Jackie Quotes

At about the end of the eighteen minutes and twenty miles, I said: "But suppose I don't find anything before election day?"

The Boss said, "To hell with election day. I can deliver Masters prepaid, special handling. But if it takes ten years, you find it."

We clocked off five miles more, and I said, "But suppose there isn't anything to find."

And the Boss said, "There is always something."

And I said, "Maybe not on the Judge."

And he said, "Man is conceived in sin and born in corruption and he passeth from the stink of the didie to the stench of the shroud. There is always something."

Two miles more, and he said, "And make it stick."

And that was all a good while ago. And Masters is dead now, as dead as a mackerel, but the Boss was right and he went to the Senate. And Callahan is not dead but he has wished he were, no doubt, for he used up his luck a long time back and being dead was not part of it. And Adam Stanton is dead now, too, who used to go fishing with me and who lay on the sand in the hot sunshine with me and with Anne Stanton. And Judge Irwin is dead, who leaned toward me among the stems of the tall gray marsh grass, in the gray damp wintry dawn, and said, "You ought to have led that duck more, Jack. You got to lead a duck, son." And the Boss is dead, who said to me, "And make it stick."

Little Jackie made it stick, all right. ~ Robert Penn Warren

The Nazis, for him, are merely available movie tropes
articulate monsters with a talent for sadism. By making the Americans cruel, too, he escapes the customary division of good and evil along national lines, but he escapes any sense of moral accountability as well. In a Tarantino war, everyone commits atrocities. Like all the director's work after 'Jackie Brown,' the movie is pure sensation. It's disconnected from feeling, and an eerie blankness
it's too shallow to be called nihilism
undermines even the best scenes. ~ David Denby

When I was a kid, I loved Jackie Chan. ~ Lucas Till

The world is too violent right now. ~ Jackie Chan

But I want to do good work, after this series. ~ Jackie Cooper

He would rather die with her than live a single day more without her. ~ Jackie Williams

Jackie Robinson is a true legend. ~ Sidney Poitier

A lot of people talk about writing. The secret is to write, not talk. ~ Jackie Collins

That takes a lot of confidence to let your actors come up with something that could be theoretically funnier than what you had envisioned originally. ~ Jackie Schaffer

People assuming that because I'm a great athlete, I can dance. But no. My rhythm is off a little bit. ~ Jackie Joyner-Kersee

If there really is a god, then he really looks after me. ~ Jackie Chan

I now have two different audiences. There's the one that has been watching my action films for 20 years, and the American family audience. American jokes, less fighting. ~ Jackie Chan

Thinking about the things that happened, I don't know any other ball player would could have done what he (Jackie Robinson) did. To be able to hit with everybody yelling at him. He had to block all that out, block out everything but this ball that is coming in at a hundred miles an hour and he's got a split second to make up his mind if it's in or out or down or coming at his head, a split second to swing. To do what he did has got to be the most tremendous thing I've ever seen in sports. ~ Pee Wee Reese

When he (Richard Nixon) took the oath of office, he pledged to be the president for 100% of the people, and I challenge the president to prove that he is being the president for 100% of the people. ~ Jackie Robinson

I idolized my mother. I didn't realize she was a lousy cook until I went into the army. ~ Jackie Gayle

History
its what those bitter old men write. ~ Jackie Kennedy

I think the major role of the First Lady is to take care of the President so that he can best serve the people. And not to fail her family, her husband, and children. ~ Jackie Kennedy

Don't be a scaredy-human," called Emerald. "Gran-Doyen says I can't burn you up, so I won't." Then under her breath, she added, "Though accidents do happen." (Emerald to Ethan) ~ Jackie Castle

He was by no means a thief, but Jackie had learned the hard way that life could drag disgrace out of you. ~ Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

Robinson was important to all blacks. To make it into the majors and to take all the name calling, he had to be something special. He had to take all this for years, not just for Jackie Robinson, but for the nation. ~ Willie Mays

It's important to me to try and expose young people to the things they believe are off-limits to them. I tell them, 'There are no walls, only the ones we put up.' My advice to young people looking at my life is not to follow my footprint but to go out there and make their own. ~ Jackie Joyner-Kersee

When that day comes, I want to remember that the questions, frustrations, and believe that I am lost are all signs that I chose an authentic path, not a stagnant finish line. ~ Jackie Viramontez

