Jiang Wen Quotes

Mental fight means thinking against the current, not with it. It is our business to puncture gas bags and discover the seeds of truth.

Don't live up to your stereotypes.

I like stirring the pot - I think it's part of my duty, to shake people up a bit - make them look at things in a different way.

I ask myself questions that journalists don't dare to ask or don't know how to ask.

I love a challenge, and I love challenging people's preconceptions.

Rough work, iconoclasm, but the only way to get at truth.

The common question that gets asked in business is, 'why?' That's a good question, but an equally valid question is, 'why not?'

When you're used to being prepared to reject conventional wisdom, it leaves you open to learn more.

People should think things out fresh and not just accept conventional terms and the conventional way of doing things.

I don't think we ought to base our policy on what the conventional wisdom is.... The conventional wisdom usually is wrong.

In every part of our society, rules have to be questioned and adapted.

Over the years, we have been conditioned that certain communities need to be looked upon in a certain typical way. So I think we need to question the logic behind it. 'Mulk' is going to question that logic - and where did it start and why did it start and the need to change it immediately.

My whole intention is to break down these limitations of what a black comedian is supposed to be and to open up a space.

I know exactly what that's all about being in a male dominated sport. Sometimes it just takes one person to step out, to be a pioneer, a trailblazer, really.

Provocative... I used to be defensive about it, but in the end, I realised it's exactly right. It's what we're trying to do - to provoke thought and discussion and, you know, shake people up to start thinking about things in a different way. I'm interested in messing with what they think is the norm.

As a culture, we've all agreed with the opinion that the world should be seen in a certain way, so at 'The Nightly Show,' our chief mission was to disagree with that premise. And to see the world in a way that may not make everybody comfortable. And to present it with a cast of people who don't always get to have a voice on that.

I'm definitely seeking to challenge tropes.

Moneyball' doesn't have anything to do with on-base percentage or statistics. It's a constant investigation of stagnant systems, to see if you can find value where it isn't readily apparent.

Gender rules were made to be broken, especially if you have been told throughout history that you're 'less than.'

People tend to shy away from tall guys who dance, but hey, we can make it look good, too!

A great philosophy is not one that passes final judgments and establishes ultimate truth. It is one that causes uneasiness and starts commotion.

Do not engage to find things as you think they are.

As for the search for truth, I know from my own painful searching, with its many blind alleys, how hard it is to take a reliable step, be it ever so small, towards the understanding of that which is truly significant.

It’s actually pretty easy to be contrarian. It’s hard to be contrarian and right.

I think the mistake that people make often times is you just lose touch of reality and you have to never be afraid to call someone's bullshit or call someone's bluff when something doesn't make sense.