Work And Play By Powerful People Quotes & Sayings

I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan. — Jackie Chan

Suddenly, I get this giddy desire to shock these guys a little. I continue, "These baboons really are our relatives. In fact, this baboon is my cousin." And with that I lean over and give Daniel a loud messy kiss on his big ol' nose. I get more of a response than I bargained for. The Masai freak and suddenly, they are waving their spears real close to my face, like they mean it. One is yelling, "He is not your cousin, he is not your cousin! A baboon cannot even cook ugali!" (Ugali is the ubiquitous and repulsive maize meal that everyone eats here. I almost respond that I don't really know how to cook the stuff either, but decide to show some prudence at last.) "He is not your cousin! — Robert M. Sapolsky

I smoke a blunt once every blue moon. But hey, the moon looks kinda blue tonight ... — Randy Moss

I don't do the same food in Tokyo that I do in Vegas and vice versa. If I did that, two weeks later I would have no customers. — Alain Ducasse

Music, and art for that matter, to me is not about true meaning to anyone else but yourself. If I told you the meaning of it all from my point of view it would erase the intimacy of art. I feel like art is up for interpretation, so if I told you my meaning, how could you truly relate it to anything that "you" personally are going through?? That is the beauty of art and music in particular — John O'Callaghan

I'm sorry, Imi." His apology whispered in my ears as I left the room. But it was the words that followed that burrowed deep.
"I'm sorry I couldn't be who you deserved."
I stopped just before opening the door.
"I'm sorry I believed that you already were," I responded softly. — A Meredith Walters

A drug is neither moral nor immoral - it's a chemical compound. The compound itself is not a menace to society until a human being treats it as if consumption bestowed a temporary license to act like an asshole. — Frank Zappa

It harms a man more to wound his heart than to hurt his body. — Yoshida Kenko

Some love to roam o'er the dark sea's foam, Where the shrill winds whistle free. — Charles Mackay

I have always looked up to my brothers. They are a huge influence on me. We constantly text and Facebook each other to give each other support. And we all hang out at home when we are in town together. — Lexi Thompson

And since you are a breath in God's sphere, and a leaf in God's forest, you too should rest in reason and move in passion. — Kahlil Gibran

How do I get better once I've had the best? — Katy Perry

Make a list of 200 prestigious, influential, and powerful people with whom you want to work, play, grow and do business. — Mark Victor Hansen

This is not a time for America to 'believe in magic.' This is a time to drive education forward. This is a time to drive the economy forward. This is a time to drive America forward. We must do it together. And we must re-elect Barack Obama as President of the United States. — Jim Hunt

When people connect to my work, it makes me feel great. A lot of that stuff is really deep, and when I play something and people feel what I feel, and use it in important situations in their lives, like at weddings or funerals, that's so powerful. It means I can connect with them on an important level. — Xavier Rudd

Almost everything people do is artistic. That doesn't make it art. — Macaulay Culkin