Thug Quotes

There were certain perceptions that people had of me, you know...`He`s dumb,` or `he`s just got a pretty face,` or `he`s a thug,` or `he can only do one thing.` I`m not so concerned with that now. Longevity`s what it`s about.

Curtis Curtis jackson..he`s the fakest thug I ever did see

It offends me, ... I`ve been in this league nine years. I come to the game sometimes in jeans and a T-shirt, and I don`t think people look at that as me being a thug. I get endorsement deals because of the way I carry myself. The way that I dress doesn`t have anything to do with the type of person I am.

What about this idea of liberty? Not liberty for its own sake, but liberty for some larger end - not just freedom from oppression, but freedom of expression and worship. Freedom from want, and freedom from fear because when you are trapped by poverty, you are not free. When trade laws prevent you from selling the food you grow, you are not free. When you are dying of a mosquito bite for lack of a bed net, you are not free. When you are hungry in a world of plenty, you are not free. And when you are a monk in Burma this very week, barred from entering a temple because of your gospel of peace, it is an affront to the thug regime, well then none of us are truly free.

I`ve been a thug since 1966, and this feels good. When people come up and you look into their faces and see all the sadness, and then they thank you like you are the one giving this stuff to them, it makes you tear up.