Emmeline Pankhurst Quotes

We are here, not because we are law-breakers; we are here in our efforts to become law-makers.

Emmeline Pankhurst

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: activist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: July 15, 1858 - June 14, 1928

Topics

BecomeHereBecauseOurEfforts

I find a way to convince people to come along with me. They want to be persuaded. When I sit in a room with you I'm going to sell you something whether you want it or not. At the end you'll say: 'I'm glad I bought that.'

Jerry Weintraub

PeopleMeEndYouFindWant

When I walk out there on court, I become a maniac... Something comes over me, man.

John McEnroe

WalkManMeBecomeOverOut

The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.

Jean de La Fontaine

NothingThemUnfortunateFastidious

One of the great joys of my job is that you spend a huge amount of time investigating different areas of literature.

Stephen Daldry

GreatTimeJobLiteratureYouSpend

I learned later, just as a footnote, that the World Assembly of Youth was a CIA front.

Stephen Lewis

YouthWorldCIAJustAssemblyFront

There are those moments where you realize that your parents or your heroes are human and are fallible.

Simon Helberg

ParentsMomentsYouHumanHeroes

As so often happens with Washington scandals, it isn't the original scandal that gets people in the most trouble - it's the attempted cover-up.

Tom Petri

PeopleTroubleWashingtonOriginal

For many people, and particularly in communities of color, the basic bargain of America - that if you work hard and play by the rules, you can share in the nation's prosperity - has become a raw deal. That's what President Obama's opportunity agenda is all about - making good on our country's half of the basic bargain.

Tom Perez

WorkGoodOpportunityPeopleColor

Mobile entertainment is a huge opportunity. We are committed to mobile just as much as we are to PCs.

Rob Glaser

OpportunityEntertainmentMobileJust

Bad spending, to me, in terms of its economic benefit, would be wealth transfer payments. It's a misallocation of resources.

Mick Mulvaney

MeWealthBadResourcesEconomic

Somehow, someway, for some people there's an automatic assumption that a mayor who is African-American or some other elected official has to support another African-American.

Michael Nutter

SupportPeopleSome PeopleMayorWho

I don't believe it. Prove it to me and I still won't believe it.

Douglas Adams

TruthMeBelieveProveStill

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