--- title: "3 Carpenter Quotes By Bobby Seale" description: "3 Carpenter quotes by Bobby Seale. Plus more from Bobby Seale and more Carpenter sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d99/bobby-seale-12903_architect_people-called-me-a-hoodlum-and-a-thug-bu_1299081.jpg" --- > [People called me a hoodlum and a thug. But they didn't tell you I was a carpenter, an architect, a stand-up comic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-seale/people-called-me-a-hoodlum-and-a-thug-but-they-didn-t-tell-you-i-was/) [Bobby Seale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-seale/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d99/bobby-seale-12903_architect_people-called-me-a-hoodlum-and-a-thug-bu_1299081.jpg) > [I'd have no trouble being the barbecue kingpin of America. I'd just add it to all the other things I am: jazz…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-seale/i-d-have-no-trouble-being-the-barbecue-kingpin-of-america-i-d-just/) [Bobby Seale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-seale/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98e/bobby-seale-12903_add_i-d-have-no-trouble-being-the-barbecue-k_1884410.jpg) > [My father was a master carpenter and builder. Architectural design, engineering design, mechanical design, three-dimensional views, that was my shtick, my forte.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-seale/my-father-was-a-master-carpenter-and-builder-architectural-design/) [Bobby Seale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-seale/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba1/bobby-seale-12903_architectural-design_my-father-was-a-master-carpenter-and-bui_2449313.jpg) ## More by Bobby Seale > [I think I can capture the taste buds of the average right-wing conservative who loves barbecue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-seale/i-think-i-can-capture-the-taste-buds-of-the-average-right-wing/) [Bobby Seale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-seale/) > [You don't fight racism with racism, the best way to fight racism is with solidarity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-seale/you-don-t-fight-racism-with-racism-the-best-way-to-fight-racism-is/) [Bobby Seale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-seale/) > [The Black Panther Party was not a gang. They grew out of a young black intelligentsia on college campuses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-seale/the-black-panther-party-was-not-a-gang-they-grew-out-of-a-young-black/) [Bobby Seale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-seale/) > [A people who have suffered so much for so long at the hands of a racist society must draw the line somewhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-seale/a-people-who-have-suffered-so-much-for-so-long-at-the-hands-of-a/) [Bobby Seale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-seale/) > [I have quite a few good friends in Philadelphia who were police officers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-seale/i-have-quite-a-few-good-friends-in-philadelphia-who-were-police/) [Bobby Seale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-seale/) > [Electoral politics was always an objective of the Black Panther party, so Barack Obama is a part of what we dreamed and struggled and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-seale/electoral-politics-was-always-an-objective-of-the-black-panther-party/) [Bobby Seale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-seale/) > [They came down on us because we had a grass-roots, real people's revolution, complete with the programs, complete with the unity, complete with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-seale/they-came-down-on-us-because-we-had-a-grass-roots-real-people-s/) [Bobby Seale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-seale/) > [When we use the term pig, for example, we are referring to the people who systematically violate the peoples' constitutional rights - whether they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-seale/when-we-use-the-term-pig-for-example-we-are-referring-to-the-people/) [Bobby Seale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-seale/) > [When donors visited the Black Panther Party, they came and saw our real programs, a real clinic, with real doctors and medics, giving service…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-seale/when-donors-visited-the-black-panther-party-they-came-and-saw-our/) [Bobby Seale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-seale/) > [“While appreciating its accomplishments, we must acknowledge that the legal end of segregation fell short of bringing African Americans to full equality. Joshua may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-seale/while-appreciating-its-accomplishments-we-must-acknowledge-that-the/) [Bobby Seale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-seale/) > [The Black Panther party of Self-Defense is a revolutionary party.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-seale/the-black-panther-party-of-self-defense-is-a-revolutionary-party/) [Bobby Seale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-seale/) > [The only solution to pollution is a people's humane revolution!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-seale/the-only-solution-to-pollution-is-a-people-s-humane-revolution/) [Bobby Seale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-seale/) > [I'm still a political revolutionary. The fire never went out of me, but perceptions and realizations change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-seale/i-m-still-a-political-revolutionary-the-fire-never-went-out-of-me-but/) [Bobby Seale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-seale/) > [Our position was: If you don't attack us, there won't be any violence; if you bring violence to us, we will defend ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-seale/our-position-was-if-you-don-t-attack-us-there-won-t-be-any-violence/) [Bobby Seale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-seale/) > [On the one hand, the guns were there to help capture the imagination of the people. But more important, since we knew that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-seale/on-the-one-hand-the-guns-were-there-to-help-capture-the-imagination/) [Bobby Seale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-seale/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/carpenter/bobby-seale/#itemlist", "name": "3 Carpenter Quotes By Bobby Seale", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "People called me a hoodlum and a thug. But they didn't tell you I was a carpenter, an architect, a stand-up comic - even a bartender. And a barbecue cook. 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