Singleton

Animals are very spiritual creatures and have evolved to a higher plane than humans. Cola was honored with the position of Comforter. Usually that work goes to cats or ferrets... — Linda Joy Singleton

[Truman] didn't want to fight the guy, whatever he was - alien, vampyr or douchebag. — J. Richard Singleton

Impossible to say why childhood joy ends with such finality in so many things. — Dave Franklin

But if you are single the last thing you want is your best friend forming a functional relationship with somebody else. — Helen Fielding

What's the point in being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? How very odd, to believe God gave you life, and yet not think that life asks more of you than watching TV. — John Green

Incidentally, did you know that the whole eight glasses a day thing is complete bullshit and has no scientific basis? So many things are like that. Everyone just assumes they're true, because people are basically lazy and incurious, which incidentally is one of those words that sounds like it wouldn't be a word but is. — John Green

I have to deal with seven ex-stray dogs, and one ex-stray cat. One dog is nearing nineteen years old. Before I go to teach, he likes for me to tell him bedtime stories. — George Singleton

Ideally, alcohol should be consumed in private. I dislike going to the pub, becoming jolly and ending up talking to people I would rather see injected with bleach. — Dave Franklin

A man once told me to walk with the Lord. I'd rather walk with the bases loaded. — Ken Singleton

All Bridget Jones did was give us a word for it - singleton - which was the worst possible thing. — Daisy Donovan

I first met Jelly Roll in Chicago. He was livin' high then. You know, Jelly was a travelin' cat, sharp and good lookin' and always about he wrote this and that and the other thing - in fact, everything! — Zutty Singleton

The strongest, toughest men all have compassion. They're not heartless and cold. You have to be man enough to have compassion - to care about people and about your children" (217) - John Singleton "Oh Man, I've Become My Father — Denzel Washington

I know pretty well what evidence is, and I tell you, such evidence as that for the resurrection has never broken down yet. — John Singleton Copley

Going out? It seems so twentieth century. Do people really still do such a thing? — Dave Franklin

You have to think if we've been visited by extraterrestrial life, it was like a zookeeper walking into the chimp enclosure: He looks around, takes some pictures, then leaves without interacting significantly with the environment. Meanwhile the chimps have no idea what the fuck just happened. — J. Richard Singleton

Never compare your inside with somebody else's outside. -Gabe Singleton remembering his counselor's first advice- — Michael Palmer

There were so many bands in New Orleans. But most of the musicians had day jobs, you know
trades. They were bricklayers and carpenters and cigar makers and plasterers. Some had little businesses of their own
coal and wood and vegetable stores. Some worked on the cotton exchange and some were porters. They had to work at other trades 'cause there were so many musicians, so many bands. It was the most musical town in the country. — Zutty Singleton

Later film shoots' casting calls would advertise that they're "fun shoots" and a "good way to get exposure" - but working in entertainment is not entertaining, even though it is not what's traditionally thought of as "work." You know what's fun, indie filmmakers? Being paid for your time. — J. Richard Singleton

It's cool for me because I'm a director, but I'm also a teacher. I'm a lover of cinema, and I love working with people who are hungry and have the energy to really do better work. — John Singleton

Because, if I'm honest, people in the white world might be appalled, but in the black world, they're making myths out of me. And I know that ain't the life. — John Singleton

When it comes to men, women will insist that a lunge in their direction is not always welcome, and yet they cannot forgive a man who does not even attempt a sexual pursuit. Strange creatures, aren't they? — Dave Franklin

If you could talk to God, He wouldn't be God. — J. Richard Singleton

I'm a competitive guy. — John Singleton

No man wants his daughter to be the kind of girl whom he liked in high school. — J. Richard Singleton

I love Las Vegas because it's the one city less classy than Los Angeles. — J. Richard Singleton

I really took filmmaking very seriously ... It was an honor and then a crutch also, because at a young age, I was like, I guess I'm a serious filmmaker. I never set out to be a serious filmmaker. I just set out to make movies. — John Singleton

I seem to feel ashamed of going out and getting merry - I find it oddly humiliating - but I'm quite happy to sit here like some dipsomaniac and become maudlin. For me, that is cool behaviour. Once you realise you're going to be on your own for the next few decades, it seems as pleasurable a way as any to pass the years. — Dave Franklin

You could make it a singleton too, but friends don't let friends create singletons. — Robert Nystrom

You do not have to explain every single drop of water contained in a rain barrel. You have to explain one drop-H2O. The reader will get it. — George Singleton

