William Sloane Coffin Quotes

I'm not OK, you're not OK-and that's OK.

William Sloane Coffin

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• If a superhero knocks over a building, and there are 5,000 people in the building that we can presume are now dead, does it matter? Because they're not people we know. But if one dog we like gets run over by a car, it's the worst thing we've ever seen. I totally understand where that visceral reaction comes from. I have that same reaction.

  

  D. B. Weiss
  • People
  • Car
  • Dog

• We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which only asks what's in it for me, a freedom without a commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism, is unworthy of our founding ideals, and those who died in their defense.

  

  Barack Obama
  • People
  • Freedom
  • Commitment

• Race is still the No. 1 determinant in every election.

  

  Nate Silver
  • Race
  • Election
  • Still

• From the sons of Ith, the first of the Gael to get his death in Ireland, there came in the after time Fathadh Canaan, that got the sway over the whole world from the rising to the setting sun, and that took hostages of the streams and the birds and the languages.

  

  Lady Gregory
  • Time
  • World
  • Death

• Teachers make a difference in individual students' lives, yet they do not get the respect they deserve.

  

  Randi Weingarten
  • Respect
  • Make A Difference

• You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities.

  

  Barbara Bush
  • Luck
  • Opportunities
  • Step

• Unless we keep this planet healthy, everything else is for naught.

  

  Victoria Principal
  • Healthy
  • Environmental

• I'm not a big sports fan.

  

  Harlan Coben
  • Sports
  • Fan
  • Big

• 'Frozen' definitely isn't about a man, but about the relationship between two sisters. At different times in our lives we find ourselves either more connected to or disconnected from the people in our family, and I think audiences will really be able to relate to that.

  

  Idina Menzel
  • People
  • Different
  • Family

• Men tend to be selfish.

  

  Caprice Bourret
  • Men
  • Selfish
  • Tend

• Yogurt sauce, as you may have noticed by now, is a regular presence in my recipes - that's because it has the ability to round up so many flavours and textures like no other component does.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • Up
  • May
  • You

• You will be a failure, until you impress the subconscious with the conviction you are a success. This is done by making an affirmation which 'clicks.'

  

  Florence Scovel Shinn
  • Done
  • Success
  • Failure

• I always tell people, 'Coming from such a big Mexican family when there's a new baby every three weeks, you have to do something to get someone's attention.'

  

  Becky G
  • People
  • Family
  • Attention

• Even though 'Hemlock Grove' was a serious, supernatural mystery, it was pretty fun on set. It was a light mood.

  

  Kaniehtiio Horn
  • Fun
  • Pretty
  • Light

• I didn't really like being on television at all.

  

  Natalia Kills
  • Like
  • Television
  • Being

• When I grew up, I had a lot of fun ski racing with my friends. We pushed each other, and this made it easier to work hard.

  

  Ted Ligety
  • Up
  • Work
  • Friends

• I'm not a huge fan of the concept of 'passion' when it comes to careers. Instead of trying to answer the daunting question of, 'What's your passion?' it's better simply to watch what you do when you've got time of your own and nobody's looking.

  

  Dan Pink
  • Time
  • Trying
  • Question

• Mugger: Look bud. I said, your money or your life.

  

  Jack Benny
  • Life
  • Money

• It takes a long time to find your own voice. Along the way, you imitate all the things that influence you - in my case Johnny Cash, Bowie, John Lydon.

  

  Dave Gahan Depeche Mode
  • Time
  • Long

• Freedom is never really won. You earn it and win it in every generation. That is what we have not taught young people, or older ones for that matter. You do not finally win a state of freedom that is protected forever. It doesn't work that way.

  

  Coretta Scott King
  • People
  • Work
  • Freedom

• I wasn't hip to 'Samurai Jack' until I saw it, but then I was all, 'This show is awesome!'

  

  John DiMaggio
  • Awesome

• The die is set, and Malcolm shall not escape, especially after such evil foolish talk about his benefactor, Elijah Muhammad. Such a man as Malcolm is worthy of death.

  

  Louis Farrakhan
  • Death
  • Die
  • Evil

• If you are going to go to Heaven, I'm going to Heaven. But I don't believe in Heaven.

  

  Ariel Pink
  • Believe
  • Heaven

• I'm not OK, you're not OK-and that's OK.

  

  William Sloane Coffin
  • That's Ok