I'm not shy. I'm modest, but I'm very outgoing. ~ Jackie Joyner-Kersee

I feel like I have lived all over the world since I get to go everywhere to film. ~ Jackie Chan

Ideas are all around me. If I wasn't interested in them myself, I don't think anyone else would be either. ~ Jackie Collins

This was an urban legend that didn't make it on to Snopes.com ~ Jackie Sonnenberg

To me, the series was the end of the actor, when the series ended. ~ Jackie Cooper

I'm seventeen. Seems like I only blinked and here I am. I'm speeding like a rocket toward death. I'm spiraling toward the end of now and the start of infinity. It's a countdown. But to what? Can't gift wrap eternity. ~ Jackie Lea Sommers

The trouble with me is that I'm an outsider. And that's a very hard thing to be in American life. ~ Jackie Kennedy

I always have been trying to work on the other side of Jackie, and that is, making sure that my appearance, that my image, is right; also, working in the job world, knowing how it is to wake up and go to a job. ~ Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Don't dim your light because others think it's too bright. ~ Jackie Cantoni

Do that thing you always wanted to do "someday" in the future: get on a plane in your Jackie O shift dress and shades, take a train across Europe wearing red lipstick, buy that sporty two-seater car, spend your money on perfume. Otherwise you might wake up one day with a husband and kids and wonder what you did with all that free time you once had. And if you're already experiencing the domestic bliss of family life, savour every moment. ~ Rosie Blythe

I've seen too many ups and downs in the movie industry. ~ Jackie Chan

Surround yourself with good and good will prevail. ~ Lorna Jackie Wilson

They thought in terms of: whatever you had that started you at the box office, this was it. ~ Jackie Cooper

An emotionally abusive relationship, in very simplistic terms, is much like standing up in a too hot bath and sinking back in so as not to feel so dizzy. ~ Jackie Haze, Borderless

You cannot penalize a man for one slip. Then she lay wondering about the word slip. When you slip, you fall, but maybe it is not such a sore fall because you have slipped. ~ Jackie Kay

Acting and singing are actually very similar because they're both telling a story. ~ Jackie Evancho

I have a metal plate in my head, and can pop my shoulder and pop it back. ~ Jackie Chan

I'd love to see a new form of social security ... everyone taught how to grow their own; fruit and nut trees planted along every street, parks planted out to edibles, every high rise with a roof garden, every school with at least one fruit tree for every kid enrolled. ~ Jackie French

I love being in Malibu. It's so cool there, and the water is just, it's nice and, and I love the beach. And I found a sand dollar there. ~ Jackie Evancho

answered the phone; it was, in fact, the Times - the Los Angeles one. Jackie took the call, and by the time I could get unhooked from my homicidal seat belt and turned around to look, there was nothing to see except the usual mad, gleaming pack of angry, overpowered vehicles. I scanned in all directions a couple of times, but I saw no cycles, and I heard no more popping backfire sounds. So I shrugged it off before we were even halfway to work, and thought no more about motorcycles. ~ Jeff Lindsay

Anybody who's in favor of gun control is a fucking moron. ~ Jackie Mason

America is the only country in the world where you can burn the flag but can't tear the tag off the mattress. ~ Jackie Mason

Viagra is a drug, just like cocaine. It can cause you to become addicted. ~ Jackie Collins

With Jackie it's totally different. She might be young but her soul speaks to mine. Her soul is bright yet weathered, having endured so much and come out of it still willing to shine. With her I can just be myself. I don't have to pretend. I don't have to guard myself. Maybe I should but if I did then I couldn't feel half of what I'm feeling. ~ Karina Halle

For me the greatest source of income is still movies. Nothing - stocks, financial speculation, real estate speculation or businesses - makes more money for me than making movies. ~ Jackie Chan

Playing Willie Loomis was really fun for me because it was something nice and different to embody. It was neat playing this drunken servant who was hypnotized by Johnny Depp. ~ Jackie Earle Haley

Styles be fat like Jackie Gleason, the rest be Art Carney. ~ Phife Dawg

I think the family movie is very important to everybody right now. ~ Jackie Chan

I like Jackie [Chan] because I've been a fan of Jackie's forever. He's broken every bone in his body for his commitment and dedication to doing his own stunts. So he's the real deal. ~ Jason Statham

