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

I was an adopted child of my grandparents, and I don't know how I can...

I was an adopted child of my grandparents, and I don't know how I can...

So I was determined to use my last two years in college doing something I...

So I was determined to use my last two years in college doing something I...

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...

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...

I think the extent to which I have any balance at all, any mental balance,...

I think the extent to which I have any balance at all, any mental balance,...

When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human...

When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human...

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...

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...

We children learned responsibility automatically.

We children learned responsibility automatically.

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 -...

The arts have always been an important ingredient to the health of a nation, but...

The arts have always been an important ingredient to the health of a nation, but...

It has to be real, and I think a lot of the problems we have...

It has to be real, and I think a lot of the problems we have...

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...

My grandmother though, began to prepare in her own neurotic - and I think psychotic...

My grandmother though, began to prepare in her own neurotic - and I think psychotic...

I don't ever want to be a sentimentalist. I prefer to be a realist. I'm...

I don't ever want to be a sentimentalist. I prefer to be a realist. I'm...

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 was preparing myself for the theater, and... I got a little job here and...

I was preparing myself for the theater, and... I got a little job here and...

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 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...

More and more, when I single out the person out who inspired me most, I...

More and more, when I single out the person out who inspired me most, I...