Activism Quotes · Page 14

I wrote these songs for a dying planet, I'm sorry, but I'm telling the truth.

— Joe Walsh

“Bollywood takes the act in activism very seriously.”

— Nitya Prakash

That attitude that fighting is probably not fair, but you have to defend yourself anyway and damage the enemy, has been profoundly…

— June Jordan

I admire Ai Weiwei for his art and his activism. His art is beautiful in form, and in function embodies the principles…

— Shepard Fairey

In your dreams you can see yourself as a prophet saving the world.

— Frank Zappa

We have two choices: One is to continue to see a poor, ill, crying Africa, carrying guns, that depends on other people…

— Zeresenay Alemseged

My activism did not spring from my being gay, or, for that matter, from my being black. Rather, it is rooted fundamentally…

— Bayard Rustin

[On her UNICEF work:] I'm glad I've got a name, because I'm using it for what it's worth. ... I do not…

— Audrey Hepburn

Those of us with a microphone who are blessed with the gift of being in the public eye have a special opportunity…

— Bonnie Raitt

Put a little love in your heart, and the world will be a better place.

— Jackie DeShannon

“Arise, awake, stop not till the goal is reached.”

— Anonymous

I think there's a number of pillars to success. One is you've got to have a great idea. The other is you've…

— Jeremy Gilley

“Poets can't march in protest or do that sort of thing. I feel that's against the rules, and pointless. If mankind wants…

— Robert Graves

George Kimble said, 'The only thing dark about Africa is our ignorance of it.' So let's start shedding light on this amazing…

— Euvin Naidoo

“Maybe the same essential download was also being delivered to other people—a massive, compassionate battalion of us—at the same time.”

— Jonathan Talat Phillips

Activism spawned by Sanders campaign is beginning to make inroads into electoral politics. Under Barack Obama, the Democratic Party pretty much collapsed…

— Noam Chomsky

“[The ruling class] sees people in the working class as being almost animals. It sees itself as being synonymous with civilization and…

— Edward Bond

For me, poetry is a form of activism. And that word enables the labelers, and also gives them a rash.

— Fady Joudah

“The academic and writer Sara Ahmed has written brilliantly about the idea of the feminist killjoy, and why it should be embraced…

— Kira Cochrane

They won't give peace a chance, that's just a dream some of us had

— Joni Mitchell

“For twenty years I have sat alone at a desk tinkering with sentences and then sending them out, and for most of…

— Rebecca Solnit

Don't slay that potato, let us be merciful please.

— Tom Paxton

Don't equate the misbehavior of a low level employee with that of scams running to millions and billions executed by the political…

— K S Venkataraman

If you can shape your business life or your working life, you can just look at it as another extension - you…

— Anita Roddick

“Why do I always listen to your insane plans? Why aren't we at home watching TV like everyone else? What possible difference…

— Shaun Tan