Unsung Quotes

47 quotes by 41 authors

As soon as someone is identified as an unsung hero, he no longer is. — George Carlin
The past year's natural disasters have highlighted the invaluable contributions of volunteers in our communities. They have volunteered their time, energy and skills to save… — Kofi Annan
Nothing is done. Everything in the world remains to be done or done over. The greatest picture is not yet painted, the greatest play isn't… — Lincoln Steffens
Mary Anning [is] probably the most important unsung (or inadequately sung) collecting force in the history of paleontology. — Stephen Jay Gould
Unsung, the noblest deed will die. — Pindar
Most of all, I like the quiet, rounded tugs. They remind me of women. As I watch them work I see them as kindly, no-fuss… — Hazel Hawke
Breathes there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land! Whose heart hath ne'er… — Walter Scott
Matt Mason must be declared the poet laureate of the Midwest! No other native son celebrates the overlooked America, its unsung citizens (from the anonymous… — Rigoberto Gonzalez
Since about 1980 Kenny Werner has been one of jazzâ€™s unsung heroes — Harvey Pekar
These often unsung heroes understand...that poverty, disease and famine are just as deadly and destructive as earthquakes, hurricanes and tsunamis. Individuals ...are taking on these… — Kofi Annan
What an amazing creative way to magnify, and illuminate the courage of 30 Sheroes whose courage, leadership and character is symbolic of the many unsung… — Emory Douglas
I could see myself in a white nurse's uniform, working unnoticed for many years and at last dying, unknown, unmarried and unsung. — Kate Smith
There must be hundreds of unsung heroes and heroines who first tasted strange things growing - and think of the man who first ate a… — Gladys Taber
Ray Gomez is truly an unsung hero in American music. — Stanley Clarke
Our poets do not write about it; our artists do not try to portray this remarkable thing. I don't know why. Is nobody inspired by… — Richard P. Feynman
God left the world unfinished for man to work his skill upon. He left the electricity in the cloud, the oil in the earth. He… — Thomas S. Monson
The good old days were never that good, believe me. The good new days are today, and better days are coming tomorrow. Our greatest songs… — Hubert H. Humphrey
Our greatest songs are still unsung. — Hubert H. Humphrey
The unsung heroes of the civil rights movement were always the wives and the mothers. — Andrew Young
The essence of songs is neither vocal nor cerebral but organic. We follow songs in order to be enclosed. We find ourselves inside a message.… — John Berger

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