Ben Vereen Quotes

"I love sharing my story. It's endlessly healing."
-Ben Vereen

"As I laid in the hospital bed I started thinking that I had a show to do. I was hoping the Doctor would put me together so I could do the show."
-Ben Vereen

"So be encouraged and dedicate yourself to your dream and if your dream should come my way one day then we will dance upon the boards of life."
-Ben Vereen

"You've got to make haste while it's still light of day. My godmother used to say, ''I don't want to rust out, I just want to work out.'' If you stand still long enough, people will throw dirt on you.''."
-Ben Vereen

"Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast like no other storm in recorded history. For hundreds of thousands of people just like you and me, life will never be the same again. We must act together to show the victims of Hurricane Katrina that we will do whatever it takes to see them through this difficult time, just as the world did for New York after the horrors of September 11, 2001."
-Ben Vereen

"The death of my daughter is a subject I talk about briefly because there is nothing more tragic."
-Ben Vereen

"Sometimes we look for those thunderous things to happen in our life for our lives to change or go in the other direction. We seek the miracle. We seek the parting of the seas, the moving of the mountains. But no, it's a quiet thing. At least for me it was."
-Ben Vereen

"Nine years after I had my own accident, I find that in trying to go back to doing those things that I used to do just doesn't fit. Everything seems to just fall apart. I don't know why but I think it is because I am this new creature."
-Ben Vereen