One of my favorite cartoon characters is Snoopy. I love the way he sits and lies on his kennel and contemplates the great things of life. ~ Jackie Tabick

Some people would view Jackie Robinson as a very safe African-American, a docile figure who had a tendency to try to get along with everyone, and when you look at his history, you learn that he has this fire that allows him to take this punishment but also figure out savvy ways of giving it back. ~ Chadwick Boseman

When you act, it's better not to fake the emotion. It's better to find the emotion within yourself and your experiences, and see if you can bring that back to the surface, so that you can then literally hand it off to the character, and then let him run with it. ~ Jackie Earle Haley

The only pawn shop in the town of Night Vale is run by the very young Jackie Fierro. It has no name, but if you need it, you will know where it is. This knowledge will come suddenly, often while you are in the shower. You will collapse, surrounded by a bright glowing blackness, and you will find yourself on your hands and knees, the warm water running over you, and you will know where the pawn shop is. You will smell must, and soap, and feel a stab of panic about how alone you are.

It will be like most showers you've taken. ~ Joseph Fink

Blacks can get into medical school with a lower grade ... If that's true, a Jew should be able to play basketball with a lower net. ~ Jackie Mason

Some men fall in love with a woman,
Some women fall in love with a man,
Some men fall in love with another man,
Some women fall in love with another woman -
But I, my dear one, fell in love with Shetland.

- Shetland ~ Jackie Kay

I made a decision not to work out because I'm lazy and also, the character is not a superhero. I didn't want him to be a buff guy with Jackie Chan moves because the point is he's smarter than your average Joe. ~ Wentworth Miller

Maybe they were born of karma, their own or their parents', Zack thought; maybe the universe had a purpose for them, and they were what they were because the world needed them to be that way. ~ Jackie Trippier Holt

What a thing it is to have music that plays your terrible thoughts. I imagined that one piece could drive more delicate women than myself to insanity. ~ Jackie Kay

I'll be a wife and mother first, then First Lady. ~ Jackie Kennedy

Those that can...DO, those that can't....HATE ~ Jackie

The Jardin Massey looked dismal today, rain lashed and deserted. She watched a bedraggled pigeon, feathers puffed out, sheltering beneath a branch.She'd never made a will, never considered whether she'd rather her body was buried or burnt to grey powder. And where would she want to be buried - in a French graveyard, gaudy with plastic flowers? If she made a will, could she state an aversion to plastic? ~ Jackie Ley

Don't frustrate yourself by mistaking "associates" for "friends"! Everyone doesn't have your back. Identify the people in your life & don't expect them to be, who they're not! ~ Jackie Hill

I've stayed buddies with my old buddy Jackie Slater. I talk to Jackie Slater. I play golf with Marcus Allen a lot. I play golf with Marshall Faulk a lot. My buddy Craig Young, he lives up in New Mexico. I still talk to a lot of the guys. ~ Eric Dickerson

I mean, I can sit down with a guitar, and in fact, we do two, three songs with just guitar and percussion. ~ Jackie DeShannon

I write almost everything, actually. Songs, poems, stories. And stories out of every genre, too. ~ Jackie Evancho

My hands, head, face, legs, hips, hormones, private parts, voice, feet, fingers, feelings, were all made by Him and for Him. Apparently, this body was never mine to begin with - it was given to me from Somebody, for Somebody. Somebody who'd made it for glory and not shame. Until I got to know Him though, my identity would be made up of whatever dust that flew up from the devil's feet as he ran through the earth. ~ Jackie Hill Perry

Before I do a stunt, I have to make sure it is safe. ~ Jackie Chan

I just couldn't stop thinking about what landmines are doing to people here. I told people - my friends - about it, but it was just not enough. I knew I had to do more. ~ Jackie Chan

Sex is a bad thing because it rumples the clothes. ~ Jackie Kennedy

Now I am older, I understand we have to accept who we are. ~ Jackie Chan

Self-doubt can create fatigue in your mind, whereas focused action can create achievement in your life. ~ Jackie Cantoni

Why is it that you can bear pain, but someone's kindness makes you cry? ~ Jackie French

Often the true hero and heroines of my books are the houses, the places, the communities where people find a home. ~ Jackie French

