Backgrounds Quotes

935 quotes by 827 authors

The job of the school is to teach so well that family background is no longer an issue. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The strongest democracies flourish from frequent and lively debate, but they endure when people of every background and belief find a way to set aside… — Barack Obama
God loves to take people from broken backgrounds and surprise them with possibilities. — Lysa TerKeurst
No man has ever appreciated the gospel until the law has first revealed him to himself. It is only against the inky blackness of the… — John Stott
I've realized that what you think of when you make a 'big movie,' if it's actually a green screen movie, it's like doing independent New… — Emile Hirsch
Religion is interesting because it brings out the best and the worst in humanity. It can be a source of good deeds, whether it's people… — Josh Gad
I come from a dancing background, and I know it's stereotypical, but I would dance because I wasn't comfortable speaking to people. — Carrie Ann Inaba
I didn't come from any kind of academic background, but I lived in a college town and I knew people who weren't without pretense. There… — Sarah Vowell
I came from a very normal, un-Hollywood background. My parents provided me with every sort of normal upbringing that they could. — Jodi Sweetin
I'd love to do a film like 'Chicago.' Something musical because I've obviously come from that background. — Leona Lewis
If you had to eat another human to survive, do you think they'd taste like their ethnic background? — Daniel Tosh
I come from an alcoholic Irish background - I know where I was going! But I met my wife and started to practise Buddhism, which… — Patrick Duffy
I've always been a writer because I've always been a student. My mom's a retired professor, so I come from a very academic background. I… — Kerry Washington
I'm just a husband waltzing in the background. — Bruce Greenwood
I ask you to uphold the values of America and remember why so many have come here. We're in a fight for our principles, and… — George W. Bush
Marriage was created not to be a background but to need one. Mine is going to be outstanding. It can't, shan't be the setting -… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
I come from rather an international, or in other words, a cosmopolitan background. — George Blake
In scientific thought, the concept functions all the better for being cut off from all background images. In its full exercise, the scientific concept is… — Gaston Bachelard
Whatever our background, culture or race, what rewards us most powerfully and consistently are the most deceptively simple abilities of all: the ability to be… — Stephanie Dowrick
The simplest and most effective way to sanctity is to disappear into the background of ordinary every day routine. — Thomas Merton

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