W. M. L. Jay Quotes

Excellence in any pursuit is the late ripe fruit of toil.

Every generation is a secret society and has incommunicable enthusiasms tastes and interests which are a mystery both to its predecessors and to posterity.

I don't have to be safe to feel safe, I always feel safe at my core.

The trouble with entering the upper echelon is you have to work harder to stay there.

I never think of myself as an attacker, only as a defender - usually of rights - mine and others.

No, I'm not interested in politics. I have zero interest. I have interest in hope and people.

A proper respect for nature means that you can't pollute the air, poison the rivers and chop down the forests indiscriminately without suffering greatly.

I think there's always room for humor, especially when you're talking about really serious issues.

I thought I was going to be known for my humor. But then I had an idea for a story, which was absolutely not humorous. But, of course, that's the one that sells and becomes big.

The modern rise of Alzheimer's Disease in the twentieth century is not a sign of failure. It's a sign of success. Success in living long enough to see that disease expressed.

The fact is, we need markers in life, whether we subscribe to a religion or not. And the major holidays, such as Christmas, serve to remind us of the turning world.

Christmas is, for those who wish to follow the way of Jesus, an invitation to accept into our comfortable and safe lives those who come to us from far away, who seem ragged, marginal, in transition.

Christmas is a story that has both religious and pagan origins, and to ignore its power is to ignore the power of myth - those symbols and legends that help us to ground our lives.

I had written a book that dealt with really serious issues. Was anybody going to want to read a Christmas love story from me?

I made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can.

The strength of brand loyalty begins with how your product makes people feel.

I never understood why women wanted equality in the workplace when in fact, that would be selling them short.

Filmmaking is a very complex form - ya know, acting, lighting, screenwriting, storytelling, music, editing - all these things have to come together.

My father was a Baptist preacher, and he used to read the King James Bible to me every single morning. He made me memorize it and repeat verses at night before I went to sleep.

New ideas for innovation grow out of the minds of each new generation. Having an institution of higher learning that can help young people put those ideas into action is critical.

Fixing obesity is going to require a change in our modern relationship with food. I'm hopeful that we begin to see a turnaround in this childhood obesity epidemic.

Religion is like a personal computer. You let people in if you want to... We're all gods.

I love what I do, and when you love what you do, you want to be the best at it.

Best thing that's happened this year? Maybe Hostel. It was a great experience. I loved it.

I miss the newness of Magic Eye posters, which really are amazing.

No power on earth has a right to take our property from us without our consent.

Each year in early spring, during the season of Lent, which begins on Ash Wednesday and concludes on Easter, a plenitude of books, magazine articles, and television shows about Jesus appear.

Colleges and classrooms should be havens of tranquility, places where thoughtful discussions occur, where students work together with their teachers to acquire knowledge of the arts and sciences.

I'm not sure the least educated members of the population are missing out on the advances in medical technology as much as they are adopting harmful behavioral habits that shorten their life.

Belief in oneself and knowing who you are, I mean, that's the foundation for everything great.

Design is how you make your first impression with your consumers. Make sure it is a lasting one.

Whether by design or circumstance, every startup will eventually get disrupted.

I saw a stationery store move.

My father would take me to the playground, and put me on mood swings.

It all started when my dog began getting free roll over minutes.

I recorded my hair this morning, tonight I'm watching the highlights.

If I don't make it, I'll be very sad that there are things I didn't do, but I'm happy that I've done what I have.

My mom always taught me - you know, little boys listen to their moms too much - that whatever you put into something is what you're going to get out of it.

In a country where Americans sense, quite genuinely, that their freedoms have been taken away by the government - as in the U.S. Patriot Act, as in NSA surveillance - people feel powerless.

We ought to be beating our chests every day. We ought to look in the mirror, stick out our chests, suck in our bellies, and say, 'Damn, we're Americans, ' and smile.

I'm a romantic you have to be to marry four times.

I have written about some truly great writers - John Steinbeck, Robert Frost, and William Faulkner. Faulkner and Frost were the very peaks of American poetry and fiction in the 20th century.

Like every art form, there are jealousies and angers and competitiveness in magic. But there's camaraderie among magicians, whether you perform it for a living or you're an enthusiast.

I met Kanye. I'm starstruck, man, but I stayed away from that guy. I didn't want him to go on a rant, go off on me. He did it at his wedding.