--- title: "Best Danny Glover Sayings" description: "Daniel Leburn Glover is an American actor, producer, and political activist. Browse 86 Danny Glover quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-danny-glover-26713.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Danny Glover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-danny-glover-26713.jpg) # Danny Glover (1946) Actor United States **86** quotes in **612** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Danny Glover is an actor from the United States, best known for *Revolution Where You Live*. ## Quick Facts About Danny Glover Born July 22, 1946 Nationality United States Profession Actor Notable works Revolution Where You Live ## About Danny Glover Daniel Leburn Glover is an American actor, producer, and political activist. Over his career he has received numerous accolades including the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the NAACP's President's Award, as well as nominations for five Emmy Awards and four Grammy Awards. ## Awards & Honors Jane Fonda Humanitarian Award Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award Academy Honorary Award Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame Theatre World Award Marian Anderson Award NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres Show 3 more awards NAACP Image Award – Chairman's Award Eugene V. Debs Award honorary degree from Spelman College ## Quotes by Danny Glover · Page 3 > [Whole ideology of consumption almost to the point of religion. Whether it's the consumption of entertainment or the consumption around buying things,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-glover/whole-ideology-of-consumption-almost-to-the-point-of-religion-whether/) [Danny Glover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-glover/) [Appetite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/appetite/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f41/danny-glover-7902_appetite_whole-ideology-of-consumption-almost-to_2521743.jpg) > [Since 1957, black people have experienced double-digit unemployment - in good times and bad times. Look at the population of African Americans…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-glover/since-1957-black-people-have-experienced-double-digit-unemployment-in/) [Danny Glover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-glover/) [African american](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/african-american/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e8/danny-glover-7902_african-american_since-1957-black-people-have-experienced_3000648.jpg) > [We all know Reagan's legacy, from the Iran-Contra affair to the funding of the Nicaraguan military in which over 200,000 people died.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-glover/we-all-know-reagan-s-legacy-from-the-iran-contra-affair-to-the/) [Danny Glover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-glover/) [Administration](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/administration/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf7/danny-glover-7902_administration_we-all-know-reagan-s-legacy-from-the-ira_209479.jpg) > [This country has always been run by elite, and it's an elitist democracy. And that's not a radical concept. It's elitist democracy.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-glover/this-country-has-always-been-run-by-elite-and-it-s-an-elitist/) [Danny Glover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-glover/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bff/danny-glover-7902_about_this-country-has-always-been-run-by-elit_1651219.jpg) > [New Orleans is a city whose basic industry is the service industry. That's why it makes its money. That's - it brings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-glover/new-orleans-is-a-city-whose-basic-industry-is-the-service-industry/) [Danny Glover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-glover/) [Cities](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cities/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d0/danny-glover-7902_cities_new-orleans-is-a-city-whose-basic-indust_789063.jpg) > [In 1967, the students at San Francisco State invited the poet Amiri Baraka to the campus for a semester. He attracted other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-glover/in-1967-the-students-at-san-francisco-state-invited-the-poet-amiri/) [Danny Glover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-glover/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b43/danny-glover-7902_black_in-1967-the-students-at-san-francisco-st_1896227.jpg) ## Danny Glover by topic [People (20)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/danny-glover/) [Movement (14)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/movement/danny-glover/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-glover/#itemlist", "name": "Danny Glover Quotes", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Whole ideology of consumption almost to the point of religion. 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