--- title: "27 Booker Quotes by 26 authors" description: "Browse 27 Booker quotes by 26 authors. Discover the best Booker sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f0/paul-rodgers-4957_actually_the-first-record-i-bought-was-actually-b_1129985.jpg" --- > [The first record I bought was actually Booker T and the MG's 'Red Beans and Rice.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-rodgers/the-first-record-i-bought-was-actually-booker-t-and-the-mg-s-red/) [Paul Rodgers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-rodgers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f0/paul-rodgers-4957_actually_the-first-record-i-bought-was-actually-b_1129985.jpg) > [Unless you got real short and real fat, you ain't no Booker T!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stone-cold-steve-austin/unless-you-got-real-short-and-real-fat-you-ain-t-no-booker-t/) [Stone Cold Steve Austin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stone-cold-steve-austin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfe/stone-cold-steve-austin-2485_fats_unless-you-got-real-short-and-real-fat-y_47051.png) > [Oh my garden, I hope Cory Booker runs for president, just to watch him lose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-kennedy-montgomery/oh-my-garden-i-hope-cory-booker-runs-for-president-just-to-watch-him/) [Lisa Kennedy Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-kennedy-montgomery/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e87/lisa-kennedy-montgomery-7020_garden_oh-my-garden-i-hope-cory-booker-runs-for_2978744.jpg) > [ I'm hugely honored \[with the Man Booker Prize\]. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-beatty/i-m-hugely-honored-with-the-man-booker-prize/) [Paul Beatty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-beatty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/034/paul-beatty-6684_he-man_i-m-hugely-honored-with-the-man-booker-p_1826815.png) > [Booker Washington was branded an accommodationist by many of the people who criticized him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-w-brands/booker-washington-was-branded-an-accommodationist-by-many-of-the/) [H. W. Brands](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-w-brands/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74b/h-w-brands-5491_him_booker-washington-was-branded-an-accommo_2163344.jpg) > [I'm sure I wouldn't have been asked to judge the Man Booker if it weren't for 'Downton.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-stevens/i-m-sure-i-wouldn-t-have-been-asked-to-judge-the-man-booker-if-it/) [Dan Stevens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-stevens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/257/dan-stevens-10391_judging_i-m-sure-i-wouldn-t-have-been-asked-to-j_2566929.jpg) > [The Booker Prize is a big, popular prize for big, popular books, and that's the way it should be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-banville/the-booker-prize-is-a-big-popular-prize-for-big-popular-books-and/) [John Banville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-banville/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2b/john-banville-2532_big_the-booker-prize-is-a-big-popular-prize_2332392.png) > [“I prefer to heed the wise words of Booker T. Washington: "I would permit no man to drag down my soul by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rev-jesse-lee-peterson/i-prefer-to-heed-the-wise-words-of-booker-t-washington-i-would-permit/) [Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rev-jesse-lee-peterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/976/rev-jesse-lee-peterson-32494_wisdom_i-prefer-to-heed-the-wise-words-of-booke_2484605.jpg) > [“avoided his gaze, squared my shoulders against the forbidden discussion. But Booker was unpredictable. You never”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoe-dawson/avoided-his-gaze-squared-my-shoulders-against-the-forbidden/) [Zoe Dawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoe-dawson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d28/zoe-dawson-53829_unpredictable_avoided-his-gaze-squared-my-shoulders-ag_2447358.jpg) > [I'm not defending what Cory Booker said. I'm saying I understand why he has to kiss the asses of the rich people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-maher/i-m-not-defending-what-cory-booker-said-i-m-saying-i-understand-why/) [Bill Maher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-maher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/357/bill-maher-211_ass_i-m-not-defending-what-cory-booker-said_2027183.png) > [Booker Washington was essentially the head Republican boss in the South. He was a power broker.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-w-brands/booker-washington-was-essentially-the-head-republican-boss-in-the/) [H. W. Brands](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-w-brands/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb6/h-w-brands-5491_boss_booker-washington-was-essentially-the-he_823650.jpg) > [Cory Booker was somebody who just speaks kind of plain, and I don't mean that in a bad way at all. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-redd/cory-booker-was-somebody-who-just-speaks-kind-of-plain-and-i-don-t/) [Chris Redd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-redd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f31/chris-redd-11179_bad_cory-booker-was-somebody-who-just-speaks_2008603.jpg) > [Oh dear me, the Booker people don't like me. I don't care. I have been given an award for being taken not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/oh-dear-me-the-booker-people-don-t-like-me-i-don-t-care-i-have-been/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd6/terry-pratchett-19_award_oh-dear-me-the-booker-people-don-t-like_3087786.jpg) > [Cory Booker I've known since 1993. We used to be part of the L'Chaim Society at Oxford University together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-garcetti/cory-booker-i-ve-known-since-1993-we-used-to-be-part-of-the-l-chaim/) [Eric Garcetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-garcetti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9da/eric-garcetti-5068_oxford_cory-booker-i-ve-known-since-1993-we-use_1820864.jpg) > [You