Picket Quotes

45 quotes by 39 authors

Life is not living in the suburbs with a white picket fence. That's not life. Somehow our American culture has made it out that that's… — Tom Brady
I remember at the age of five travelling on a trolley car with my mother past a group of women on a picket line at… — Noam Chomsky
I never expected anyone to take care of me, but in my wildest dreams and juvenile yearnings, I wanted the house with the picket fence… — Maya Angelou
When a man or woman, young, or old, takes a place on the picket line for even a day or two, he will never be… — Cesar Chavez
If American workers are being denied their right to organize and collectively bargain when I'm in the White House, I will put on a comfortable… — Barack Obama
The picket line is the best place to train organizers. One day on the picket line is where a man makes his commitment. The longer… — Cesar Chavez
Organizing is an educational process. The best educational process in the union is the picket line and the boycott. You learn about life. — Cesar Chavez
We're going to pray a lot and picket a lot. — Cesar Chavez
The right to defy an unconstitutional statute is basic in our scheme. Even when an ordinance requires a permit to make a speech, to deliver… — Potter Stewart
One of my earliest memories is of my father carrying me in one arm with a picket sign in the other. — Camryn Manheim
Any time someone carries a picket sign in front of the White House, that is the First Amendment in action — Julian Bond
My childhood was elegant homes, tree lined streets, the milkman, building backyard forts, droning airplanes, blue skies, picket fences, green grass, cherry trees. Middle America… — David Lynch
I think people instinctively know that their job is to give service and that they are part of a community. It had a great impact… — Russell Simmons
And we carry onWhen our lives come undoneWe carry onCause there's promise in the morning sunWe carry onAs the dark surrenders to the dawnWe were… — Tim McGraw
And thoughts of no other man but you could possibly get through the picket lines to enter into my mind. — Ani DiFranco
You can holler, protest, march, picket and demonstrate, but somebody must be able to sit in on the strategy conferences and plot a course. There… — Whitney M. Young
Ever wonder why people are so determined to reach for white picket fences, supposed normalcy, a nuclear family? Well, try growing up without one. — Chuck Eddy
If (a particular researcher) won't stop when you ask nicely, when you picket in front of his house, or when you burn his car, maybe… — Jerry Vlasak
One can't build little white picket fences to keep nightmares out. — Anne Sexton
I've always loved the drama and the creating of a role and performance and all that comes with that, but I then also kind of… — Nicole Kidman

Who Wrote These Picket Quotes

39 authors contributed a total of 45 Picket Quotes, led by these top contributors: