Coretta Scott King Quotes

Our Congress passes laws which subsidize corporation farms, oil companies, airlines, and houses for suburbia. But when they turn their attention to the poor, they suddenly become concerned about balancing the budget and cut back on the funds for Head Start, Medicare, and mental health appropriations.

Coretta Scott King

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: activist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 27, 1927 - January 30, 2006

Topics

HealthStartMental HealthAttention

I came in to make a difference, to be a minister, to make policy.

Jo Cox

Make A DifferenceDifferencePolicy

When faith is lost, when honor dies, the man is dead.

John Greenleaf Whittier

FaithDeathManHonorLostDead

We need a straitjacket around Congress when it comes to spending so that they are forced to do what 49 states are required to do and what every family business and every family is required to do, and that's live within their means.

John Cornyn

FamilyLiveBusinessCongressNeed

I don't mind being a grandfather; I've been a mother for so many years. You just can't believe what it's like being a father. Especially when you come out of the chaos of the road to getting married and having children.

Steven Tyler

FatherMotherChildrenMindChaos

I grew up in East Germany, so we had to learn Russian in school... everybody hated it. I never thought it would come in handy... And being an actor, I've been able to use it quite a bit.

Tom Wlaschiha

SchoolThoughtLearnActorNeverUp

What makes a man is when you go against your own instincts to do to the right thing.

Rod Lurie

ManYouGoThe Right ThingRight

I had to get good grades and do well in school - my mother was an assistant principal and my father was a teacher - and they took this very seriously.

Roz Chast

GoodFatherMotherTeacherSchool

I was lucky enough that my parents knew about World Cup skiing, so since I was really little, we were watching World Cup winning runs.

Mikaela Shiffrin

ParentsSkiingWinningWorldEnough

Sometimes, you sit down to write a song, you don't realize what it's going to mean to somebody other than yourself.

Luke Combs

YourselfSongYouDownSometimes

Not yet, but I do wanna work with Leona Lewis. I love her, she's so sweet! I think she's working on her album as well so I'd love to do a nice powerful female duet with her. I think our voices would blend really well. There's a couple of other people I'd love to work with - like Fergie, Justin Timberlake and Alicia Keys.

Jordin Sparks

WorkLovePeopleSweetThinkNice

I think sometimes that people think brave means not being afraid, which of course it doesn't mean that at all. It means that you're afraid, but you move past that and do it anyway, do what you think is right.

Craig Ferguson

PastPeopleBraveThinkYouMean

We all know the dangers of sequels. Lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place too often, and I think you've got to move beyond it, go the extra mile and have the courage not to just repeat the first one.

Colin Firth

CourageThinkYouPlaceGoKnow

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