Home
Topics
Authors
:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

Marian Wright Edelman Quotes

Unless children have strong education and strong families and strong communities and decent housing, it's not enough to go sit in at a lunch counter.

Marian Wright Edelman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: activist
Nationality: american
Birth: June 6, 1939

Topics

Education Children Lunch Strong Go

I was always rather outspoken. I worried about what people thought of me but there really wasn't room for a lot of self-doubt.

People Me Thought Always Room About

I wasn't actually trained by my mother, she said she never taught me but she was a great singer herself and I can't remember when I didn't listen to her sing and imitate her.

Joan Sutherland

Mother Great Me Remember Said Never

As a reader, sometimes, I just want to not think. You know, I want to read something that is purely enjoyable: that is, like, escapist.

Think You Know Sometimes Want Just

I've always thought of myself primarily as an artist; it's what I most define myself as. The acting was all an accident.

Myself Thought Artist Acting Always

Neil Gaiman swooped into my life though another friend, Jason Webley, who knew we were fans of each other's work and introduced us via email. Neil and I, like me and Ben, just hit it off instantly.

Life Work Friend Me My Life Email

With demands for special education or standardized test prep being shouted in their ears, public schools can't always hear a parent when he says: 'I want my child to be able to write contracts in Spanish,' or, 'I want my child to shake hands firmly,' or, 'I want my child to study statistics and accounting, not calculus.'

Education Child Accounting Parent

The problem is that once I start on a song and get a rough idea of where I might go with an arrangement, I try dozens, sometimes hundreds, of different things on a song. The bass, the backing guitars, the lead guitars, the keyboards. It's a long process. It's like 100 steps forward and 99 steps back.

Song Start Forward Process Problem

Eventually, I just want to write wavy little short stories.

Short Want Write Little Just

When the severity of the law is to be softened, let pity, not bribes, be the motive.

Miguel de Cervantes

Law Pity Motive Severity

Three years ago, this week, a newly elected President Obama faced the American people and he said, look, if I can't turn this economy around in three years, I'll be looking at a one-term proposition, and we're here to collect! You know the results. It's been 35 months of unemployment above 8 percent.

People Looking American You Look

We at Ferrari are a small, dynamic company, and we show what Italy can do.

Luca Cordero di Montezemolo

Small Company Ferrari Dynamic Show

I'm proud of 'Sinister' because Scott and Cargill did a great job on the movie, and I set up a framework for them to make what they wanted to make. They gave me the idea, and I figured out how to get it out into the world.

Great Job Me World Proud Out

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Marian Wright Edelman