Occupy Quotes · Page 2

The Occupy movement is - it was a big surprise.

— Noam Chomsky

Nobody is going to occupy a place higher than I.

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“HK urges end to 'Occupy' protests”

— Anonymous

Occupy Wall Street is a real movement.

— Russ Feingold

“Occupy the earth with the multiplication of yourself”

— Sunday Adelaja

There's always something to occupy the inquiring mind.

— Margaret Atwood

I have watched Occupy Wall Street mostly from the sidelines.

— Jami Attenberg

The thing about Occupy is that the sentiment the movement embodies is timeless: Don't be greedy, share.

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

There is a great deal of sympathy amongst workers for the Occupy Wall Street movement. We understand their frustration.

— Sharan Burrow

Speaking is what most people work on. They forget the thinking and the breathing and instead try to occupy space with sound.

— Margaret Heffernan

Occupy World Street is a masterpiece which deserves to get wide circulation and commitment by world leaders.

— Maurice Strong

“The virtues of free enterprise can become distorted by greed & delusion.”

— Allan Lokos

But if Sharon wants to occupy Gaza, let him come. Israel will pay the price.

— Ahmed Yassin

I'm an anarchist and I do think things such as Occupy Wall Street are about getting a little closer to the solution.

— Woody Harrelson

“Occupy Wall Street and the Free State Project were ostensibly leaderless organizations that eschewed new power hierarchies.”

— Nathaniel Popper

“Don't imagine you could ever take my place.' I told her I had never wanted to; I only wanted to occupy the…

— Francoise Gilot

I believe strongly that Occupy Wall Street had such limits because the local authorities were able to enforce, basically in our imaginations,…

— Edward Snowden

After making the 'Occupy' movie, when you finish watching the film, you want to take a hot shower. You want to go…

— Steve Bannon

The Occupy Wall Street protests are shining a national spotlight on the most powerful, dangerous and secretive economic and political force in…

— Bernie Sanders

The Occupy movement has drawn attention to how too many in the 1 percent get to play by their own rules while…

— Robert Greenwald

“There is much to be angry about in today's world, whether you are young or old, but certainly if you are young.…

— Adam Bucko

Whether one agrees or disagrees with the tactics of the Occupy Wall Street movement, it's easy to understand the inspiration for its…

— Eric Alterman

We have to be thankful considering our number as a family we enjoy very good health generally but you may be sure…

— John Hawley

It's not going to be easy to proceed. There are going to be barriers, difficulties, hardships, failures- it's inevitable. But unless the…

— Noam Chomsky

“We believe that today's younger generation, who started a global movement by camping out on Wall Street and its equivalents around the…

— Adam Bucko

If I could create a world where people lived forever, or at the very least a few billion years, I would do…

— Eliezer Yudkowsky

“..reading a book doesn’t mean just turning the pages. It means thinking about it, identifying parts that you want to go back…

— Noam Chomsky

Singles have goals, responsibilities, deadlines, events, and friends that occupy their time, as well they should. Nonetheless, before any goals are achieved,…

— Monica Johnson

“Critique of the 1 percent’s domination predates, it should be recalled, the “Occupy” movement’s popularizing of the notion. In fact, Martin Luther…

— Mark Lewis Taylor

The Occupy Wall Street movement, in general, by putting this idea out there that the one percent is leeching off the 99…

— Boots Riley

Tax the rich. End the wars. Break the power of lobbies in Washington. These are the demands of Occupy Wall Street. They…

— Jeffrey Sachs

Here is what is needed for Occupy Wall Street to become a force for change: a clear, and clearly expressed, objective. Or…

— Elayne Boosler

The rich get richer and the poor get the picture. I think this Occupy Wall Street thing is great.

— Simon Baker

First of all, no candidate is going to win by catering to the alleged Occupy Wall Street vote.

— Jim DeMint

“The point of imperfection which we occupy -- is it on the way up or down?”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I think there should be an Occupy Gallifrey. Because 0.000001% of the people have 99.99999% of the Time.

— Neil Gaiman

Occupy provided me a lens through which to see systemic discrimination.

— Cathy O'Neil

“The density of your destiny is the product of the mass of your visions and the volume your impacts occupy!”

— Israelmore Ayivor

[Occupy Wall Street] had an impact on consciousness. It was not effective in realizing change.

— Edward Snowden

“Like our home, this is a place that he has no right, but ultimately every right, to occupy.”

— Suzanne Collins