Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes

The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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• If you have an impulse, not if you're going to ruin someone elses' scene, if you have an impulse of a funny little add-on or taking something in a weird direction, try it.

  

  Rachel Dratch
  • Funny
  • Weird
  • Direction

• Though it has plenty of competitors, Slack claims to be the 'fastest growing business application in history'.

  

  Walt Mossberg
  • Business
  • History
  • Growing

• I feel like a member of any group comprised of outsiders.

  

  Baz Luhrmann
  • Like
  • Feel
  • Group

• I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it. Life is never dull.

  

  Oprah Winfrey
  • Life
  • Trying
  • Experience

• What came up at age 49 is I realized that of all the things I'm interested in, the thing I'm most interested in is figuring out what makes people tick, why people think the way they do, why they act the way they do. And I realized that music is such a great way to investigate why people do what they do.

  

  Yo-Yo Ma
  • People
  • Up
  • Great

• It's how the '70s were for movies, the 2000s are for TV. I think it's a phenomenal time for TV and to be involved in it.

  

  Natascha McElhone
  • Time
  • Think
  • Movies

• 'Twilight' fans are different. They're very civil with one another. It's a respect because they're all in this together and they all appreciate the same things.

  

  Rami Malek
  • Different
  • Together
  • Respect

• I'm not an actress; I'm not a professional testifier.

  

  Faye Resnick
  • Professional
  • Actress

• A true yogi may remain dutifully in the world; there, he is like butter on water and not like the easily-diluted milk of unchurned and undisciplined humanity.

  

  Paramahansa Yogananda
  • World
  • May
  • True

• It was Chicago with its World's Fair which vivified the national desire for civic beauty.

  

  Daniel Burnham
  • World
  • Desire
  • Beauty

• One of the things I would love for people to think about is social responsibility. If you are fortunate enough to be someone who owns land, I think you ought to be making the most efficient use of that land possible.

  

  Adam Dell
  • People
  • Love
  • Responsibility

• Biochemistry is the science of life. All our life processes - walking, talking, moving, feeding - are essentially chemical reactions. So biochemistry is actually the chemistry of life, and it's supremely interesting.

  

  Aaron Ciechanover
  • Life
  • Science
  • Interesting

• When Matt LeBlanc had his show 'Joey', I strongly suggested to the producers that they should bring me on.

  

  Maggie Wheeler
  • Me
  • Show
  • Bring

• I said that when I establish myself as an artist that can do pretty much anything I want to do in music, I'm going to make a country album.

  

  R. Kelly
  • Music
  • Country
  • Pretty

• Working on 'Austin and Ally' has been an absolute dream! We literally have fun every single day! Whether it's scaring each other or singing together or just hanging out in each other's dressing rooms, the cast and I are super close! I feel really lucky to be with everyone on our set!

  

  Laura Marano
  • Together
  • Fun
  • Dream

• When I first started, especially because I got the Critics' Choice before I'd released an album, there was a lot of scrutiny on what my character was, what my background was, what colour my hair was. I fought quite hard for the music to overtake the personality aspect.

  

  Florence Welch Florence and the Machine
  • Music
  • Character
  • Hair

• We spend our way to the poorhouse. We buy giant TVs and iPads. Our children wear nice clothes thanks to high-interest credit cards and payday loans. We purchase homes we don't need, refinance them for more spending money, and declare bankruptcy, often leaving them full of garbage in our wake. Thrift is inimical to our being.

  

  J. D. Vance
  • Children
  • Money
  • High

• I didn't really have a mentor, but I have always definitely been inspired by the '70s - the Stones, Patti Smith, Anita Pallenberg.

  

  Kate Moss
  • Always
  • Inspired
  • Mentor

• Although... the Chief Magistrate must almost of necessity be chosen by a party and stand pledged to its principles and measures, yet in his official action he should not be the President of a party only, but of the whole people of the United States.

  

  James K. Polk
  • People
  • Action
  • Party

• I want to say congratulations to Cleveland and Coach Blatt. LeBron is an incredible player.

  

  Steve Kerr
  • Player
  • Coaches
  • Incredibles

• I do not want to heap coals of fire on anyone's head, but I would like to advise those who keep the living thought of the dead hidden away in cardboard boxes, to pass on as quickly as possibly such explosive material, whose only legitimate heir is the whole world, that is to say, my neighbor.

  

  Pierre Schaeffer
  • World
  • Fire

• Metallica is going to be one of those bands you look back on in the year 2008, that people will still listen to the way I still listen to Zeppelin and Sabbath albums.

  

  Jason Newsted Metallica
  • People

• Those in power need checks and restraints lest they come to identify the common good for their own tastes and desires, and their continuation in office as essential to the preservation of the nation.

  

  William O. Douglas
  • Power
  • Desire
  • Common

• The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy.

  

  Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Violence
  • Weakness
  • Destroy