Samuel Gompers Quotes

Show me the country that has no strikes and I'll show you the country in which there is no liberty.

Samuel Gompers

Quotes to Explore

Humor disarms people. It opens them up to starting a dialogue about things they wouldn't normally talk about. I don't understand how people who don't have a sense of humor get through life.

Zach Anner
- People
- Life
- Up
It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed.

Ram Dass
Both my parents were amateur badminton players. My father is a scientist and wanted me to be a doctor. But my mom was very aggressive and loved badminton. She pushed me right from the age of nine to take up the sport.

Saina Nehwal
- Up
- She
- Age
Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world.

N. T. Wright
- World
- Death
- Christian
I don't think the Taliban will ever come back to take Afghanistan, no.

Hamid Karzai
- Think
- Back
- Take
Then you had people who wanted to get into comedy just to get a TV deal.

Wanda Sykes
- People
- You
- Comedy