Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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I jumped horses over big dangerous fences in competition. And got very, very good at it, at quite a high level. And I realized long since that, yeah, it's the same thing that appeals to me about it. You can't think about anything else, in either case; jumping horses in competition, show jumping, or flying an airplane, for whatever purpose.

James Lipton's Popular Quotes

The definition of genius, really, should be that that person can do what the rest of us have to learn how to do.

- James Lipton

When you're talking about the thing that is most important to someone, they're liable to feel something strong.

- James Lipton

Olivier was another case of a genius, who couldn't understand why anybody would have any trouble doing this, because for him it came so easily.

- James Lipton

I would say that writing, both the act of writing, and of course reading of other people's work is, for me, supreme joy.

- James Lipton

I became an actor by accident, not by design.

- James Lipton

There's only one man I've called a coward, and that's Brian Doyle-Murray.

- James Lipton

The difference - the fundamental difference between theater acting and film acting is that film acting is disjunctive.

- James Lipton

I was originally going to be a lawyer, and the only thing I remember from the art of cross-examination is - you can see this one coming up Sixth Aven…

- James Lipton

Our language, one of our most precious natural resources, deserves at least as much protection as our woodlands, streams and whooping cranes.

- James Lipton