--- title: "13 Some Quotes By John Ridley" description: "13 Some quotes by John Ridley. Plus more from John Ridley and more Some sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6c/john-ridley-4100_arm_i-don-t-think-i-m-alarmist-i-m-more-disa_2713924.jpg" --- > [I don't think I'm alarmist. I'm more disappointed by the euphemisms in some instances than outright bigotry. Now, to me, you walk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ridley/i-don-t-think-i-m-alarmist-i-m-more-disappointed-by-the-euphemisms-in/) [John Ridley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ridley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6c/john-ridley-4100_arm_i-don-t-think-i-m-alarmist-i-m-more-disa_2713924.jpg) > [There are still some people out there who believe comic books are nothing more than, well, comic books. But the true cognoscenti…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ridley/there-are-still-some-people-out-there-who-believe-comic-books-are/) [John Ridley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ridley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72b/john-ridley-4100_amazing_there-are-still-some-people-out-there-wh_2473221.jpg) > [Awards shows have devolved into self-parodies - liberals in limos, corny insider jokes delivered by the hosts among bad teleprompter reading from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ridley/awards-shows-have-devolved-into-self-parodies-liberals-in-limos-corny/) [John Ridley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ridley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac4/john-ridley-4100_among_awards-shows-have-devolved-into-self-par_564377.jpg) > [If some of us can get an Oscar for extolling that it's hard out there for a pimp, why can't others of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ridley/if-some-of-us-can-get-an-oscar-for-extolling-that-it-s-hard-out-there/) [John Ridley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ridley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b53/john-ridley-4100_acting_if-some-of-us-can-get-an-oscar-for-extol_380863.jpg) > [Fanboys are a creator's blessing and curse. If a fanboy likes you, they love you. Obsessively. If you cross them with some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ridley/fanboys-are-a-creator-s-blessing-and-curse-if-a-fanboy-likes-you-they/) [John Ridley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ridley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26e/john-ridley-4100_across_fanboys-are-a-creator-s-blessing-and-cur_1793563.jpg) > [There's no disputing that for pols, the Internet is a great way to connect with people and raise some cash and post…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ridley/there-s-no-disputing-that-for-pols-the-internet-is-a-great-way-to/) [John Ridley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ridley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f64/john-ridley-4100_cash_there-s-no-disputing-that-for-pols-the-i_1427578.jpg) > [There are some individuals who look at graphic novels as 'canon,' and they cannot change in any way, shape or form, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ridley/there-are-some-individuals-who-look-at-graphic-novels-as-canon-and/) [John Ridley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ridley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/773/john-ridley-4100_any_there-are-some-individuals-who-look-at-g_787526.jpg) > [Why don't we hear more about and from Asians when it comes to race in America? Are Asians the new Invisible Man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ridley/why-don-t-we-hear-more-about-and-from-asians-when-it-comes-to-race-in/) [John Ridley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ridley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db5/john-ridley-4100_about_why-don-t-we-hear-more-about-and-from-as_2670804.jpg) > [Every president to hold office has espoused some version of Americanism - the truths that we hold self-evident, even when those truths…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ridley/every-president-to-hold-office-has-espoused-some-version-of/) [John Ridley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ridley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/974/john-ridley-4100_able_every-president-to-hold-office-has-espou_1346041.jpg) > [When I go to business meetings, I'm still told way too often by some receptionist, 'The mail room is downstairs,' to believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ridley/when-i-go-to-business-meetings-i-m-still-told-way-too-often-by-some/) [John Ridley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ridley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af7/john-ridley-4100_always_when-i-go-to-business-meetings-i-m-still_1894326.jpg) > [To this day, the only argument against Obama that critics can seem to come up with involves admitting he's better than them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ridley/to-this-day-the-only-argument-against-obama-that-critics-can-seem-to/) [John Ridley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ridley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b3/john-ridley-4100_actually_to-this-day-the-only-argument-against-ob_1151508.jpg) > ['The Martin Show,' the 'Jamie Foxx show,' 'Living Single,' 'The Wayans Brothers,' 'Hanging with Mr. Cooper...' Some of these shows were good,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ridley/the-martin-show-the-jamie-foxx-show-living-single-the-wayans-brothers/) [John Ridley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ridley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/940/john-ridley-4100_beginning_the-martin-show-the-jamie-foxx-show-livi_1843428.jpg) > [The thing about working in Hollywood is that, at some point, you really get tired of hearing how godless you are, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ridley/the-thing-about-working-in-hollywood-is-that-at-some-point-you-really/) [John