Harold Washington Quotes
Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government.
Quotes to Explore
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My dad lived by example. I lived by watching him. I watched all the great things he did and said. I try to walk that talk for my children.
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The modern economy is becoming a place where women hold the cards.
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Writers should provoke disagreement.
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My manager's biggest dream is for me to be on Letterman. She says, 'Oh, Maggie, will you promise me you'll be on 'Letterman?' What can I say? I just tell her I can't promise, but I'll try my best.
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I wish I'd gone to music school or just started playing in bands sooner.
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Summer is a promissory note signed in June, its long days spent and gone before you know it, and due to be repaid next January.
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Oh, what a tangled web do parents weave when they think that their children are naive.
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I never wrote my books especially for children.
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The most fascinating person is always the one of the most winning manners; not the one of greatest physical beauty.
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I don't want anybody to dictate to America how to decide our lives.
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I'm always nervous when I start a new picture.
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The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
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I just came back from my hometown, making a movie about a kid who grew up just like me, and it was financed by white people in New York. Personally, I can't be angry. In my personal experience, the support was there.
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You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer.
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It takes people a while to trust you.
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Learning about factory farms and their horrendous treatment of animals is what made me become vegetarian in the first place. I also support the education of the public on adopting pets from animal shelters or saving homeless animals off the street in lieu of buying them from pet shops.
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A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and carry desolation in their way.
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Persuade thyself that imperfection and inconvenience are the natural lot of mortals, and there will be no room for discontent, neither for despair.
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Live TV has an amazing pace to it. You've got to be able to think quick, make changes last minute, and be funny and fast.
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I am insecure. If you ask me, everybody is.
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The skill of a gifted actor, their ability to interpret and develop a character and truly bring her or him to life, is one that I admire enormously.
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Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism.
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Once a man has tasted freedom he will never be content to be a slave. That is why I believe that this frightfulness we see everywhere today is only temporary. Tomorrow will be better for as long as America keeps alive the ideals of freedom and a better life. All men will want to be free and share our way of life. There must be so much that I should have said, but haven't. What I will say now is just what most of us are probably thinking every day. I thank God and America for the right to live and raise my family under the flag of tolerance, democracy and freedom.
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Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government.
