Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes

Great people aren't those who are happy at times of convienience and content, but of how they are in times of catastrophy and controversy.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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• Poking fun at other people's beliefs, while it may seem frivolous and offensive, is a non-negotiable right. It is a principle that underpins free speech, the basis for progress.

  

  Maajid Nawaz
  • People
  • May
  • Fun

• Together, we can create a world in which peace is real; in which every human being can thrive; in which all share the promise of our century. I believe we can succeed.

  

  Abdullah II of Jordan
  • World
  • Believe
  • Real

• One of the great lessons I learned about historical fiction from writing 'Loving Frank' is that you don't try to disguise what people did; my approach was to try to understand the characters and why they did what they did.

  

  Nancy Horan
  • People
  • Great
  • Writing

• I love the art of filmmaking very much in all aspects.

  

  Derek Magyar
  • Art

• I feel like everybody has an old flame: if you've had someone you've broken up with and then gotten back together with. Everybody goes through that. It's always a good moment when you've been away from somebody you loved for so long.

  

  Chris Lane
  • Up
  • Good
  • Long

• Pulled pork jokes never get old.

  

  Joel Edgerton

• Government is at its worst when you have apathy from its citizens.

  

  Jesse Ventura

• I love Dallas, Austin and Houston. Why? Because some of the best comedians, like Bill Hicks and Sam Kinison, started their careers in Texas, and because the crowds there are comedy-educated.

  

  Bobby Lee
  • Why
  • Comedy
  • Texas

• My dream is to become a farmer. Just a Bohemian guy pulling up his own sweet potatoes for dinner.

  

  Lenny Kravitz
  • Up
  • Guy
  • Dream

• I was kind of reflecting on my life and certain experiences, and you know, when I'm teaching and coaching my partners on 'Dancing With the Stars,' I sort of use those stories and anecdotes to help them sort of overcome certain fears.

  

  Derek Hough
  • Life
  • Help
  • Coaching

• Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.

  

  Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • World

• Laughing makes everything easier.

  

  Tara Leigh Patrick

• In some cases, corporations engaged in this activity have as much as 16 percent of their profits generated through the holding of 'janitor's insurance.'

  

  Gene Green
  • Insurance

• Public opinion is the whore among opinions.

  

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
  • Opinion

• Fame is not just about being able to get out of a limo in Leicester Square, it's about trying to get into your house when there are eight photographers outside. When you think about being famous, you don't think about all that stuff. You think about the glamour.

  

  Rick Astley
  • Trying
  • House
  • Famous

• What I'm not confused about is the world needing much more love, no hate, no prejudice, no bigotry and more unity, peace and understanding. Period.

  

  Stevie Wonder
  • World
  • Hate
  • Unity

• The Sufi way is through knowledge and practice, not through intellect and talk.

  

  Idries Shah
  • Knowledge
  • Practice
  • Sufi

• She was a talker, wasn't she?" Bobby Lee said, sliding down the ditch with a yodel. "She would of been a good woman," The Misfit said, "if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life." "Some fun!" Bobby Lee said. "Shut up, Bobby Lee," The Misfit said. "It's no real pleasure in life.

  

  Flannery O'Connor
  • Life
  • Up
  • Good

• Education is an admirable thing.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Education
  • Thing
  • Admirable

• The middle of the road is a poor place to walk. It is a poor place to drive. It is a poor place to live.

  

  Vance Havner
  • Live
  • Road

• To make sure we aren't training people for jobs that don't exist, the government should provide companies with loans or loan guarantees. And the government should also directly employ people to do things like coastal restoration, land restoration, reforestation and similar programs that absorb carbon and protect America's beauty.

  

  Van Jones
  • People
  • America
  • Government

• People are very afraid of any controversy. We've become very passive spectator types. And when the kids were protesting globilization - quite reasonably - they really got bashed.

  

  Marge Piercy
  • People
  • Kids
  • Globalization

• Great people and champions are special gifts of God, whom He gives and preserves; they do their work, and achieve great actions, not with vain imaginations, or cold and sleepy cogitations, but by motion of God.

  

  Martin Luther
  • Motion
  • Champions
  • Imaginations

• Great people aren't those who are happy at times of convienience and content, but of how they are in times of catastrophy and controversy.

  

  Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Controversy
  • Great People
  • Catastrophy