Mr. T on chicken
Mr. T143 quotes“I try to work out my mind more these days. I try to eat right. I don’t drink, I don’t smoke, and I take the skin off chicken. But I’m not on no special diet. I like my steak and potatoes, ice cream, doughnuts.”
More from Mr. T
I get up every morning and say, ‘Father, give me strength today, not strength so I can lift 500 pounds, but give me strength.
Mr. TMr. T If every man loves his mother, he’s going to treat the ladies right, with love and respect.
Mr. TMr. T As a kid, I got three meals a day. Oatmeal, miss-a-meal and no meal.
Mr. TMr. T As a Christian, you forgive, and you feed the hungry and clothe the naked, and you visit the sick and comfort the lonely.
Mr. TMr. T Everybody loved ‘The A-Team’ because it was entertainment, pure and simple.
Mr. TMr. T I didn’t come to Hollywood. Hollywood came to me. A lot of people wish they could say the things I say. Everyone out here is so phony, it’s sickening.
Mr. TMr. T I’m not a star. I don’t feel I’m so great. So how can I make you feel great just because you’ve got my signature on a piece of paper?
Mr. TMr. T My mother raised me with God. We were poor financially, but we were rich spiritually.
Mr. TMr. T It takes a smart man to play dumb.
Mr. TMr. T Really, you don’t lose until you stop trying.
Mr. TMr. T All I ever wanted out of my life was to buy my mother a house. By 1995, I have achieved all I wanted materially in life.
Mr. TMr. T My momma didn’t clean up floors so I could be a thug… so I could wear my pants down.
Mr. TMr. T I said I would never wear my gold again because it would be insensitive and disrespectful to all the people who died and lost everything in Katrina.
Mr. TMr. T If you gonna wear the mohawk, you stick with it. You don’t just be dibby-dabbing. You make up your mind.
Mr. TMr. T You’ll never have any trouble with Mr. T, I’m just a big, calm teddy bear kind of guy. Mr. T ain’t ashamed to cry.
Mr. TMr. T Whatever role I play is a positive role; it’s a strong role. Never negative.
Mr. TMr. T
Original quotes
From our community writers
On my silent days, I miss you a little louder.
Rahil KhanRahil Khan Honey, you are a rose.
Alexandra MichelleAlexandra Michelle The money you make depends on the work you put in.
Terry HarrisTerry Harris Daily reminder to value yourself more in whatever way that may look like to you.
Alex DanielAlex Daniel In times of uncertainty, our minds have the power to help us or harm us.
Tanya GillTanya Gill If I changed, it was for the better.
Sophie SmithSophie Smith I hope you get everything you pray for. I just pray it isn’t me.
Ana DeeAna Dee Being openly sensitive is letting people in. It’s trusting that they can receive your story with an open heart.
Pascaline DussautPascaline Dussaut
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More on chicken
For ‘Conan,’ I had to eat boiled chicken breast and work out all the time and basically eat like a bird every two hours and stay ripped.
Jason MomoaJason Momoa I don’t know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.
E. B. WhiteE. B. White My diet is mostly chicken and fish. I make sure I get a lot of vegetables, a lot of fruit. I am a big fruit man,
Magic JohnsonMagic Johnson If you look at me close enough, there’s a small resemblance to a chicken nugget. I don’t know if it’s my skin texture or my hair, but the resemblance is definitely there.
Kevin HartKevin Hart I had almost three acres of land in Beverly Hills. And I had a big atrium of chickens because I love that feeling of being in the country and living from the soil.
Eartha KittEartha Kitt Chicken fizz! O Lord, protect all of us who toil in the vineyards of experimental chemistry!
Alan BradleyAlan Bradley My family and I reside on a non-working farm, although we have a couple of horses and the usual stuff like pigs, cows, and chickens.
Al JardineAl Jardine If you want a chicken to be a duck, and a duck to be a chicken, you will suffer.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah
