A. Kevin Quotes

I'm just trying to make a good record that my fans will dig.

I just love music, and I'm not as genre specific as most songwriters. A lot of my buddies just listen to country, or just Americana, or whatever their style is, and I just listen to everything.

I can't control if people like me; I can't control if people like my game.

In my walks of life, I've understood that it takes more than one person to think of achieving a goal, and it takes more than one or two players, to get you out of the position you're in.

I think when you get tired of something or someone annoys you, there's two things you can do. You can ignore it and keep going, or you can stand up and say stop.

If anybody knows me, knows that I'm a workhorse, not just on the floor, but psychologically. I meditate a lot, I like to get massages, do yoga. I like to keep a balance.

Some of my friends snowmobile. I'm a little scared of it.

As a fan of science fiction and as a kid who loves monsters, science fiction movies and this, that and the other, there's no real way to make a career out of that. Especially when I grew up.

Just looking at me, I am a Black man. Born and bred, through and through. But I am also a lot of things. I am a father. I am a husband. I am a Christian. I am a comic book geek and I'm a creator.

When I walk in the door sometimes, I'm already an anomaly. Because I'm working in a genre that African-American's don't typically engage in.

I think that you take the path of least resistance. And for a lot of people comedy is that path. I mean, even against mainstream, it's easier to sell a comedy than a drama.

Usually writers are behind the scenes. Like a lot of people don't know that the cat who created Final Destination is a brother, Jeffrey Reddick.

Writers are generally anonymous. It just that I think I got out there because I also act as well and put myself in my films.

Frankenstein can be a metaphor for abandonment, or wanting to be accepted for who you are, or not liking who you are and wanting to actually change that.

I will always write myself a part. It will never be number one or two on the call sheet, but it will be number five through ten. That way they won't kick you off after you sell it.

The spiritual experience isn’t one of filling ourselves up— with either religious or intellectual beliefs—but of emptying ourselves so that we can experience what is, directly, unfiltered.

When I'm really stressed emotionally, I say to myself that there's only so much I can do to change things. Life happens on life's terms. Then, I go for a run.

Seeing my children in the morning as they come down from their bedrooms makes my heart come alive. There's just no better moment in my day.

A 'living constitution' is a dead constitution, because it does not do the one and only thing a written constitution is supposed to do: provide parameters around the power of officials.

Those who would give us a "living" Constitution are actually giving us a dead one, since such a thing is completely unable to protect us against the encroachments of government power.

There are a lot of things that are done in the federal government that are done because Washington did them.

I think there's no doubt that George Washington was the most important American to this time.

In fact, I think 500 years from now, the two Americans so far who will be remembered are George Washington and Neil Armstrong, who, amazingly hasn't been paid very much attention.

What good would it be to fight a war with the British and end up with your own king? Nobody had any idea that George Washington would be George Washington.

Reality TV is a totally different animal than the infomercial world.

People must be realistic when evaluating their business.

Ive spent over 25 years in the television industry, the direct response industry. I met a lot of people and certainly learned the power of commercials and their brand building potential.

When you work hard and you treat people great, regardless of what it is that you're doing, naturally people want to help and do things.

My rule is to save myself first.

I don't want enemies. I want friends, and I want them in all shapes, sizes, and colors, and loving whoever they want to.

The most exciting thing in the world to me is that I'm doing what I love to do, and that I'm successful doing it. Pursuing my dream and executing it is exciting to me.

Every poem that I write is, in a sense, trying to find adequate words for this unspeakable word, around which my entire life turns.

Just because your environment or living space changes doesn't mean that your attitude necessarily has to change.

'Soul Plane' put me in a position to succeed. I'm glad I had the opportunity to be the lead man.

Hollywood has a way of making everything seem like an overnight success.

My drive is other people's success.

What women need to understand is that men don't communicate. It's not intentional or on purpose. We're just not as emotional. You ladies feel like you have to express yourselves.

I make a lot of expressions constantly. I'm animated.

I think sometimes celebrities get so big, they're not reachable.

Men are like lions. We hunt.

I am an angel. I was sent here from God to heal.

'Best Man Holiday' was a very successful film.

When I was married, I definitely went through a lying period.

The sound of the headboard, that's motivation.

If you're my bestfriend I shouldn't have to ask you to lie for me.

Some sarcasm is best told simply. Some humor is best told big and some is best told small.

People see me on the street, and they point to me, and they're like, 'Hey! All right, all right, all right!'

People want to act like they know celebrities. They want to see pictures. They want to know where you're going. They want to hear you talk about your family.

I am capable of holding the quote-unquote 'title' of leading man. Leading man just means people want to see you and assume that you can hold a film, carry a movie.

Success isn't supposed to happen, no matter how hard you work. There's no guarantee you're going to succeed. There's nothing set in stone.