can't really win as a Booker judge. If you choose the obvious names, the unit-shifters, you're accused of being timid and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tibor-fischer/you-can-t-really-win-as-a-booker-judge-if-you-choose-the-obvious/) [Tibor Fischer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tibor-fischer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51a/tibor-fischer-12952_accused_you-can-t-really-win-as-a-booker-judge-i_123092.jpg) > [Years ago when I had my first dark match against Norman Smiley, Norman took me to the side and introduced me to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montel-vontavious-porter/years-ago-when-i-had-my-first-dark-match-against-norman-smiley-norman/) [Montel Vontavious Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/montel-vontavious-porter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/052/montel-vontavious-porter-6263_advice_years-ago-when-i-had-my-first-dark-match_2862452.jpg) > [When I first went to Georgia Championship Wrestling, the promoter at the time Jim Barnett brought in Robert Fuller, who later became…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-dibiase-sr/when-i-first-went-to-georgia-championship-wrestling-the-promoter-at/) [Ted DiBiase Sr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-dibiase-sr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf8/ted-dibiase-sr-6260_championship_when-i-first-went-to-georgia-championshi_2081871.jpg) > [People aren't quite sure what it means when a book is a Booker Prize winner. They're not quite sure what is being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/people-aren-t-quite-sure-what-it-means-when-a-book-is-a-booker-prize/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f0/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_book_people-aren-t-quite-sure-what-it-means-w_1966249.jpg) > [One of the reasons it is considered such a privilege to sit on a Man Booker jury is because it is famously…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-foreman/one-of-the-reasons-it-is-considered-such-a-privilege-to-sit-on-a-man/) [Amanda Foreman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-foreman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a8/amanda-foreman-9894_beginning_one-of-the-reasons-it-is-considered-such_2514065.jpg) > [Throughout my whole time in wrestling on the road, going out and being around some of the whitest people in the world,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/booker-t/throughout-my-whole-time-in-wrestling-on-the-road-going-out-and-being/) [Booker T](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/booker-t/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff6/booker-t-5410_black-or-white_throughout-my-whole-time-in-wrestling-on_2553439.jpg) > [I've heard people, usually writers, say that no one wrote a great book after winning the Booker, but I honestly did not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-enright/i-ve-heard-people-usually-writers-say-that-no-one-wrote-a-great-book/) [Anne Enright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-enright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/746/anne-enright-5402_bigs_i-ve-heard-people-usually-writers-say-th_1123630.png) > [“I first met Brother Booker at the House of Peace, while delivering donated Christmas trees and lights during the holidays. I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willy-thorn/i-first-met-brother-booker-at-the-house-of-peace-while-delivering/) [Willy Thorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willy-thorn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/970/willy-thorn-287320_christmas-tree_i-first-met-brother-booker-at-the-house_3026561.jpg) > [ The \[Booker\] prize was actually responsible in many ways for my political activism. I won this thing and I was suddenly the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/the-booker-prize-was-actually-responsible-in-many-ways-for-my/) [Arundhati Roy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arundhati-roy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f3/arundhati-roy-346_activism_the-booker-prize-was-actually-responsibl_634250.jpg) > [“When Booker first started working for her a few years ago and was living in their home, she saw him cower with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheridan-brown/when-booker-first-started-working-for-her-a-few-years-ago-and-was/) [Sheridan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheridan-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dab/sheridan-brown-91744_america_when-booker-first-started-working-for-he_2315062.jpg) > [Cory Booker grew up rich in an all-white suburb. He's basically a white guy. His parents were very wealthy executives at IBM.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-mcinnes/cory-booker-grew-up-rich-in-an-all-white-suburb-he-s-basically-a/) [Gavin McInnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-mcinnes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b26/gavin-mcinnes-4442_he_cory-booker-grew-up-rich-in-an-all-white_2825103.png) > [Oh, I've become immune to the Booker. I think we need something a little more like the Pulitzer prize, where there isn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mcewan/oh-i-ve-become-immune-to-the-booker-i-think-we-need-something-a/) [Ian Mcewan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mcewan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/759/ian-mcewan-494_great_oh-i-ve-become-immune-to-the-booker-i-th_2573531.png) > [He (Vince Russo) is the only booker I've seen who doesn't get people over, he gets them under.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-cornette/he-vince-russo-is-the-only-booker-i-ve-seen-who-doesn-t-get-people/) [Jim Cornette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-cornette/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0b/jim-cornette-4255_inspirational_he-vince-russo-is-the-only-booker-i-ve-s_1320428.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/booker/#itemlist", "name": "Booker Quotes", "numberOfItems": 27, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": 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