Medgar Evers Quotes

As long as God gives me strength to work and try to make things real for my children, I'm going to work for it - even if it means making the ultimate sacrifice.

Medgar Evers

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: activist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 2, 1925 - June 12, 1963

Topics

WorkStrengthGodChildrenSacrifice

My grandfather died under house arrest.

Joe Garcia

HouseGrandfatherArrestDied

Many years ago, I think I got my first insight on how an incredibly diverse team can work together and do astonishing things, and not just misunderstand each other and fight.

John P. Kotter

WorkTogetherFightTeamThinkJust

With my team I am an absolute czar. My men know it. I order plays and they obey. If the don't, I fine them.

John McGraw

MenI AmTeamKnowOrderObey

I never write about CIA conspiracies or the FBI or mafia or anything like that because I just don't understand that world. But I think I do understand individual human harmfulness.

Sophie Hannah

WorldThinkUnderstandNeverMafia

I'm not a Wall Street expert, but I can read the papers.

Mickey Kaus

I CanWallStreetExpertWall Street

You can not be afraid when you get to this level to teach. I don't care what level you're at, if you don't teach, you're worthless.

Mike Butcher

CareYouTeachAfraidWorthlessGet

The decisive moment in the defeat of upper class, capital-S, Society may have come when, in newspapers all over the nation, what used to be call the Society page was replaced by the Style section.

Joseph Epstein

StyleMomentSocietyDefeatPage

None of us know what comes after death. All of us, to some extent, are probably mystified or maybe a little bit frightened of it.

Chloe Benjamin

DeathKnowLittleUsNoneSome

String theory is not the only theory that can accommodate extra dimensions, but it certainly is the one that really demands and requires it.

Brian Greene

TheoryExtraDimensionsOnlyString

I can't say I follow politics extremely closely, but I'm definitely aware of what's going on in the world.

Aubrey Plaza

PoliticsWorldSayFollowGoing

I always admired very much the virtuosity in Strauss because, really, he's a master of using the orchestra. And I like virtuosity, I must say, even if the taste of the music is not always mine.

Pierre Boulez

MusicSayOrchestraMasterTaste

I think I'm a much better painter than an actor.

Sylvester Stallone

ThinkBetterActorPainterThan

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