Abbie Hoffman Quotes

The majority of people were always sitting in the stands. When I find people who are willing to go against the grain, who are willing to make tremendous sacrifices to change an unjust situation - that's what blows my mind out.

Abbie Hoffman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: activist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 30, 1936 - April 12, 1989

Topics

ChangePeopleMindFindSituation

Do not buy the hype from Wall St. and the press that stocks always go up. There are long periods when stocks do nothing and other investments are better.

Jim Rogers

BetterLongWallGoNothingAlways

'House of Cards' was amazing to work on. I couldn't believe I landed there.

Joanna Going

WorkAmazingBelieveHouseCards

I know what kind of books I read on vacation, and it is not necessarily 'Diplomacy' by Henry Kissinger. No disrespect to that book; I have read that book. But not on spring break.

Meghan McCain

VacationSpringBookDisrespectKnow

There are no words to express my sorrow and regret for the pain I have caused others by words and actions. To the people I have hurt, I am truly sorry.

Matt Lauer

WordsPainI AmPeopleSorryRegret

If the Holy Spirit lives in you, that makes you my brothers and sisters.

Robert J. Bentley

YouSpiritHoly SpiritHolyBrothers

I'm not one of these guys who begins the day thinking about what kind of an impact I can have. I instead think about it as what kind of work are we going to do today, how can we make the broadcast better, how can we work as a team, how can we draw on the resources of CBS overall and use them to make the 'Evening News' that much stronger.

Steve Capus

WorkTodayDayTeamThinkingBetter

I am not a mathematician, but I was aware that for centuries, mathematics was considered the queen of the sciences because it claimed certainty. It was grounded on some fundamental certainties - axioms - that led to others.

Tom Stoppard

MathematicsQueenI AmCertaintyLed

In order to be able to write a good joke, you have to find the truth.

Roseanne Barr

GoodTruthYouFindWriteJoke

When I go to a cinema, I don't care if the film is made by a man or a woman as long as it tells me a story, as long as it offers pictures that shed light on my existence, characters I can identify with, jokes I can laugh at.

Jasmila Zbanic

LightWomanManMeStoryCare

The Industry's at war. I think it's about control. You can make all of the financial arguments that the industry has been shooting itself in the foot, but it is an industry built on a foundation of ownership and exploitation of intellectual property rights.

Don Rose

WarControlFoundationThinkYou

Are black people conscious of how excruciatingly self-conscious white people have become in their every interaction with black people? Is this self-consciousness an improvement? Maybe not, because I'm thinking of people in categories rather than as people, which is a famously dangerous thing to do.

David Shields

ImprovementPeopleBlackThinking

To me, what I realized when we were doing 'Spinal Tap' - and the four of us wrote that - is, really, the core of that is the relationship with the two guys who grew up together and that strain when the girlfriend comes in. If that wasn't there, it's a very different movie. Then it's just bumbling guys stumbling along.

Christopher Guest

RelationshipTogetherMeDoingUp

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