Ida B. Wells Quotes

Although lynchings have steadily increased in number and barbarity during the last twenty years, there has been no single effort put forth by the many moral and philanthropic forces of the country to put a stop to this wholesale slaughter.

Ida B. Wells

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: activist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 16, 1862 - March 25, 1931

Topics

EffortCountryStopMoralSingle

There's always two or three players I like, and why I like them, I can't tell you. There's just something about them I think would be great on a team.

Jerry West

GreatTeamThinkYouThreeWhy

I can't believe the pro-choicers attitude toward unborn children-to me it's the ultimate liberal cause, to defend those without a voice.

Michael Aston

AttitudeMeBelieveVoiceDefend

I don't want to see myself as this sad, disabled girl. I know that. I don't want other people to see me as that, either.

Amy Purdy

GirlSadMyselfPeopleMeKnow

I really fell in love with dance. By the time I was seven, I had dance class six times a week. I was obsessed.

Solange Knowles

LoveTimeDanceWeekClassSeven

The U.S. space program has mythologies attached to pioneering and conquering, but the Russian tradition is very different. In the Russian tradition, the ultimate goal of humanity was to resurrect all humans.

Trevor Paglen

SpaceTraditionHumanityGoalVery

I did sing in a choir for a while, but if anybody was sick, I always whispered my songs to make sure nobody could pick out my voice.

Mary Steenburgen

SickVoiceNobodyChoirAlwaysOut

When you grow up, people don't speak the truth. You can see, when you trust people, you help them.

Miguel Cabrera

TruthTrustPeopleSpeakGrowHelp

'Stupidity' defines the mental state wherein we acknowledge that we've never been smarter as individuals and yet somehow we've never felt stupider. We now collectively inhabit a state of stupidity.

Douglas Coupland

StupidityNowNeverMentalBeen

I don't think about financial success as the measurement of my success.

Christie Hefner

SuccessThinkFinancialMeasurement

I will work hard at the federal level to defend our progress on climate change, but we know that forward progress on climate must happen locally.

Brad Schneider

WorkChangeProgressWork HardKnow

I favor the extension of the middle-class tax cuts because in a recession they're stimulative and they help with demand.

Peter Welch

HelpTaxBecauseRecessionDemand

I'm first and foremost a writer. I followed my personal legend, my childhood dream of becoming a writer, but I can't say why I'm one.

Paulo Coelho

ChildhoodLegendDreamSayPersonal

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