"The world is your oyster. Yes, but in that oyster is the pearl; and to get to the pearl one has to first discard the shell and the flesh."

“Some say this country's just out looking for a fight, after 9/11 man, I'd have to say that's right.”

Source : Song: Have You Forgotten?

“Look at the evils of the world around you and protect yourself from them. Our teachers give all the wrong messages to our youth, since they take away the natural flare from the soul. Take it from me that all knowledge is useless until it is connected with your life, because the purpose of knowledge is nothing but to show you the splendors of yourself!”

“I'm a conversationalist. I came out of a town with only 300 people. I didn't have anybody to talk to. I didn't want to talk about farming. So when I came out in the world, I started talking. Never stopped.”

Source : Source: www.washingtontimes.com

“You always fall for the rascal or the guy who's got a little bit of the devil in him. You can't help it.”

“I'd be lying if I said I had confidence in every choice I've made, that I have faith in every film I do on every shot.”

“I can find no warrant for such appropriation in the Constitution.”

“Pulp existed for 12 years before we got famous. Now, you could say that was just lack of imagination, but it's some kind of quality isn't it? Tenacity. You could also say it was sloth.”

“When I hear the words 'activist filmmaking,' I think of somebody who's an activist, who wants to prove a particular point.”

Source : "15 Questions with Jehane Noujaim". Interview with Synne D. Chapman, www.thecrimson.com. May 14, 2008.