Ida B. Wells Quotes

The only times an Afro-American who was assaulted got away has been when he had a gun and used it in self-defense.

Ida B. Wells

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GunSelf-DefenseUsedAwayGotBeen

If you know how many acres you have sown of each kind of corn, inquire how much the acre the soil of that land takes for sowing, and count the number of quarters of seed, and you shall know the return of seed, and what ought to be over.

Robert Grosseteste

SeedYouKnowKindSoilLand

If the worst that happens is that I wake up and see a picture of myself and a headline saying, 'He wasn't very funny last night', then I've got nothing to complain about.

Matt Lucas

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If you've really loved a book, or a movie for that matter, really loved it, what you want is that same book again, but as if you've never read it. And when you get something unfamiliar, you feel betrayed.

Michael Cunningham

BookLovedFeelYouWantMatter

Let every dawn be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun be to you as its close.

John Ruskin

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I thought the Secret Service would protect me from the press, but they were at my house to protect me from assassins with guns, not with assassins with pencils.

Michael Reagan

ServiceMeThoughtHouseProtect

The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth.

Jean de la Bruyere

TruthContraryOftenBelievedExact

I think we are all interested in end-times ideas and also in the current climate that we are all living in, where money is a little harder to come by, things continue to get expensive; gas prices are not too far from people's heads. There are more and more people. Human society's going to have real problems.

Dominic Monaghan

MoneyPeopleIdeasSocietyThink

Our challenge isn't that we can't be motivated. It's not that we aren't smart, excitable, or that we lack passion - what we don't have is the ability to sustain motivation over time.

Brendon Burchard

PassionTimeChallengeSmartAbility

There have been many different artists that have been inspirational. I suppose the question is directed to what was the reason why I went into fantasy illustration.

Boris Vallejo

InspirationalWhyFantasyQuestion

I like to get paid for doing basic research, so it's pleasant to write some nonfiction about it.

Bruce Sterling

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I think we were instrumental in saving downtown Seattle. To me, that's the biggest thing we did.

Bruce Nordstrom

MeThinkSeattleDowntownI Think

The cool part of being an entertainer is getting the opportunity to get your feet wet in all areas.

Paula Abdul

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