Ossie Davis Quotes

Struggle is strengthening. Battling with evil gives us the power to battle evil even more.

Ossie Davis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 18, 1917 - February 4, 2005

Topics

PowerStruggleEvilBattleMoreUs

I hope that through my work, artists will take some chances, break some rules, and make art that comes from inside of them. I would like to be remembered as a kind person, a great Mom, and a bit unruly - in a good way!

Angela Cartwright

WorkGoodHopeGreatArtMom

My father was ethnically Jewish, but his family converted to Catholicism.

Tom Hollander

FamilyFatherJewishHisCatholicism

I didn't sing, but I did play the drums.

Miguel Ferrer

PlaySingDrumsDid

I would never judge anyone for going anywhere for money.

Minnie Driver

MoneyJudgeNeverGoingWould

I cannot bear the responsibility for one drop of blood.

Mohamed ElBaradei

ResponsibilityBloodBearDrop

I don't believe in this idea of, 'That's hate speech, stop it.'

Louis C. K.

HateBelieveSpeechStopIdea

When I played in Holland, I always tried to lob the goalkeeper. People used to say, 'Oh, you're always only trying to make a nice goal'. But I said, 'Listen, if the goalie is a little bit off his line, how much space do you have on his left or right?' It's not a lot. 'And how much space do you have above him?'

Dennis Bergkamp

SpacePeopleTryingYouGoalNice

My wealth is very limited. I need to influence other people to give.

Chen Guangbiao

PeopleInfluenceWealthNeedGive

Raise your ambition beyond where you're capable of now. There's nothing about my hometown that said I'd be working with Fortune 50 CEO's, Olympians, at the highest level.

Brendon Burchard

AmbitionHometownYouSaidNothing

I woke up one morning with this song in my head, and the opening line of the song is, 'My name was Richard Nixon, only now I'm a girl.'

Bruce Cockburn

GirlMorningSongNameNowOpening

I've proven I can hang in there, go through adversity, and pull tricks out of the bag.

Brian Ortega

AdversityBagI CanGoOutHang

The federal government should not be able to hide behind sovereign immunity when the facts don't meet the protections.

Scott Pruitt

GovernmentFactsHideMeetAble

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