96 quotes found
Rapper and actor · American · 1958
American rapper and actor (born 1958)
“I'm going to build that house with my own hands, from the foundation to the roof. I'm going to do it for us, and I'm going to do it right, so it lasts forever. Can't go raising walls on a shaky fou...”
“Don't wait to forgive until you feel like forgiving”
“You don't learn knife skills at cooking school, because they give you only six onions and no matter how hard you focus on those six onions there are only six, and you're not going to learn as much ...”
“In AA we dont come to God through theology but through experience, mostly of the humbling and humiliating variety, often reluctantly, and sometimes even kicking and screaming. p. 179”
“People are drawn to you because you make them feel happy”
“Stop looking for your better half! You need to be whole to attract your better whole, if you expect to have a flourishing relationship.”
“If you only attract Mr. Wrong or Ms. Crazy, evaluate the common thread in this diversity of people: YOU!”
“Don't get mad about the infestation of fleas if you keep shopping at the dog pound.”
“When we look back from the vantage point of sobriety, many of us realize that when drinking we often felt like a fake, a fraud, and a phony. Thats because we were. p. 74”
“I was taught how to tie up the loin with a butcher's looping knot and was so excited by the discovery that I went home and practiced. I told Elisa about my achievement. I tied up everything, I said...”
“How could I tell Clarence that finding another dead body was anything but dreadful? On the contrary: it was thrilling; it was exciting; it was exhilarating, it was invigorating; to say nothing of e...”
“It's amazing what the discovery of a corpse can do for one's spirits.”
“I cannot give any scientist of any age better advice than this: the intensity of the conviction that a hypothesis is true has no bearing on whether it is true or not.”
“Contrary to what you may have heard or been taught, your ego isn't a bad thing. It means well. The ego wants to keep you safe, secure, protected and accepted. The problem comes in because it usuall...”
“Fight for the rights of all”
“There is no justice here”
“If we all got fed up at the same time, which could happen coming on evening, we would all sit down and Mick would sign a song. We learned many songs while setting spuds and many a story was told, i...”
“Some people will not make the decision to give Jesus love back no matter how great his love is. These folks are who I call grace users. They just take advantage of the Lords love and kindness. True...”
“Always try to avoid repeating the same mistakes”
“The essence of humility in Step 3 is acknowledging and accepting our dependence on God. The essence of faith is trusting God. p. 167”