Activism Quotes

236 quotes by 191 authors

Given the way universities work to reinforce and perpetuate the status quo, the way knowledge is offered as commodity, Women's Studies can easily become the… — Bell Hooks
Christians often equate holiness with activism and spiritual disciplines. And while it's true that activism is often the outgrowth of holiness and spiritual disciplines are… — Kevin DeYoung
Urban public space is a stage for viewing the field of graphic design in its diversity. A mix of voices, from advertising to activism, compete… — Ellen Lupton
Shareholder activism is not a privilege - it is a right and a responsibility. When we invest in a company, we own part of that… — Mark Mobius
My goal for the next decade is to try to make it as easy to save the world in real life as it is to… — Jane McGonigal
A top-quartile teacher will increase the performance of their class - based on test scores - by over 10 percent in a single year. ...… — Bill Gates
The traditional media [in China] is still heavily controlled by the government; social media offers an opening to let the steam out a little bit.… — Yang Lan
I want to admit that I am an optimist. Any tough problem, I think it can be solved. — Bill Gates
I think there's a number of pillars to success. One is you've got to have a great idea. The other is you've got to have… — Jeremy Gilley
The first myth to dispel is that Africa is not a country. It's made up of 53 different countries. So to say 'invest in Africa'… — Euvin Naidoo
[Africa] is a continent of many countries, not one country. If we are down to three or four conflicts, it means that there are plenty… — Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
The coldest growing seasons of the future [will be] hotter than the hottest of the past. Is agriculture adapted to that? I don't know. Can… — Cary Fowler
If we don't pay attention to [nonviolent protests], they are invisible, and it's as if they never happened. But I have seen first hand that… — Julia Bacha
No precautions, and no precautionary principle, can avoid problems that we do not yet foresee. We need a stance of problem-fixing, not just problem-avoidance. — David Deutsch
I'm not talking about losing [agricultural] diversity in the same way that you lose your car keys. I'm talking about losing it in the same… — Cary Fowler
George Kimble said, 'The only thing dark about Africa is our ignorance of it.' So let's start shedding light on this amazing eclectic continent that… — Euvin Naidoo
When the average American consumes 43 times as much as the average African, we've got to think that consumption is an issue. It's not just… — Jason W Clay
Education campaigns ... may not be enough, at least not alone. If people have no incentive to avoid AIDS on their own, even if they… — Emily Oster
I'm standing here saying that those who miss the boat now, will miss it forever. So if you want to be in Africa, think about… — Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Everybody agrees that whatever the solutions are to the big problems, they ... can never be without some element of education. — Nicholas Negroponte

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