S. Jones Quotes

All choices are fraught with peril, but inaction is the most perilous of all.

Can I brush your hair?” she asked as she led the way, her disposition doing a 180 on a dime. Kids. Can’t live with ’em. Can’t eat ’em for lunch.

Nobody can buy a hat without gossiping.

I love inspirational R&B, like Mary J. Blige and Jennifer Hudson. I want to do that. That kind of music stays with you.

My father wasn't really involved and my mom is the light in my life.

My parents are the coolest of the cool on every single level, and it's because they have a deep appreciation for every moment of their lives.

I'm friends with a lot of my exes, but it took time. We didn't just get into it. I don't think you can be friends until you're cool with them dating someone else. That's when you know.

There's a definite responsibility that comes with being famous. You shouldn't be able to just dress up and look pretty.

I have to say, you know, I've seen so many people go through the cycle and become famous and not famous anymore and, you know, want - have their priorities change and want different things.

Acting has always existed alongside my normal life. It's been a case of learning on the job. I've worked in so many styles, with so many people, so I've picked bits up from everyone and everything.

My pet peeve and my goal in life is to somehow get an adjective for 'integrity' in the dictionary. 'Truthful' doesn't really cover it, or 'genuine.' It should be like 'integritus.'

In most movies there is a Prince Charming who rides up and saves the girl.

Marriage feels like an industry with catering and really expensive bands.

Ads featuring real women and real beauty are such a necessary component to offset the potentially dangerous programming out there for little girls.

I may be the first actress to admit that beauty doesn't hold you back. I think beauty is a gift that you have to make the most of. I've worked hard at trying to look my best.

My job is to bring the tickle. I know what's funny.

Well, I'm not a method actress by any stretch of the imagination so the best thing that I can do is be as real as possible and find whatever commonality in that character that I can see myself.

My mom and I have always been very close. She is my best friend. She had to make a lot of sacrifices early on in my life to make sure I got to do what I wanted to do.

Everyone knows we get paid a lot of money, so why pretend otherwise?

Just because a situation is grim doesn't mean you don't have every right to smile.

I guess I'm a bit of a romantic.

I love romantic comedies. I have a deep respect for them. I think they're really difficult to write and write well.

You know, I grew up on romantic comedies, and it's hard to find a new way to tell that story.

It's nice to have some continuity you can come back to. I feel that in coming home, coming back to London.

I'm living my future as long as you're living in the present and realize how beautiful life is.

I always felt like my future was at stake every time I stepped on stage and that was kind of hair-raising. At some point I just went, don't be frightened, you can't do anything wrong, it's your show.

We have a dire need to get onto the page as a sustainable country

It is really important for women to look up and see other women being successful. When I was in that position, all I wanted to do was blend in and be one of the guys.

I was certainly never conscious of 'playing the woman'. I would not have approved of that. It is not a winning tactic. I operated in the world as I found it, and it was a man's world.

You must have the courage to face what happened today and to live with it in your heart and to use the memory of it to grow and be strong.

Everything's possible when you're seven years old." She sighed. "But then you hit an age where you decide it's cooler not to believe in anything at all. [...] It's called being grown-up.

I know what my job is. I know what I've got to do. I've got to keep getting better.

My dad taught me how to play. He was a great amateur player in Curacao.

My focus is to stay up the middle. If I'm a little early I'll hit it to left, if I'm a little late, I'll hit it to right.

Injuries are injuries, everybody has them. You play with it. I don't make excuses.

I just have to prove to myself, I don't have to prove to fans.

People think the leadoff spot is a big deal. I tell people you're going to lead off the first inning, and after that, you can be a No. 4 hitter or No. 3 hitter.

I just go out there and try to help my teammates any way I can. They are on me a lot to be in the lineup and do stuff for the team, but sometimes it's just...frustrating.

I want to be more consistent. I wanna get hits. I wanna get my average back up where people think I can hit.

I don't really know if I want to do acting as a career. I really don't know what I want to do yet.

I really started to get into reading the Bible and I started to look for a church to go to. Every Sunday I was going to like three or four churches, I was just looking for the right church.

Theater will always be my first love. The time and dedication that goes into the rehearsal process with the cast and crew is something that TV/Movie acting does not offer.

The internet has a way of mainstreaming everything. Any artist, any musician, any sexual kink, any political view point, it's all there.

I believe that I'm going to have a Grammy.

I want to buy my mom a house; I want my family to never have to worry about anything. And I just want to have an amazing career in music, because I love to do it.

I see myself continuing to be a songwriter and a motivator and someone that has grown in her faith.

I love to have confidence, but that confidence doesn't come from myself. It comes from God, and that's what I wanted America to see.

But I'm a big, firm believer in speaking everything into existence.

I want to continue to do music and stay on the stage because I love the stage. And I want to continue to write songs.

Steven Tyler is awesome. He is so humble. He's really sweet and coming from him and his career, it's amazing.