William Pickens Quotes

Color had been made the mark of enslavement and was taken to be also the mark of inferiority; for prejudice does not reason, or it would not be prejudice... If prejudice could reason, it would dispel itself.

William Pickens

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• Inferiority
• Enslavement

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• I sometimes feel that the world is a very uncivilised place where it is meant to be at its most civilised. Where it's meant to be intellectual or artistic or compassionate, it isn't, and that makes me very angry.

  

  Rachel Cusk
  • World
  • Feel
  • Angry

• I would consider myself to be a moderate Republican, but more important than that, I believe our system of government is the best system there is... and while I have no illusions of changing the world, I've had good opportunities in life, and I believe there's an obligation to give something back by participating.

  

  Pat Meehan
  • Life
  • World
  • Good

• Any time that you can give the consumer more of what they want, it's a good thing. I said from Day 1 that the unbundling of the album is a good thing.

  

  Edgar Bronfman, Jr.
  • Time
  • Good
  • Day

• Koreans stuck to their traditional way of life without knowing what was going on outside the country. We were like frogs in a well.

  

  Park Chung-hee
  • Life
  • Country
  • Like

• I'd always felt very strongly in the power of vocation.

  

  Daniel Day-Lewis
  • Power
  • Very
  • Vocation

• I have jeggings to wear and worlds to conquer.

  

  Rachel Sklar
  • Wear
  • Conquer
  • Worlds

• If the world acts together, we can make sure that all of our children enjoy lives of opportunity and dignity.

  

  Barack Obama
  • World
  • Children
  • Together

• Macon has such a rich musical history - and the state of Georgia, as well.

  

  Jason Aldean
  • History
  • Musical
  • Georgia

• I wouldn't say I'm the "nice" judge, but I was certainly reminded a couple of times that this is for a million dollars. There's one thing to just do a good dance, but I had to ask myself, "Is that the million-dollar dance?" There are certain dances that people prefer, and I preferred the intelligent and smart choreography.

  

  Derek Hough
  • People
  • Good
  • Nice

• Sometimes I wonder if there's something wrong with me. Perhaps I've spent too long in the company of my literary romantic heroes, and consequently my ideals and expectations are far too high.

  

  E. L. James
  • Long
  • High
  • Wonder

• Few challenges facing America and the world are more urgent than combating climate change. The science is beyond dispute and the facts are clear.

  

  Barack Obama
  • World
  • America
  • Science

• The Mexican...is familiar with death. [He] jokes about it, caresses it, sleeps with it, celebrates it. It is one of his favorite toys and his most steadfast love.

  

  Octavio Paz
  • Death
  • Sleep
  • Mexican

• What the warrior renounces is anything in his experience that is a barrier between himself and others. In other words, renunciation is making yourself more available, more gentle and open to others.

  

  Chogyam Trungpa
  • Experience
  • Words
  • Warrior

• The flute of the infinite is played without ceasing, and its sound is love.

  

  Kabir

• At a priesthood meeting... the strongest language in regard to Plural Marriage was used that I ever heard, and among other things it was stated that all men in position who would not observe and fulfill that law should be removed from their places.

  

  Abraham H. Cannon
  • Law
  • Marriage
  • Fulfill

• If India hadn't become a troubled space for me, somehow I wouldn't have any reason to write about it. So the fact that it's a lost love, or something, is why I keep thinking about it obsessively.

  

  Karan Mahajan
  • Space
  • Reason
  • Keep

• You know why men make more money than women? Because, in the unlikely event that we're both on the Titanic and it starts to sink, for some reason, you get to leave with the kids and I have to stay - that's why I get the dollar more an hour.

  

  Bill Burr
  • Reason
  • Hours
  • Events

• The only reason a man doesn't call is that he doesn't want to.

  

  Helen Gurley Brown
  • Men
  • Want
  • Reason

• Color had been made the mark of enslavement and was taken to be also the mark of inferiority; for prejudice does not reason, or it would not be prejudice... If prejudice could reason, it would dispel itself.

  

  William Pickens
  • Reason
  • Prejudice
  • Inferiority