Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes

Capitalism does not permit an even flow of economic resources. With this system, a small privileged few are rich beyond conscience, and almost all others are doomed to be poor at some level. That's the way the system works. And since we know that the system will not change the rules, we are going to have to change the system.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: leader
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968

Topics

ChangeSmallCapitalismRichRules

If you do the best you can, you never have to look back.

Joe Torre

BestYouLookBackNever

Who needs Russian gas if we could get all the heat we need from our own surplus? Who needs Middle Eastern oil, when we can integrate limitless renewable sources in our smart grids?

Jens Martin Skibsted

SmartOilHeatNeedLimitlessOwn

I was raised in the Depression, when there was a great sense of dog-eat-dog and people fighting over scraps.

John Updike

GreatDepressionPeopleFighting

We all have our prejudices, and we may or may not be aware of them. Sometimes people walk by me and give me a wider berth. It happens. I wear hoodies all the time because my head gets cold. Something innocuous can be misunderstood.

Sterling K. Brown

TimeWalkPeopleMeColdSometimes

Eternity's a terrible thought. I mean, where's it all going to end?

Tom Stoppard

ThoughtEndMeanEternityGoing

The first time I met Patti Smith was in a laundromat. We knew some of the same people, including Richard Hell.

Tom Verlaine

TimePeopleHellFirst TimeFirst

Sometimes it's hard to play someone so similar to you, because you can muddy the character. Often, it's easier to play someone further away from you, because it's clearer who they are.

Ruth Negga

CharacterSomeoneYouPlaySometimes

I'm English, and my favorite movie is 'Manhattan.'

Mickey Sumner

EnglishManhattanFavoriteMovie

Violence and nonviolence are, after all, two different forms of theater. They both depend and thrive on the response of an audience.

Julia Bacha

ViolenceThriveTwoDependAudience

There is no advertisement as powerful as a positive reputation traveling fast.

Brian Koslow

PositiveReputationPowerfulFast

But what I hope for from a book - either one that I write or one that I read - is transparency. I want the story to shine through. I don't want to think of the writer.

Anne Tyler

HopeShineBookStoryThinkWant

Existence is no more than the precarious attainment of relevance in an intensely mobile flux of past, present, and future.

Susan Sontag

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