Saul Alinsky Quotes

As an organizer, I start from where the world is, as it is, not as I would like it to be. That we accept the world as it is does not in any sense weaken our desire to change it into what we believe it should be - it is necessary to begin where the world is if we are going to change it to what we think it should be. That means working in the system.

Saul Alinsky

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: activist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 30, 1909 - June 12, 1972

Topics

ChangeWorldStartBelieveThink

Why something in the public interest such as television news can be fought over, like a chain of hamburger stands, eludes me.

Jimmy Breslin

MeTelevisionNewsWhyOverChain

The conventional, and painfully artificial, separation of the human realm from the natural other is bound to perish, albeit over a period of time, until we are obliged to learn how to cultivate our gardens under the most demanding conditions.

John Burnside

TimeLearnSeparationHumanOver

I don't want the kind of theater that I love and grew up seeing to die out.

Jerry Herman

LoveDieSeeingWantKindOut

Coldplay I really like a lot. David Grey, I'm obsessed with.

Jennifer Love Hewitt

GreyLikeObsessedReallyColdplay

We're barely scratching the surface of how people experience and utilize p2p payments, despite it being a multi-millennium-old behavior.

Jeremy Allaire

ExperiencePeopleBehaviorSurface

More people are listening to opera, and I'm happy - everybody must be given that opportunity.

Andrea Bocelli

OpportunityHappyPeopleListening

My hobby of not attending meetings about recycling saves more energy than your hobby of recycling.

John McCarthy

EnergyMeetingsHobbyMoreRecycling

I got my fair share of stick. But I surrounded myself with fabulous girls, and they all loved me because I made them clothes. I remember making them all leopard print tops and tartan skirts for a party we went to once. It's scary to think about it now, actually.

Matthew Williamson

MyselfMeThinkLovedRememberNow

Cruelty is a part of nature, at least of human nature, but it is the one thing that seems unnatural to us.

Robinson Jeffers

NatureHuman NatureHumanCrueltyUs

I think we need to look at ourselves first. We should practice what we're preaching. Otherwise, we are hypocrites.

Mo Ibrahim

PracticeThinkLookFirstNeed

I don't pretend to be happy all the time. I think to be human is to be happy and unhappy by turns. But I have a great capacity to enjoy myself, and it seems to grow as I get older.

Diana Quick

GreatTimeMyselfHappyBe Happy

The first movie I did was 'Dan in Real Life,' which was directed by Peter Hedges, the same director who did 'The Odd Life of Timothy Green.'

CJ Adams

LifeGreenFirstDirectorRealSame

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