Am Quotes

For me, life is writing and I can do it anywhere. It doesn't matter where I am. I listen. I write. I live.

If I am elected President, the Castro regime will have no reason to doubt our unwavering commitment to your cause. The regime will feel the full weight of American resolve.

If I'm such a legend, then why am I so lonely? Let me tell you, legends are all very well if you've got somebody around who loves you.

I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.

I am not a particularly political person, but, as a Tribeca resident, the commodification of September 11th is offensive to me.

I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world.

Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle.

I am convinced that the path to a new, better and possible world is not capitalism, the path is socialism.

People want to listen to a message, word from Jah. This could be passed through me or anybody. I am not a leader. Messenger. The words of the songs, not the person, is what attracts people.

I see, I know, I believe, I am undeceived.

I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

I am just a common man who is true to his beliefs.

As a rule, I am very careful to be shallow and conventional where depth and originality are wasted.

Serious illness doesn't bother me for long because I am too inhospitable a host.

I wish they would only take me as I am.

I am in that temper that if I were under water I would scarcely kick to come to the top.

I am trying to think of the last time that I just said, 'What the hell!' and did something crazy.

I am greatly misunderstood by politically correct idiots.

Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourses of my book friends. They talk to me without embarrassment or awkwardness.

I sometimes give myself admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

As surely as I am the living God, everyone will kneel before me, and everyone will confess that I am God.

I love fools' experiments. I am always making them.

Once I know people know who I am, it gives me a lot of licence and freedom to behave in ways I wouldn't normally.

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

The strongest influences in my life and my work are always whomever I love. Whomever I love and am with most of the time, or whomever I remember most vividly. I think that's true of everyone, don't you?

In nearly every religion I am aware of, there is a variation of the golden rule. And even for the non-religious, it is a tenet of people who believe in humanistic principles.

I'm a grown woman and sometimes, I might be a little fat, you know? Am I alone there? Not really.

Speaking purely from a musical standpoint, I think I am a great performer.

I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.

I try not to get too ahead of myself. I try to be happy where I am.