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.

Quote by James Earl Jones

Topics: Literature Quotes, Mind Quotes, Reading Quotes

Once you begin to explain or excuse all events on racial grounds, you begin to...

Once you begin to explain or excuse all events on racial grounds, you begin to...

We children learned responsibility automatically.

We children learned responsibility automatically.

And I think, on the other end, there were actors who were not as good...

And I think, on the other end, there were actors who were not as good...

Even during the rationing period, during World War II, we didn't have the anxiety that...

Even during the rationing period, during World War II, we didn't have the anxiety that...

I mean, my people were very, very simple. They were peasant people, you know?

I mean, my people were very, very simple. They were peasant people, you know?

So in my junior year, I switched to the drama department.

So in my junior year, I switched to the drama department.

You weren't going to the theater to change the world, but you had a chance...

You weren't going to the theater to change the world, but you had a chance...

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you...

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you...

There is not enough magic in a bloodline to forge an instant, irrevocable bond.

There is not enough magic in a bloodline to forge an instant, irrevocable bond.

Before my grandpa built his own church, we went to the neighboring town, and it...

Before my grandpa built his own church, we went to the neighboring town, and it...

No one asked me to be an actor, so no one owed me. There was...

No one asked me to be an actor, so no one owed me. There was...

I happened to happened to land in a time, in the middle '60s, that without...

I happened to happened to land in a time, in the middle '60s, that without...

The goal wasn't to be a millionaire or to be a Hollywood star. That was...

The goal wasn't to be a millionaire or to be a Hollywood star. That was...

And it was the idea that you can do a play - like a Shakespeare...

And it was the idea that you can do a play - like a Shakespeare...

Love is just love, it can never be explained.

Love is just love, it can never be explained.

When I was in New York after I left the Army, I studied for two...

When I was in New York after I left the Army, I studied for two...

I really think I ambled through a lot of my life, or ambled from one...

I really think I ambled through a lot of my life, or ambled from one...

Your own need to be shines out of any dream or creation you imagine.

Your own need to be shines out of any dream or creation you imagine.

So in my sophomore year, I took a senior anatomy class. I thought anatomy -...

So in my sophomore year, I took a senior anatomy class. I thought anatomy -...

And nothing embittered me, which is important, because I think ethnic people and women in...

And nothing embittered me, which is important, because I think ethnic people and women in...