I took a year of karate. It was like obligatory... every kid was taking like one year of karate and one year of piano in my town. It was Bruce Lee and Liberace. But I was not a white belt. I graduated. I had a colour belt - but that's all you need to know. It could have been black, it could have been yellow, or it could have been anything in between.

Jack Black

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The greatest gift in life is the ability to think great thoughts and have the strength to take action so that those thoughts become reality in this wonderful and abundant world.

reality world thinking

I don't have any real spirituality in my life - I'm kind of an atheist - but when music can take me to the highest heights, it's almost like a spiritual feeling. It fills that void for me.

atheist real spiritual

Funny songs, that’s my ticket. I can’t remember when it started or why it started, it’s just something that I NEEDED.

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You must never underestimate the power of the eyebrow. by Jack Black

You must never underestimate the power of the eyebrow.

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You're not hardcore, unless you live hardcore by Jack Black

You're not hardcore, unless you live hardcore

It's all about finding your voice in whatever your profession...... by Jack Black

It's all about finding your voice in whatever your profession... it helps your confidence.

profession voice helping

I'm fairly certain that YOLO is just Carpe Diem for stupid people... by Jack Black

I'm fairly certain that YOLO is just Carpe Diem for stupid people.

carpe-diem stupid people

The thing is, the kids always rebel against what the parents try to push on them so I'm going to pretend like I don't want my son to hear the rock. I'm going to listen to it only in my private chambers. He'll hear echoes of it and say: "What was that you were listening to papa?" And I'll say: "Nothing son, you're not ready."

echoes kids son

The real challenge is if you don't look super sexy, like a Brad Pitt, you're going to have to try harder. You're going to have to make up for it in other ways.

sexy real challenges

There's nothing you can really do to prepare to rock. Do you prepare to eat a delicious meal? Are you hungry? Then you're gonna eat it.

hungry rocks meals

I recommend that everyone in their youth be as out of shape as possible so that when you turn 40, people can go, "Wow, you look much better now."

wow shapes people

When I was a kid, I thought I was the strongest man in the world. Then, the fastest runner and then the smartest person in the world. One by one my delusions got shut down. Now I just see myself as the lamest guy in the world.

Just because you don't know how to do stand-up doesn't mean you d... by Jack Black

Just because you don't know how to do stand-up doesn't mean you don't know how to put on a show.

know-how shows mean

A long life or a short life are of equal importance to God. by Jack Black

A long life or a short life are of equal importance to God.

short-life long death

I'd rather be the king of kids, than the prince of fools. by Jack Black

I'd rather be the king of kids, than the prince of fools.

fool kings kids

I really wanted people to pay attention to me and like me. And the class clown thing, you know? There's a weird desperation to the class clown when you really investigate it. Why are they trying to be the clown so much? They're filling some kind of hole.

class trying people

If Beethoven and Bach hooked up with Mozart and made a band, they could be a distant runner up to The D.

runners band made

There were times when I thought I got a bit more punishment than was coming to me, but I don't regret a minute of it now. Each of us must be tempered in some fire. Nobody had more to do with choosing the fire that tempered me than myself, and instead of finding fault with the fire I give thanks that I had the metal to take the temper and hold it.

punishment regret fire

I'm always looking for a fresh perspective because it's fun to tell stories that are original and new in some way.

perspective stories fun

I just had a son and had to take him to the paediatrician and he measured his head and apparently he's in a group in which only 14 per cent of the population have a bigger head than him. Then she said: "Do you mind if I measure your head?" I said: "Go ahead." And she was shocked, because less than one per cent of the world's population has a bigger head than mine. So I guess that means I'm pretty full of myself. Or that I have a huge brain.