Thurgood Marshall Quotes

None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here because somebody - a parent, a teacher, an Ivy League crony or a few nuns - bent down and helped us pick up our boots.

Thurgood Marshall

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: judge
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 2, 1908 - January 24, 1993

Topics

TeacherParentBootsDownUpHere

I always wanted to do a family show.

Jill Soloway

FamilyAlwaysShowWanted

I'm not of the manor born; I've never felt entitled in that way. I just came to Hollywood to be an actor. All that lifestyle stuff is something to be managed.

John C. Reilly

BornLifestyleHollywoodActorWay

In the grave should be buried the prejudices and passions born of conflict. Charity should hold the scales in which are weighed the deeds of men.

Robert Green Ingersoll

MenConflictCharityBornDeeds

If someone wants to employ me, whoever wants to employ me, I'll go and do that. I just want to work.

Matthew Lewis

WorkMeSomeoneGoWantJust

Years of drought and famine come and years of flood and famine come, and the climate is not changed with dance, libation or prayer.

John Wesley Powell

PrayerDanceYearsFloodCome

Mum and Dad sent us to a bilingual school, so we had half the lessons in English and half in French. But I remember being hugely lost.

Rose Leslie

SchoolRememberLostUsEnglish

There's been a big spur in downtown development with new business, restaurants and a lot of loft buying. The buses run, and there's a subway that runs through downtown.

Michael Ritchie

BusinessNewRunDevelopmentSubway

I've seen what power women have in unification, and I would love to create co-working spaces and networks for female entrepreneurs.

Molly Bloom

LoveWomenPowerCreateSeenWould

My objective has always been to get better, no matter where my ranking is.

Luke Donald

BetterMatterAlwaysWhereGetBeen

Man is so muddled, so dependent on the things immediately before his eyes, that every day even the most submissive believer can be seen to risk the torments of the afterlife for the smallest pleasure.

Joseph de Maistre

EyesDayManEvery DayRiskThings

It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst.

Desiderius Erasmus

FearWisdomProsperityWorstSuspect

When you put an individual on the cover of a big picture magazine, like 'Life of Look', their career skyrocketed. As a photographer, you were very empowered; people came to you, bowing to you and what you represented.

Douglas Kirkland

LifePeoplePictureYouLookCareer

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