All Tavis Smiley Quotes
- The choices we make about the lives we live determine the kinds of legacies we leave. Choices
- Capitalism is like a child: if you want the child to grow up free and productive, somebody's got to look over the shoulder of that… Capitalism
- When you work for something, you appreciate it more. So what are y'all going to do with all the opportunities you inherited that you didn't… All
- My role on television is one of helping people reexamine the assumptions that they hold. I regard Dr. King. You would never hear me get… Assumption
- How do you grow up in the shadow of a guy - I want to talk about the movie in a second - but how… Grow
- The data is going to indicate sadly that when the Obama administration is over, black people will have lost ground in every single leading economic… Administration
- History is replete with examples of moments in time when we talk about deficit reduction and try to advance on it around the world, that… Advance
- In some states, not even 50 percent of black boys finish high school. Black
- I still think in this country, and this might surprise you, the one thing that George Bush said as president that I do agree with,… Agree
- That is still the case in this country for too many students, the soft bigotry of low expectations. If you don't expect them to learn,… Becomes
- This whole notion of a post racial America was nonsense from the very beginning. It was a bad idea, a bad notion, a bad formulation… America
- Take your focus off how others see you. Cease being obsessed with the need to impress your friends and your foes. Keep your concern on… Allow
- Leonard Pitts, Jr. is the most insightful and inspiring columnist of his generation. Columnist
- To be clear, the gap between the have gots and the have nots is widening. In this most multicultural, multiracial, multiethnic America ever, that concerns… America
- Why don't we scale up those things that do work. Funny
- What determines your altitude in life is your attitude. Altitude
- I believe if we make black America better, we make all of America better. All
- Don't envy someone else's gift. Discover your own. Discover
- When it comes to the president, we have to respect him, we have to protect him, and we have to correct him. And in my… Always Respected
- Jamestown changed the world in many ways, but perhaps it shaped our nation most profoundly the day Africans arrived. I can't think of a more… African
- My personal assessment is that Dr. King is the greatest American we have ever produced. I can argue for Lincoln, I can argue for FDR,… American
- This is not a skill problem, this is a will problem. Does America have the will to make education a priority? We know the things… America
- Poverty and wealth inequality are a form of instability into the future. Form
- Live just because or live your life for a cause Cause
- I'm very musically curious and I love new experience. I'm an adventurer. Some people want to sort of stay in a safe zone and repeat… Adventurer