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Quotes About Activist

You might not think of 'conservation' immediately when you think of Russell Crowe, but he is a great conservationist in his own right.
~ Terri Irwin
I coach a high school wrestling team and a middle school team. I consider myself a coach and an activist, so I'm really involved in the community.
~ Nate Parker
To call someone like me a writer-activist suggests that it's not the job of a writer to write about the society in which they live. But it used to be our job.
~ Arundhati Roy
I get called all kinds of things - an investigative comedian, a comedian activist - I've lost track of what my job title is.
~ Mark Thomas
Part of the mystique of blogs is their protean quality: They work both sides of the divide between politics and media, further blurring the already fuzzy distinctions between reporter, pundit, political operative, activist, and citizen.
~ George Packer
Everyone is impressed by Modi-ji's leadership. Many big leaders want to work with him. Similarly, as an activist, I want to join the party.
~ Jaya Prada
Obviously the transgender movement has not progressed in the way that the gay and lesbian movement has. But I'm an activist - that's just the kind of person I am.
~ Chaz Bono
Yes, you could call me a tree hugger, an environmentalist, an eco-warrior even - except I don't spend my life in a kaftan, smoking joss sticks and walking a skinny dog on a piece of string.
~ Jasper Carrott
I've been an activist in the LGBT community for a long time. I think nothing's changed, I'm just a little bit more focused on the 'T' now than I was on the 'L' or the 'G.'
~ Chaz Bono
I think Pac is one of those artists that generations on generations know who this guy is, as an artist, as an activist, as an actor - entertainer across the board. I think the new generations of entertainers and artists can be influenced by him just as much as people in the '90s.
~ Annie Ilonzeh
I am a pro-democracy activist asking for free elections in Hong Kong.
~ Joshua Wong
If you take a guy who loves the sound of his own voice and give him power, he becomes a demagogue. If you give him money, he becomes a show-off. Give him the internet, and he's a ceaselessly flaming activist; give him an Internet of Things, and he becomes a wrangler, a guy for whom every possible relationship to any possible object or service is some ever-ramifying, well-nigh metaphysical hacker session.
~ Bruce Sterling
I'm a student at Harvard University, and currently work as the United States Youth Poet Laureate, a community organizer, and an activist.
~ Amanda Gorman
I've tried to lead a progressive, activist government.
~ Dalton McGuinty
'The Red' is the first book in a trilogy that gained a big following as a self-published e-book, and is now out in paper from Saga. It introduces us to reluctant hero Shelley, a former anti-war activist who chooses to join the military rather than serve jail time after being arrested at a protest.
~ Annalee Newitz
The judicial system is really taking an activist role in preventing Trump from implementing his agenda.
~ Dan Crenshaw
I feel like being an artist and being an activist are separate things; I know some people who feel very differently.
~ Oscar Isaac
On the third day of their honeymoon, infamous environmental activist Stewie Woods and his new bride, Annabel Bellotti, were spiking trees in the forest when a cow exploded and blew them up. Until then, their marriage had been happy.
~ C.J. Box
I think I'm an actor because I have very strong imagination and empathy. I never studied acting, but those two qualities are exactly the qualities that make for an activist.
~ Susan Sarandon
Mohammed Ali. He's much more than a boxer. He's also a passionate idealist who fought for his people. I respect him - and, of course, he was very handsome in his younger days.
~ Laila Rouass
I just want to be a spokesperson for the people.
~ O. T. Genasis
Marcus Samuelsson is a chef who inspires me everyday. He has such a deep understanding of flavors and techniques. His food is representative of the diverse world that we live in. What he has done in Harlem with Red Rooster is very special. Marcus is not just a chef, he's a food activist.
~ Aaron Sanchez
AOC has proven that she is unfit to hold public office. She is a grandstanding activist who refuses to grow up.
~ Miranda Devine
You know, I was a community activist, so I'm used to standing out in front of an elected official's office and protesting.
~ Karen Bass