June Jordan Quotes

My father was both the person who gave me reason to learn how to fight and the one who taught me the basics of fighting. He would tell me that if it was a big fight, it would probably be uneven, it wouldn't be fair.

June Jordan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 9, 1936 - June 14, 2002

Topics

FatherFightMeFightingLearnFair

Every movie that I've had to really knock down the door for has been an enormous success for me. Not just like a financial success but a real personal success.

Jodie Foster

SuccessMeDoorFinancialDownReal

Our skin is very thin. It doesn't take much for us to jump off a ledge or to kill one another. It can happen very, very quickly.

Anderson Cooper

SkinJumpHappenTakeUsOff

We've unveiled the most comprehensive reform budget people have seen in a generation.

John Kasich

PeopleGenerationBudgetSeenReform

I would rather be having a burger and beers with my mates but I can't do that when I know I've got to dance.

Michael Flatley

DanceBurgerKnowGotWouldRather

I find it strange that actors are on the covers of magazines.

Toni Collette

FindStrangeMagazinesCovers

People want to marry me for companionship. No thanks! I've got my cats for that!

Ruth Rendell

CatsPeopleMeWantCompanionship

Out of economic hardship can come change - we are suddenly cast onto our wits and our talents and our resources and our strengths, as we lose all the choices we once had.

Michael Leunig

ChangeChoicesLoseHardshipOut

Doing this James Brown thing for the last couple of days has been ideal. But it's a different kind of fun.

Jules Shear

FunDoingKindDaysLastDifferent

I just try to make contact with the ball. It's obvious that I like to swing the bat. I'm not thinking of taking a lot of pitches.

Jose Altuve

ThinkingSwingTryContactBallBat

The 'wisdom of the crowds' is the most ridiculous statement I've heard in my life. Crowds are dumb.

Drew Curtis

LifeWisdomMy LifeDumbRidiculous

I adore watching movies; movie marathons are my favorite pastime. I can watch up to five movies back to back. I also love music and like reading whenever I get the time.

Priyanka Chopra

LoveMusicTimeReadingBackI Can

Every man is the architect of his own life. He builds it just the way he wants it. However, after he has built what he wants, he sometimes decides that he doesn't like what he has built and looks for someone or something to blame instead of changing himself.

Sydney Madwed

LifeManBlameSomeoneSometimes

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