J. C. Watts Quotes

Two sentiments alone suffice for man, were he to live the age of the rocks - love, and the contemplation of the Deity.

Thoughts, like old vultures, prey upon their heart-strings

thanks to my friends for their care in my breeding, Who taught me betimes to love working and reading.

My father taught that the only helping hand you're ever going to be able to rely on is the one at the end of your sleeve.

Education is a bipartisan issue that concern all communities of color and should be first, last and always about the student learning.

There is a war being waged right now on prayer and religion by liberals who are taking every opportunity to make America as God-less as possible.

My work in the House of Representatives, at this time in my life, is completed. It is time to return home.

Americans are hungry for a discussion on policy solutions to the problems in their communities that work.

If diversity is O.K. for God, it ought to be O.K. for Republicans.

I don't know if anybody has moved up the ladder more quickly than I have.

Individual responsibility, hard work, paying attention in school, faith, family all these things are important.

I think Newt Gingrich has a proven track record of changing Washington and getting results.

I believe government should be loyal to parents, teachers and children.

Too many Americans live by Republican principles of faith, family, hope and opportunity, but vote for Democrats out of sheer habit.

The more I ponder some of the boneheaded decisions GOP candidates have made of late, I can't bring myself to believe that they are serious about capturing more than about 8 percent of the black vote.

They said that I had sold out and (am an) Uncle Tom. And I said well, they deserve to have that view. But I have my thoughts. And I think they're race-hustling poverty pimps.

To say America can have strong leadership without strong character is to say we can get water without the wet.

You always hear 'black Republican,' but you never hear 'white Democrat.' We've got to get beyond the labels and stereotypes. Other people have hang-ups about it. I don't.

As an Oklahoma quarterback, you learn to perform under pressure.

If a 25-year old can't read and write and he or she isn't gaining marketable skills, it doesn't matter if a Republican or a Democrat is in the White House. His or her future will be bleak.

Good policy makes good politics and what I've done has been good politics.

Like any group that has endured much, African Americans have created a strong and mutually reinforcing sense of group identity. That's not a bad thing in and of itself.

I still get to preach 14, 15 times a year. But you have to make a living.

I think I have better taste now than I did then.

I feel like personally I have more drive now than I did then probably because I care more and also because I've reached the mid-life point.

I think film is a director's medium and the good filmmakers that I like tell the darker stories. Therefore, I'm always inclined to follow people like David Cronenberg.

Directors are our teachers, and I'm always craving to work with a great director. They're pretty much the first thing that interests me about a project.

I think when a man sees a woman who knows what she wants it can be scary, but it can also be tempting.

You're always nervous about how a film lands with an audience.

I think whether you've got children or not you're just more aware of others as you get out of your 20s.

I love the energy and the knowledge. I barely know how to use this thing [mobile phone]. I get by.

I want collaboration, but if they don't have a plan or their vision isn't clear, it's nerve-wracking. So, someone that's very sure of the vision is what you want, most of all.

I think in my 20s I was just all about having fun.

I was never completely destitute. I think I borrowed money once off a friend, but I've always been quite careful with my money, having come from not much of it.

It'll take me a lot longer to read a script if there's no director attached.

I think every time you take on a new role, you're trying to help find that voice and you add your own bits and pieces along the way but with Noah [Baumbach] it's already done.

Female roles in comedies are usually quite silly, I think.

It seems like a lot when you have three movies back to back but that's not really how it is.

I like complicated women. I like women with strength and contradictions.

My spirit had been broken a bit over the years by my having to work on films I didn't love. Hollywood's a surreal place, and it really is an assault on your spirit.

I consider myself British and have very happy memories of the UK. I spent the first 14 years of my life in England and never wanted to leave. When I was in Australia I went back to England a lot.

I'm a tomboy now. I always wanted to fit in with my brother's group, so I climbed trees and played with lead soldiers. But I'm a woman's woman. I never understood women who don't have woman friends.

Stars, everywhere. So many stars that I could not for the life me understand how the sky could contain them all yet be so black.

How do you say 'We come in peace' when the very words are an act of war?

You are. I'm just fatalistically cheerful. We all come into the story halfway through, we all catch up as best we can, and we're all gonna die before it ends.

It’s not in the nature of the lamb to mourn the lion.

Are you kidding? That's the music of the spheres, commissar. It's beautiful. Like old jazz.

We are not thinking machines.

I like to ride the line between absurd and sincere.

Everyone speaks stupid.