--- title: "10 Who Quotes By Cory Booker" description: "10 Who quotes by Cory Booker. Plus more from Cory Booker and more Who sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/601/cory-booker-2546_come_i-come-from-a-mother-who-can-cry-at-a-g_2117917.jpg" --- > [I come from a mother who can cry at a G.E. commercial.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/i-come-from-a-mother-who-can-cry-at-a-g-e-commercial/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/601/cory-booker-2546_come_i-come-from-a-mother-who-can-cry-at-a-g_2117917.jpg) > [I am a geek nerd who happened to have a temporary period of jockiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/i-am-a-geek-nerd-who-happened-to-have-a-temporary-period-of-jockiness/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d30/cory-booker-2546_am_i-am-a-geek-nerd-who-happened-to-have-a_827813.jpg) > [I live in Brick Towers, a public housing project in Newark's Central Ward. I moved in when the projects were privately owned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/i-live-in-brick-towers-a-public-housing-project-in-newark-s-central/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28d/cory-booker-2546_believed_i-live-in-brick-towers-a-public-housing_147259.jpg) > [Democrats need to define themselves - not what they're against or who they're against, but we have got to define ourselves with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/democrats-need-to-define-themselves-not-what-they-re-against-or-who/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6a/cory-booker-2546_against_democrats-need-to-define-themselves-not_2207059.jpg) > [These are the themes in life which are consistent in Judaism, Islam, Hinduism - of being grounded in who you are and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/these-are-the-themes-in-life-which-are-consistent-in-judaism-islam/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e9/cory-booker-2546_being_these-are-the-themes-in-life-which-are-c_2806263.jpg) > [I was raised in a very religious home with two parents who were deeply involved in the black church. When I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/i-was-raised-in-a-very-religious-home-with-two-parents-who-were/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c78/cory-booker-2546_black_i-was-raised-in-a-very-religious-home-wi_2096688.jpg) > [I just know that I'm innovative. I'm a quick thinker... In Washington, I just want to be a senator who finds a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/i-just-know-that-i-m-innovative-i-m-a-quick-thinker-in-washington-i/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b1/cory-booker-2546_change_i-just-know-that-i-m-innovative-i-m-a-qu_3206382.jpg) > [You have to understand the Newark Riots - a lot of people understand that the pain was the initial explosion of anger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/you-have-to-understand-the-newark-riots-a-lot-of-people-understand/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77f/cory-booker-2546_after_you-have-to-understand-the-newark-riots_1074760.jpg) > [May we all, as a nation of believers, fight for the achievement of America; may we make sacrifices worthy of those proud…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/may-we-all-as-a-nation-of-believers-fight-for-the-achievement-of/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a69/cory-booker-2546_achievement_may-we-all-as-a-nation-of-believers-figh_1553030.jpg) > [Our nation was founded with a bunch of founding legislators who joined together to move our country out of the blocks and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/our-nation-was-founded-with-a-bunch-of-founding-legislators-who/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38a/cory-booker-2546_advance_our-nation-was-founded-with-a-bunch-of-f_1153371.jpg) ## Other authors on Who ## More by Cory Booker > [We've got to get back to a country that can get things done. And my whole career has been marching and charging at and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/we-ve-got-to-get-back-to-a-country-that-can-get-things-done-and-my/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) > [If you want the things people don't have, you have to do the things other people will not do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/if-you-want-the-things-people-don-t-have-you-have-to-do-the-things/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) > [“Deterrents properly placed can help. But that is not enough. We are one society, and as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, what we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/deterrents-properly-placed-can-help-but-that-is-not-enough-we-are-one/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) > [Speaking as somebody who voted against TPA and has a lot of suspicions about Trans Pacific Partnership that are reflected in our concerns about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/speaking-as-somebody-who-voted-against-tpa-and-has-a-lot-of/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) > [ I love talking about the challenges \[Newark, NJ\] has because of the way they are always brilliantly disguised as opportunities.. .the biggest global challenge… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/i-love-talking-about-the-challenges-newark-nj-has-because-of-the-way/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) > [If Donald Trump governs the way he campaigned, it'll be a disastrous presidency. This is a chance for him to be magnanimous, humble. To…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/if-donald-trump-governs-the-way-he-campaigned-it-ll-be-a-disastrous/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) > [To me, feminism is believing in women's equality, and I ardently ascribe to that belief.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/to-me-feminism-is-believing-in-women-s-equality-and-i-ardently/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) > [I live in Brick Towers, a public housing project in Newark's Central Ward. I moved in when the projects were privately owned by a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/i-live-in-brick-towers-a-public-housing-project-in-newark-s-central/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) > [“I celebrate ideals of individual excellence, self-reliance, and personal responsibility… But rugged individualism alone did not get us to the moon. It did not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/i-celebrate-ideals-of-individual-excellence-self-reliance-and/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) > [The history in our country speaks to our highest values of people who did not accept things as they are and go along with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/the-history-in-our-country-speaks-to-our-highest-values-of-people-who/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) > [My dad set a clear model for me for what manhood was all about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/my-dad-set-a-clear-model-for-me-for-what-manhood-was-all-about/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) > [Can you every single day tell a true testimony of who you are? That's really what life is about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/can-you-every-single-day-tell-a-true-testimony-of-who-you-are-that-s/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) > [2016 is an election like I've never seen before. And I think it reflects the fact that many people have a dissatisfaction with politics…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/2016-is-an-election-like-i-ve-never-seen-before-and-i-think-it/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) > [I do not believe that marijuana is a gateway drug, and having been a mayor trying to keep my community safe, if there was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/i-do-not-believe-that-marijuana-is-a-gateway-drug-and-having-been-a/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) > [Any Democrat running is trying to get that Barack Obama coalition, which is an increasingly diverse voter base. It's young folks. It's minorities, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/any-democrat-running-is-trying-to-get-that-barack-obama-coalition/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/who/cory-booker/#itemlist", "name": "10 Who Quotes By Cory Booker", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I come from a mother who can cry at a G.E. commercial.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Cory Booker" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/i-come-from-a-mother-who-can-cry-at-a-g-e-commercial/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/601/cory-booker-2546_come_i-come-from-a-mother-who-can-cry-at-a-g_2117917.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/601/cory-booker-2546_come_i-come-from-a-mother-who-can-cry-at-a-g_2117917.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/601/cory-booker-2546_come_i-come-from-a-mother-who-can-cry-at-a-g_2117917.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I come from a mother who can cry at a G.E. commercial.” — Cory Booker", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am a geek nerd who happened to have a temporary period of jockiness.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Cory Booker" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/i-am-a-geek-nerd-who-happened-to-have-a-temporary-period-of-jockiness/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d30/cory-booker-2546_am_i-am-a-geek-nerd-who-happened-to-have-a_827813.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d30/cory-booker-2546_am_i-am-a-geek-nerd-who-happened-to-have-a_827813.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d30/cory-booker-2546_am_i-am-a-geek-nerd-who-happened-to-have-a_827813.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I am a geek nerd who happened to have a temporary period of jockiness.” — Cory Booker", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I live in Brick Towers, a public housing project in Newark's Central Ward. 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