Quotes About Community

The Porter Ranch situation is the BP oil spill on land.

Having our own children in good schools does not inure us from the ill-effect of others having theirs in poor schools. Having great roads within our gated homes and offices does not help when our fancy cars spill out on to poor public roads.

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was devastating to Louisiana's economy, environment, and way of life, but because of the resiliency of our people, we were determined to come back stronger than ever.

The BP oil spill nearly crippled our state and did damage to our coast and communities that will take years to rectify.

Being from the countryside gave me a spine, and it's why I'm so accepting - I don't judge people for how they look or how they talk... I just accept everyone.

Spinning yarns is a protection against the nuttiness... the greed, the hate all around us.

Loneliness can become a downward spiral.

Rock and roll is not just music, it is a way of life, it has its own spirit.

This life, this purpose, this American spirit that we hold dear - we are not alone. We do it together.

The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.

The mob spirit has grown with the increasing intelligence of the Afro-American.

The spirit is at home, if not entirely satisfied, in America.

I know that our state has what it takes to be exceptional. And I know that with God's continued providence and our unconquerable spirit, together, we can get there.

I think this is the special character of the people from Seville. They have a really open spirit and receive everyone like family.

The Holy Spirit alone can do this, the Holy Spirit alone can establish this link with one's neighbor.

Graffiti art brings you back to your human skills - your spirit and what your being is really about.

The SCMP, in short, reveals the renewed spirit of Hong Kong driven by my government - connect and excel - and in its passionate commitment to the community.

The average person is gregarious; there is something in the spirit of the crowd that adds to the enjoyment of entertainment.

If the Holy Spirit lives in you, that makes you my brothers and sisters.

To fund major cultural efforts, we must not rely alone on government and foundation patronage; if the farmer can spend for beer, he can pay for good entertainment which he can understand, which he can identify with and which will fortify his spirit.

I think of some of my friends who have passed to the spirit world but are who here with me when I go to events and when I walk in my own community. My sisters, Ingred, my sister Marsha, and my sister Nielock. All cofounders of the Indigenous Women's Network with me. All long time women activists in the native community.

New Orleans taught me that mourning takes many different forms. Where I'm from, mourning is spirited. It is loud.

If you're having a bad day, or you're having a bad career, go to Manila. They'll bring your spirits up.

It's kind of like some kind of church for me, playing live. Each show, good people from different pockets of the world come and open their soul and let their spirits mingle and dance. That energy comes up through me, and all I do is channel it; it's like a circular motion and very sacred.