Howard Zinn Quotes

If the gods had intended for people to vote, they would have given us candidates.

Howard Zinn

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 24, 1922 - January 27, 2010

Topics

PeopleVoteUsWouldGodsGiven

After a number of years dating, we decided we were good partners.

Melinda Gates

GoodDatingYearsNumberPartners

In the world of commercial speech, tobacco advertising bears the earmarks of an endangered species.

Jef I. Richards

AdvertisingWorldSpeechBears

Consul - in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.

Ambrose Bierce

PoliticsPeopleAmericanPerson

The sacrifices ordinary American men and women from communities large and small have been willing to make, often before they were past their teenage years, have secured our nation unprecedented freedoms and made us the world's bulwark of liberty.

Steve Buyer

WomenMenPastWorldSmallAmerican

And God said, 'Let there be light' and there was light, but the Electricity Board said He would have to wait until Thursday to be connected.

Spike Milligan

GodLightWaitElectricitySaidHe

I don't write political plays in the sense that I'm writing essays that are kind of disguised as plays. I would really defy anyone to watch any of my plays and say 'Well, here's the point.'

Tony Kushner

WritingPoliticalSayKindWrite

Success isn't permanent and failure isn't fatal.

Mike Ditka

SuccessFailurePermanentFatal

The presidency is not a collegial body... He will surround himself with people who share his vision.

Luis Videgaray Caso

VisionPeopleBodyWillPresidency

One of my earliest memories is of seeing my mother in her beach chair, reading a book under an umbrella by the water's edge while my sisters and I played beside her. Of all the life lessons she taught me, that is one of my favorites: to take time at a place I love, restore my spirit with books and the beach.

Luanne Rice

LifeLoveMotherMemoriesTimeMe

I don't make films for myself; I make them in order to communicate with an audience.

Diego Luna

MyselfAudienceOrderCommunicate

My dream collaboration would probably be Sam Smith.

Daya

CollaborationDreamWouldSamSmith

My most fertile reading time is when I have just finished a project and haven't started another. I binge-read and surf around bookstores.

Deborah Harkness

TimeReadingProjectStartedJust

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