S. Jones Quotes

The saying "the cherry on top" is only a good metaphor if the person listening or reading actually likes cherries on top of their ice cream.

Do not kick people when they are down because you will surely fall right beside them.

In order to maintain a friendship, do not avoid confrontation, but rather, embrace it.

Artists don't need criticism, artists need love

Censorship, I believe, is the most dangerous enemy to all human communication, and piety of intention is probably the most dangerous, the most virulent and the most self-satisfying.

The road is better than the inn.

You've got a million bad drawings in you; you better get started.

I started reading when I was about three, a little over three.

If you were to draw Bugs, the easiest way is to learn how to draw a carrot and then hook a rabbit onto it

Mark Twain's Roughing It is a book that many people don't know about, but I highly recommend to anybody at any age.

The close-up, according to D.W. Griffith, allows subtle changes of facial expression-the raising of an eyebrow or the flicker of a smile-to become part of the action.

Dell is to a degree in the penalty box because expectations and probable results have gotten ratcheted down.

The name 'Chuck Jones', according to my uncle, limited my choice of profession to second baseman or cartoonist.

In 1918, when I was 6 or 7 years old, radio was just coming into use in the Great War.

We tend to select top men for their character and capacity, then overload them according to their willingness.

When you lose the gayborhoods, you lose the political power that comes when you're concentrated in precincts, and you also lose the cultural vitality.

The reality is that the "gayborhoods" are going away. It's because of many factors, including the internet and increased acceptance, but mostly it's the cost of housing.

When I was saving pills to kill myself, I thought there was no hope. I thought my life was over because I was a homosexual.

We spend countless hours talking about people's feelings and issues that aren't going to change anything.

The subset of our population that has not benefited from the advancement of medication is black and brown people.

The joy with which we denigrate each others' efforts, I hate that.

Everybody will always find some way of diminishing your work, but it's all a lie!

The penalties for homosexual conduct were - would vary from state to state, but they were - it was a felony in most states punishable with prison terms of varying lengths.

I don't have any hobbies! I don't golf, I can't imagine what I would do if I retired other than get fat.

People's lives can be transformed by the movement.

The whole function of cities has been transformed.

What people haven't quite grasped yet is that the rich are transforming cities all across the world.

Most people do not have access to medication.

The sense of urgency has almost completely vanished.

Dealing with Hollywood and commercial entertainment, you always have to worry that the political message is going to be skewed or obscured.

I recently heard young people talking about collective bargaining agreements - I hadn't heard young people use that phrase in forever!

I saw great hope in the Sanders campaign - a flawed candidate, not perfect, but pretty damn close. Millions of young people were inspired by him.

If you're gonna build units for the rich, you're gonna build units for the poor.

This has been my most satisfying, my most gratifying, my most content year, and to culminate this way is perfection. (on the Los Angeles Galaxy's 2005 season)

You want to teach the next generation so they can learn a little bit faster and a little bit more so everything becomes that much better.

The people I still talk to are some of the old Galaxy players all over the place. That's a bond that's pretty special.

Looking back now at my first World Cup experience, I didn't know what was going on. I was a newbie and I had no idea what to expect.

I've been through the process qualifying for the World Cup, which is an amazing, two-year process. It was an honor to represent the U.S. and to represent the city of Los Angeles and California.

That's one of my jobs, just trying to do what I can to help this team out as much as possible.

I am a kid from the '70s, when video games first started coming out, so I definitely have to say I am a video game junkie to this day.

I've been working on my finishing for quite some time. It's just a question of paying attention to the minor details.

It's difficult to compare coaches.

The entire customer or user experience - from raising awareness, to buying a product / taking action, to getting customer support - is going digital.

What I see is not what I am looking at but what I am looking with. And so my first and principal duty...is to find my eyes of love.

Sears is offering free $10 gift cards to the first few hundred shoppers. So that may have something to do with the early crowd.

An integral part of any best friend's job is to immediately clear your computer history if you die.

Do not disturb. Already there.

It isn’t the fall that will kill you, but the sudden stop.

Your existence gives me a headache. Go stand over there.

If you must eat a banana in public, never make eye contact.