Hill Harper Quotes

If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.

I think if you have ability and talent in one way, you have it in all ways. I'm not a jack of all trades; I'm a master of many. I don't feel there is anything I can't do if I want to.

Why, if someone is good in one field can they not be accepted or given the slightest opportunity to express and be creative in other fields?

A lot of people can score. What else can you do?

I just think that we're capable of so much more; we don't utilize all our capacity like we should.

The chances of a person breaking through their own habits and sloth and limited mind to actually write something that gets out there and matters to people are slim.

I still maintain several different outlets of artistry, like my music, photography, writing and all those things. I don't pigeonhole myself into one thing. I do all sorts of things, and that's so important to me.

The universe wants us to have fun doing more than one thing in life. That's how it learns. You don't have one purpose in life. You have maybe 500 or so.

It's fun to branch out a bit. I feel like I've held a lot of tricks up my sleeve for a lot of years, and 'Ex-Girlfriends' is a good way to show another side of me.

You can do anything you want to do.

Everybody thinks if you do one thing, you can't do something else. So I like the fact that I can be versatile if I want to.

When you've got some talent, your job is to use it.

I never pictured myself as just a rapper; I always wanted to act and do whatever else I could do. I always felt like I could do a lot of different things.

If you got talent, you just have to do you.

If you're a human being, you can attempt to do what other human beings have done. We don't understand talent any more than we understand electricity.

I'm not like, 'I'm a famous doula.' I'm a doula. I'm trying to find a way to get rid of the stigma around 'You're the singer; You're the actor' - we have to be able to do more than one thing.

I feel like if you can do multiple things, you shouldn't shy away from them.

I like showing versatility.

If you have any talent, you can't be held back, and you can't be held down.

I always like to say that you've got to... use all your talent.

I believe in excellence. It is a basic need of every human soul. All of us can be excellent, because, fortunately, we are exceedingly diverse in our ambitions and talents.

Your talent is in your choice.

A woman's gifts will make room for her.

Age, style, where you come from, where you were born, it's different every time, which, to me, is refreshing because it says that there isn't any one thing, one formula or kind of character that makes a great comedian. Everybody has had a different approach.

I don't see myself as a person who just does one thing. I understand that sometimes that might sound a bit unprofessional. But I disagree.