In the glory days of Orioles, when I was a newbie baseball writer for the Post, the roster of talkers was as good as the everyday lineup. Singy - Ken Singleton - Flanny, and Cakes - the underwear spokesman Jim Palmer - were my go-to guys, occupying stalls along one wall of the shabby chic clubhouse. — Jane Leavy

Australia! Australians! Surely it's still full of Magwitch-types, lumbering oafs with shaven pates and broken noses on the run from whatever law there is, chucking kangaroo heads on the barbie as they read their awful bush poetry. — Dave Franklin

I'd rather just slip on my halo of flies and stay here, if you don't mind. — Dave Franklin

That's crazier than a boatload of prostitutes! — J. Richard Singleton

Good hitters don't become intimidated. They become infuriated. — Ken Singleton

I got that nickname my first spring training camp with the Expos in 1974. Tim Foli, Ken Singleton and Mike Jorgensen started calling me 'Kid' because I was trying to win every sprint. I was trying to hit every pitch out of the park. — Gary Carter

Crunk music is the music of the South, it pervades every club and nightclub not only in America, but all over the world. — John Singleton

When it comes to girls (and in Colin's case, it so often did), everyone has a type. Colin Singleton's type was not physical but linguistic: he liked Katherines. And not Katies or Kats or Kitties or Cathys or Rynns or Trinas or Kays or Kates or, god forbid, Catherines. K-A-T-H-E-R-I-N-E. He had dated 19 girls. All of them had been named Katherine. And all of them- every single solitary one- had dumped him. — John Green

Don't try to outguess what's going on in publishing, and write what you want to write. — George Singleton

Life.... It's better than the alternative. — J. Richard Singleton

Let me get this straight," Eli said, as if trying to be calm even though I could tell he was upset. "Instead of returning to your own body, you swapped with my sister?"

"Yes."

"So while I was waiting for you to wake up, holding your hand and saying...well, things I would never say to my sister...it was her and not you?"

"Um...yeah. — Linda Joy Singleton

Gilles Deleuze believed that every society needed a madman so we could feel better about ourselves. I do my best to fill that role. — George Singleton

Bored is a four-letter word. — Jill M. Singleton

I wanted to dress cool, and get all the ladies. — John Singleton

I guess we all travel through life in a haze of sorts. A fog. The people we only meet in the fog we allow ourselves to lose because it's not our fault. It's the fog's. The people we latch onto - they become our friends. It was my friendship with Ethan that took me out of the fog. — J. Richard Singleton

I don't smoke because I like to do so, but because it makes me pay cigarette taxes, which helps build roads and water supplies. — George Singleton

The freshest moments in my films have always been with unknown actors. — John Singleton

Think about all the selfish non-smokers out there, driving around on asphalt, drinking water out of the tap, not even thinking about how smokers' taxes help pay for it all. — George Singleton

I've got passion, and for people who don't, I make them see how trite their lives are. — John Singleton

If there's one thing I know about women, it's that they have vaginas. — J. Richard Singleton

The truth is like sunlight: It causes cancer. — J. Richard Singleton

'Baby Boy' is one of my favourite films, and Tyrese keeps telling everybody we're going to make a sequel. I mean, we have a story right now but we don't know where we're going to take it. — John Singleton

I believe in maximum flexibility, so I reserve the right to change my position on any subject when the external environment relating to any topic changes too. — Henry Earl Singleton

I know a lot of people have very strong and definite plans that they've worked out on all kinds of things, but we're subject to a tremendous number of outside influences and the vast majority of them cannot be predicted. So my idea is to stay flexible. My only plan is to keep coming to work every day. I like to steer the boat each day rather than plan ahead way into the future. — Henry Earl Singleton

Collin Singleton could no more stay cool than a blue whale could stay skinny or Bangladesh could stay rich — John Green

The difference between extras and audience members is that audience members don't get chairs. Audience members are the daylaborers of the industry. When it's sunny, we stand in the sun. When it's cold, we stand in the cold. — J. Richard Singleton

I love animals, especially with barbeque sauce. — J. Richard Singleton

Try not to let life get in the way, of what's important — Joanne Singleton

It's good to buy a large company with fine businesses when the price is beaten down over worry about one problem. — Henry Earl Singleton

Additional Prevention Measures — Kenneth Singleton

Every time you make a contribution to an organization purported searching for a "cure,' such as the American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society, the Susan G. Komen Foundation, the United Way, or any other such institution, you are helping maintain the status quo. Plus, you are helping researchers torture, usually for years and always for no reason, millions of helpless, innocent animals. — Paige Singleton