Ridley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ridley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d85/john-ridley-4100_abandoning_the-thing-about-working-in-hollywood-is_1987691.jpg) ## Other authors on Some ## More by John Ridley > [The hypocrisy and false piety of the deniers aside, the relationships of gays have no effect on heteros. Especially all the heteros who've done…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ridley/the-hypocrisy-and-false-piety-of-the-deniers-aside-the-relationships/) [John Ridley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ridley/) > [If art is singular expression, then by nature, the best art is controversial. But when art stirs debate for reasons besides its artistic integrity,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ridley/if-art-is-singular-expression-then-by-nature-the-best-art-is/) [John Ridley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ridley/) > [While most trudge through their days straight-jacketed in the social compact, living for others as much as or more than for themselves, a select…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ridley/while-most-trudge-through-their-days-straight-jacketed-in-the-social/) [John Ridley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ridley/) > [Why is it that the very people who have fought so hard and so long for the simple entitlement to love whom they choose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ridley/why-is-it-that-the-very-people-who-have-fought-so-hard-and-so-long/) [John Ridley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ridley/) > [There are any number of very hard working people in Hollywood who deserve recognition. Mostly its the artisans and crafts persons - the 'below…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ridley/there-are-any-number-of-very-hard-working-people-in-hollywood-who/) [John Ridley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ridley/) > [For children, diversity needs to be real and not merely relegated to learning the names of the usual suspects during Black History Month or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ridley/for-children-diversity-needs-to-be-real-and-not-merely-relegated-to/) [John Ridley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ridley/) > [Conservative talkers love to throw numbers around: their ratings and their audience size. And to be sure, they have a sizable audience which numbers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ridley/conservative-talkers-love-to-throw-numbers-around-their-ratings-and/) [John Ridley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ridley/) > [Just mention the idea of warrantless wiretaps and expect to get hit up with a congressional investigation. But give somebody an avatar and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ridley/just-mention-the-idea-of-warrantless-wiretaps-and-expect-to-get-hit/) [John Ridley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ridley/) > [As long as we remain committed to holding high our individuals of supreme finish, others will be inspired to loose themselves of the gravity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ridley/as-long-as-we-remain-committed-to-holding-high-our-individuals-of/) [John Ridley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ridley/) > [When people come in the door and they have something, discovering and exploring the character is a real joy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ridley/when-people-come-in-the-door-and-they-have-something-discovering-and/) [John Ridley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ridley/) > [Fact is, awards shows were never really about recognizing achievement. They were a publicity ploy cooked up in the late 1920s by MGM topper…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ridley/fact-is-awards-shows-were-never-really-about-recognizing-achievement/) [John Ridley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ridley/) > [I love graphic novels - I love reading them, I enjoyed writing them, I would love to go back and do them again. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ridley/i-love-graphic-novels-i-love-reading-them-i-enjoyed-writing-them-i/) [John Ridley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ridley/) > [So, is Hollywood anti-religion? Not in my opinion. But unlike, say, politicians and preachers who talk faith before going off to speak in tongues…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ridley/so-is-hollywood-anti-religion-not-in-my-opinion-but-unlike-say/) [John Ridley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ridley/) > [I didn't know I was a good director, and I mean that sincerely. I had done a film a long time ago called 'Cold…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ridley/i-didn-t-know-i-was-a-good-director-and-i-mean-that-sincerely-i-had/) [John Ridley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ridley/) > [Quite simply, quite plainly, just by virtue of his being, Barack Obama is America. The first true American to lead our nation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ridley/quite-simply-quite-plainly-just-by-virtue-of-his-being-barack-obama/) [John Ridley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ridley/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/some/john-ridley/#itemlist", "name": "13 Some Quotes By John Ridley", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't think I'm alarmist. I'm more disappointed by the euphemisms in some instances than outright bigotry. 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Are Asians the new Invisible…” — John Ridley", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Every president to hold office has espoused some version of Americanism - the truths that we hold self-evident, even when those truths are not always in evidence. But for all their grand rhetoric and mostly good deeds, none was able to seal the deal on the trifecta of equality, plurality and socioeconomic ascendancy. 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