Riot Quotes

185 quotes by 159 authors

Baseball is very big with my people. It figures. It's the only way we can get to shake a bat at a white man without… — Dick Gregory
There were riots in just about every game we played with Syracuse. — Bob Cousy
While we have come a long way since the Stonewall riots in 1969, we still have a lot of work to do. Too often, the… — Barack Obama
I expect to see trade wars, foreign policy disasters, a few race riots, a decrease in personal liberty, higher taxes, higher inflation and probably, economic… — Charley Reese
If our colleges and universities do not breed men who riot, who rebel, who attack life with all the youthful vim and vigor, then there… — William Allen White
Hollywood and Disneyland are the legacy of Europe's cultural imperialism. We gave them nursery rhymes and they gave back film. Televised riots are as American… — Richey Edwards
If you call it a riot, it sounds like it was just a bunch of crazy people who went out and did bad things for… — Maxine Waters
I realized these were all the snapshots which our children would look at someday with wonder, thinking their parents had lived smooth, well-ordered lives and… — Jack Kerouac
To wipe off the froth of falsehood from the foaming lips of inebriated virtue, when fresh from the sexless orgies of morality and reeling from… — Algernon Charles Swinburne
A riot is a spontaneous outburst. A war is subject to advance planning. — Richard M. Nixon
My mother got sick when I was rich. And my mother, you know â€¦ I donâ€™t really want to get into it, but my mother… — Chris Rock
When I worked with Robin Williams, now there is improv! He is just as funny as you think he is. We did at least five… — Stephen Root
I'd just turned 50, weighed 285, and my doctor had read me the riot act about my health. — Daniel Baldwin
I may err in my measures, but never shall deflect from the intention to fortify the public liberty by every possible means, and to put… — Thomas Jefferson
Like a young heir, come a little prematurely to a large inheritance, we shall wanton and run riot until we have brought our reputation to… — George Washington
Why should the wealth of the country be stored in banks and elevators while the idle workman wanders homeless about the streets and the idle… — Samuel Gompers
The NAACP should have riot rehearsal. They should get a liquor store and practice robberies. — Rush Limbaugh
Causing a riot is what I do best. — Melina Marchetta
If (O.J. Simpson) is acquitted, I will renounce my citizenship. And if I converse with him at a cocktail party, I will say, 'Well, there… — Dick Cavett
What is happening to our young people? They disrespect their elders, they disobey their parents. They ignore the law. They riot in the streets inflamed… — Socrates

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