Activist Quotes

244 Activist quotes by 216 unique authors

I first bought a Buffy Sainte-Marie record when I was 12, and her music has always remained with me. In the 1960s, as a political… — Steven Morrissey
People get cranky when you burst their bubble. Over time, advances in astronomy have relentlessly reinforced the utter insignificance of Earth on a celestial scale.… — Nathan Myhrvold
I know the activists I deal with, we sort of try and check each other to make sure that we haven't gone native, that you… — Grover Norquist
I see so many activists... who are artists because they feel that they have the power of communication. — Yoko Ono
You can't always measure the effects of activist work; you just have to wish and pray that the message gets through. — Yoko Ono
The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river. — Ross Perot
I am an activist. I have a really big pulpit with my fiction and I love knowing that I can make people think. — Jodi Picoult
The most passionately anti-Obama Republican politicians and activists consider themselves the truest and purest of conservatives, and often unleash their scorn and fury on others… — John Podhoretz
I want to be an activist professor. — Tariq Ramadan
I had been an activist on the issue of HIV, primarily in the African American and Latino communities here in the U.S. for many years.… — Gloria Reuben
It's just impossible to ignore the activists in your party. These are the people who stuff the envelopes, and walk the precincts, and make the… — Pat Robertson
I'm not a gay rights activist. — ASAP Rocky
What Mr. Obama wants in a nominee isn't really 'empathy' and 'understanding.' He wants a liberal, activist Supreme Court justice. — Karl Rove
Activist government overreach and ongoing economic stagnation have shown us why Washington should not try to displace what is best left to civil society. — Paul Ryan
I think I'm an actor because I have very strong imagination and empathy. I never studied acting, but those two qualities are exactly the qualities… — Susan Sarandon
Political activists of all stripes are usually a wacky bunch, and never more so than in a system like Britain's, where power is effected via… — Will Self
I have 2 million Twitter followers. Some of those people are also yogis and activists and people who really go out and make a difference.… — Russell Simmons
As long as people are living their truth or their vision, whether they're activists or not, that's the important thing. — Serj Tankian
I don't want to spend all my time working as an activist. I don't get satisfaction out of it. I'd rather be doing something else.… — Serj Tankian
Do you force your kids to pay attention to what's going on, or do you let them live their lives outside of it? My hope… — Eddie Vedder

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