Quotes About Community

I remember the 1940s as a time when we were united in a way known only to that generation. We belonged to a common cause-the war.

Part of the down-to-earthness that made the pioneers succeed was expressed in a sentence: It takes pretty good [people] to get along with water ditches in a dry time, and not quarrel.

I helped put in a rink in Cadillac, Michigan, when my wife was very healthy. She helped them put it in and the rink is going full-bore the last time I was there.

Next time you see a brother down Stop and pick him up, Cause you might be the next one stuck.

My favorite thing of all time is a New York City when there's a blizzard. Everything gets really quiet, and everyone goes to the movies and the park.

You get ideas from other people all the time.

I wanna be a part of the generation that throws out money, throws out time, throws out all that we are against something bigger than ourselves.

People say the Internet's made of cats. The reason isn't because of cats; it's because people like to have an emotion where they say 'aww' all at the same time.

One of the problems of our society is that we spend too much time thinking about punishment and not enough about prevention.

Increasing recycling in Delaware is an idea whose time has come and, if put off, may not come again.

Aye, I'm tellin' ye, happiness is one of the few things in this world that doubles every time you share it with someone else.

The first time you find yourself having a conversation about moss stitch with a group of people who aren't desperately trying to escape you ... it's like coming home.

Look em in the eye. Make a gesture of inclusion, which he did all the time. And above all, have a chorus. So I learned from Pete Seeger to have something for them to sing.

I come from a place where you don't need to talk all the time. There are sign languages you learn.

Farmers spend more time at Conventions than they do plowing.

I try to never lose sight of what a special time it is to be a women's basketball player.

What motivates me is seeing people in the crowd and wondering what they're going home to and what they're dealing with, and knowing that for the time being we're their escape.

My favorite time to dance is at, like, wedding receptions, when it's all ages and everyone seems to be having fun.

It's time for the people of the Empire State to strike back.

If a politician is running in your local community who's pro-choice, who's feminist in their thinking, get behind them. Send them some money! If you have no money but have time, lick stamps!

Who knows ... we'll be playing Jazz and having a good time!

I miss friends and family. If it weren't for visits from old friends and other African Americans I meet who come to Cuba, I'd probably be in some kind of time warp.

There are so many ways to be and to be black at the same time, but we're finally seeing that full range expressed much more widely than before.

Our democracy should reflect our culture and our habits and our customs and our reality at the same time.