I am excited about getting back to what I do best and what my audience likes best, I am writing new jokes every day and soon Ill be telling them every night. Just me, one Jew talking and that's it. ~ Jackie Mason

Lord, we don't need another mountain. ~ Jackie DeShannon

Television just turns people into nightmares. The egos! I call it Omarosa syndrome. ~ Jackie Warner

Predictions are preposterous. ~ Jackie Mason

Jackie?"
"It wasn't your fault. ~ Tammara Webber

When I go out, people look at me with a puzzled expression on their faces thinking, "You're Jackie Chan?" When people stare at me, it makes me uncomfortable. More and more I find that I just stay in my hotel when I am working. ~ Jackie Chan

A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives. ~ Jackie Robinson

Shit happens. You need to move on. ~ Jackie Collins

Once Lotari reached his mate's side and gently kissed her hand, the crowd began cheering and whooping for them.
Bastion the dwarf appeared beside Stitch, a handkerchief extended. "Ye blubbering hoofer. Best keep that with you tonight, I doubt this'll be the first tears you'll be a shedding."
Stitch took the cloth and dabbed at his cheeks. "Glad to see you here, Bast."
"Never miss a hoofer gathering. There's always meat and grog. Who in their right mind turns a nose up to such a fare, eh? ~ Jackie Castle

I ought to break this trophy into 32 pieces ~ Jackie Robinson

If I need to buy a TV, I'll definitely buy a Japanese TV. A Chinese TV might explode. ~ Jackie Chan

I am not concerned with being liked or disliked. I am concerned with being respected ~ Jackie Robinson

It was 'Shaolin Temple,' Jet Li's first movie. That was the movie that got me to want to learn martial arts. Then I became a huge Jet Li/Jackie Chan fan after that. ~ Daniel Wu

We have to set our own agenda, we have to set our own standards, we have to be very strong about what we want, we have to be very strong about our passion and if it's not right for you, you shouldn't do it just because you're advised by so-called geniuses. ~ Jackie DeShannon

If an Englishman gets run down by a truck he apologizes to the truck. ~ Jackie Mason

I allowed myself to be bullied because I was scared and didn't know how to defend myself. I was bullied until I prevented a new student from being bullied. By standing up for him, I learned to stand up for myself. ~ Jackie Chan

As much as I liked and admired the various members of the Kennedy family, my first loyalty was to Jackie. ~ Pierre Salinger

I don't know what to do about him, Sammy." (Jackie)

"It's not what you do about him. It's what you do with him. Grab him by those big, manly arms that I'm assuming he has, and show him what New York has to offer. ~ Ali Novak

Trust cannot be broken
only taken back
from people not worthy of it ~ Jackie Viramontez

It is important for us to be able to meet and greet the people that we serve. And if we start having police presence everywhere we go, it's going to create a chilling effect on discourse, and it creates an incredible assault on the democratic process. ~ Jackie Speier

We need affordable childcare and paid sick leave so workers don't have to choose between their health and their livelihood. ~ Jackie Speier

Communication
Was never big in my house.
We sat together over
dinner, but the only sound
you'd hear was crunching
and chewing and the little
ones asking for more, please.
We lived, all boxed up in
invisible containers. We
hardly knew the people
we called sister or father.
Jackie and I were the
exceptions to that rule. ~ Ellen Hopkins

In a rush, the world opened its mouth to her - and it was screaming.
Everywhere - the air around her, the ground beneath her, the stars above - rippled with the soul-wrenching cries of
hunger: the trees and bushes and plants all twisted and bent, their branches and stems clawing the sky in skeletal panic; the
animals and insects, flying and crawling and burrowing, each frantic in its own way, searching incessantly to end the gnawing
demand in its belly; the swarms of people, clotting the world, stuffing themselves only to beg for more, be it food or wealth or
attention - all of them, desperate, insatiable. So very hungry.
All of them, leeching on to her. Sucking her dry. ~ Jackie Morse Kessler

Winning is great, but being able to finish my last Olympic Games on American soil was very important. Even though I was injured, I didn't let my psyche get the best of me and cause me to doubt myself, so I was willing to pull every muscle in my body in '96 in order to get the job done and I came away with the bronze medal. ~ Jackie Joyner-Kersee

When I'm at home, I want to be a normal person. I don't want to hear, 'Can I have your autograph?' ~ Jackie Evancho