Favorite Quotes

I was thinking of something to blog about, and not much new has happened in the Rap world. I'm waiting for Talib Kweli's album Gutter Rainbow, which will be released on the 25th of January. There has been word of Eminem starring in a few movies, one is called Southpaw, about a left handed boxer I assume, the other is called Random Acts of Violence, some rubbish about a war between the FBI and the mafia. I enjoyed Eminem in The Wash, but then again in that he was playing a madman who is trying to kill the boss of a car washing company. Everyone knows Eminem's acting career from the obvious 8 Mile. I think he only did so well in that movie for two reasons: 1. Because he was, in my personal opinion, on top of the music industry at that time, after releasing The Marshall Mathers LP, which I will remind everyone is the fastest selling album by a solo male of all time, he could do anything he wanted and everyone would love him. 2. It was pretty much the story of his life, the common misconception is that it IS based on his early years as a rapper, but it's not. But the similarities are uncanny and it was obvious Eminem easily got into the character of himself before fame and fortune, which is why he delivered such a compelling and enjoyable display of acting. 

But anyways I actually made this blog to share a few of my favorite quotes. I find that usually some of the best quotes are in song lyrics, because it usually isn't supposed to be taken and examined, but that is specifically why it is more interesting. A typical quote someone will say in the simplest and boring form, for example, No Pain No Gain*, but most of my favorite quotes are the ones which raise questions or the ones which state something inspiring and, in a sense, outside of the box. For example, Imperfection is inherited, therefore we all sin, but fighting the war of sin is the greatest war of all because we all die in the end no matter how hard we fight**.

* - Citing everyone

** - Citing Tupac Shakur

The first quote is probably my favorite quote of all time. It's a Talib Kweli line from the song K.O.S (Knowledge of Self). Talib raps, At exactly which point do you start to realize, that life without knowledge is death in disguise. I completely agree with this line. I find it to be a fairly philosophical line, because it is somewhat saying that the meaning to life is knowledge. 

My next quote is one of a French Philosopher by the name of Henri Bergson. He said, Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought. I find this quote clever and somewhat quirky because of its simplicity, but also how it is flawless. It's one of those things like Expecting the unexpected*, that we all know we should do it, but it's against our nature. Most people will usually act like a man of action and think like a man who thinks.

* - Citing Sun Tsu from The Art of War

This quote I find funny, clever and almost arrogant at the same time. It's an Eminem quote, he says, Unless you want to f--- me, why do you care what I look like? This quote is funny because it almost makes sense, it seems so logical and fair, but at the same time it's kind of arrogant and stupid. It's almost like saying "Either you love me or you hate me, and I don't care either way". Still a fun quote though!


That's just a few of my favorite quotes, hope you enjoyed them!