Walter Rodney Quotes
After all, if there is no class stratification in a society, it follows that there is no state, because the state arose as an instrument to be used by a particular class to control the rest of society in its own interests.
Quotes to Explore
-
Following graduation from Amherst, a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship enabled me to test the depth of my interest in literary scholarship by beginning graduate studies at Harvard University.
-
I had an interest in Scandinavian countries because I'd never seen snow.
-
The guys in my band buy instruments and sell and trade them. But if I have something I hang onto it. Everything is sentimental to me.
-
I have no interest in writing, directing or producing.
-
Something stopped me in school a little bit. Anything that I'm not interested in, I can't even feign interest.
-
I started playing violin in the 5th grade. They had a program in school where you could get out of class to go play instruments. So I raised my hand, left out of class, me and a bunch of my homeboys, just to get out of class for that day. They asked what instrument you wanted to play and I picked the violin.
-
I believed the people had a true instinct in most matters of government when left alone. That they were not swayed, as specially favoured individuals were, by personal interest, but rather by a sense of what best served the common good. That they recognized the truth when it was put before them, and that a leader can guide so long as he kept to the right lines. I did not think it was a mark of leadership to try to make the people do what one wanted them to do.
-
Any project that I find encouraging that isn't attached to a studio, I can go to them, which I definitely would. You have to take an interest in what you do.
-
Few people know what they mean when they say, "I love you." ... Well, what does the word love mean? It means total interest. I think the reason very few people really fall in love with anyone is they're not willing to pay the price. The price is you have to adjust yourself to them.
-
I'm curious about everything. Even subjects that don't interest me.
-
A person will not buy from you until he is convinced that you are a friend and are acting in his best interest. You must make this clear.
-
Structure your presentation so that you appeal to the different interests of the different decision-makers involved.
-
And there's that one particular harbor Sheltered from the wind Where the children play on the shore each day And all are safe within...
-
Ah, lady! it is hardly what you thought it, This life of luxury and social power; You gave yourself as principal, and bought it, But God extracts the interest hour by hour.
-
The first thing that struck me about contemporary music in general had been thatthere was not much interest in rhythm.
-
Possessing talent is nothing more than the continuous pursuit of a life-long interest.
-
An answer, once found, is dull; and the only remaining interest lies in a further effort to render equally dull what is still obscure enough to be intriguing.
-
I'm not a foodie; I'm an eatie. I don't have anything against foodies. I just don't have the time or the interest to do that much research.
-
Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
-
It is a luxury to put our interests first. It is an honor to put the interests of others before our own.
-
Those residents who are there should consider leaving unless their presence there is essential, ... British citizens who remain should exercise extreme caution, especially in public places.
-
Obedience is, indeed, founded on a kind of freedom, else it would become mere subjugation, but that freedom is only granted that obedience may be more perfect; and thus while a measure of license is necessary to exhibit the individual energies of things, the fairness and pleasantness and perfection of them all consist in their restraint.
-
After all, if there is no class stratification in a society, it follows that there is no state, because the state arose as an instrument to be used by a particular class to control the rest of society in its own interests.
