I don't ever want to be a sentimentalist. I prefer to be a realist. I'm not a romantic really. James Earl Jones More Quotes by James Earl Jones More Quotes From James Earl Jones One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter. James Earl Jones heartlovelife The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should also have guns. Otherwise, they will win and the decent people will lose. James Earl Jones gunlawwinning If you expect someone else to guide you, you'll be lost. James Earl Jones guidesifslost The one constant through all the years has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It's been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt, and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game, is a part of our past. It reminds us of all that once was good, and what could be again. James Earl Jones armybaseballmotivational If you live in an oppressive society, you've got to be resilient. You can't let each little thing crush you. You have take every encounter and make yourself larger, rather than allow yourself to be diminished by it. James Earl Jones crushencounterslittles Once you begin to explain or excuse all events on racial grounds, you begin to indulge in the perilous mythology of race. James Earl Jones indulge-ineventsrace When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human mind has not achieved anything greater than the ability to share feelings and thoughts through language. James Earl Jones black-historywritingdrama Speech is a very important aspect of being human. A whisper doesn't cut it. James Earl Jones speechcuttingimportant In our resolve to build a better world... we seek to summon what Abraham Lincoln called the better angels of our nature. James Earl Jones abrahamangelworld I was as content Off-Broadway as I was in a big Hollywood movie, and, I just try to be content wherever I am, you know. James Earl Jones broadwayhollywoodtrying Don't you try and go through life worried if someone had liked you or not. You best make sure that they are doing right by you. James Earl Jones worriedifstrying Trying to make someone fall in love with you is about as pointless as trying to control who you fall in love with. James Earl Jones falling-in-lovelove-youtrying I found my voice in books. James Earl Jones voicefoundbook There is a very fine line between love and nausea. James Earl Jones nauseagreedlines You weren't going to the theatre to change the world, but you had a chance to affect the world, the thinking and the feelings of the world. James Earl Jones theatrefeelingsthinking You don't build a bond without being present. James Earl Jones ties Love was just a word to me. Until you came along and gave it meaning. James Earl Jones valentines-day A man's got to take care of his family. You live in my house, you sleep your behind on my bedclothes, you put my food in your belly because you are my son; you are my flesh and blood, not because I like you. It is my duty to take care of you. I owe a responsibility to you. James Earl Jones responsibilitysleepi-like-you No one asked me to be an actor, so no one owed me. There was no entitlement. James Earl Jones entitlement-programsentitlementactors The goal wasn't to be a millionaire or to be a Hollywood star. That was not the goal. The goal was something about - the goal was to find the goal, but I knew where it was. James Earl Jones hollywoodstarsgoal
