#i

I don't think I would describe my sense of humor. Doesn't sound like the kind of thing I'd do. ↗

— Tommy Lee Jones

#humor #i #kind #like #sense

Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised. ↗

— Ben Jonson

#confidence #had #industry #negligence #produces

In microbiology the roles of mutation and selection in evolution are coming to be better understood through the use of bacterial cultures of mutant strains. ↗

— Edward Lawrie Tatum

#better understood #coming #cultures #evolution #mutant

Normal people with normal problems can be hilarious. ↗

— Tommy Lee Jones

#normal #normal people #people #problems

As a child of West Texas, I identify with Hispanic culture every bit as much as I do North American culture. ↗

— Tommy Lee Jones

#american culture #bit #child #culture #every

Ethnic stereotypes are boring and stressful and sometimes criminal. It's just not a good way to think. It's non-thinking. It's stupid and destructive. ↗

— Tommy Lee Jones

#criminal #destructive #ethnic #good #good way

If military movies were automatically successful we'd make nothing but military movies. But seriously, patriotism is one thing that all Americans have in common. ↗

— Tommy Lee Jones

#automatically #common #make #military #movies

Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They're underused. ↗

— Tommy Lee Jones

#overrated #politeness

The world's not a very comfortable place if you have a nightmare to face. ↗

— Tommy Lee Jones

#face #nightmare #place #very #world

All my life I've had the privilege to make my living with my imagination, and the most important thing has been to see my creative life grow. I was educated to do that and have lived accordingly. ↗

— Tommy Lee Jones

#been #creative #creative life #educated #grow