Gil Scott-Heron Quotes

I've always had questions about what it meant to be a protester, to be in the minority. Are the people who are trying to find peace, who are trying to have the Constitution apply to everybody, are they really the radicals? We're not protesting from the outside. We're inside.

Gil Scott-Heron

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 1, 1949 - May 27, 2011

Topics

PeacePeopleConstitutionQuestions

Thanos came to me while I was taking a psychology class in college after coming out of the service; the ol' Thanos/Eros concept.

Jim Starlin

ServiceCollegeMeClassPsychology

We're all trying to catch up with Beyonce. We're all running a race, and Beyonce is up there, and we're all just trying to run and get there. That's my motivation.

Jessica Williams

MotivationTryingRunRaceUpCatch

When you're acting in a movie, you never consider the reception of it. It's impossible to predict how something will be received. Even if you think it's the greatest thing in the world, other people might not like it. Or agree with it.

Jesse Eisenberg

PeopleWorldImpossibleThinkActing

My brother and I were born in an Irish county called Tipperary. We were both very math- and science-inclined in high school. My dad trained as an electrical engineer, and my mom is in microbiology.

John Collison

SchoolBrotherMomHigh SchoolBorn

I am interested in suffering and, in particular, the Buddhist idea that in pain, you can find beauty.

Robert Lepage

BeautyPainI AmSufferingYouFind

I have had more honors than I've deserved and more rewards than I expected. It can be tempting just to say, 'Well, I'm going to retire.' But what would I do then? Sit in a chair and watch TV? Don't let fulfillment throw away your tomorrow.

Robert H. Schuller

TomorrowChairSayMoreRetireSit

A social contract is the way out of this dilemma for corporations that want to lead in the 21st century by showing consumers how seriously they take customer loyalty and goodwill.

Simon Mainwaring

LoyaltyCustomerWantSeriouslyWay

We can improve our relationships with others by leaps and bounds if we become encouragers instead of critics.

Joyce Meyer

RelationshipRelationshipsBecomeOur

Daoist thought is the root of science and technology in China.

Joseph Needham

TechnologyScienceThoughtChina

I found out my limit. I'm not a singer and a dancer.

Dinah Manoff

LimitOutSingerFoundDancer

Electroclash is good because it's stayed underground.

Chris Lowe

GoodBecauseUndergroundStayed

A book sometimes seems to impose a through-line to life that real life doesn't actually have.

Chris Ware

LifeBookSometimesRealReal Life

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