People Quote by Claudette Colvin Download Open image “We were churchgoing people.” — Claudette Colvin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare People Were
We were a religious, practicing, Catholic family - Mass together on Sunday, Catholic schools, and parents who practiced everything they preached. A great gift… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
On day one, the Church wasn't for church people because there weren't any church people. — Andy Stanley Copy Share Image
In fact, my parents were church people; my father was a deacon in the church. — Tina Turner Copy Share Image
“Somewhere along the line, "Church" became a weekly event rather than a gathering of people who did life together.” — Todd Stocker Copy Share Image
“At that moment, we decided to stop complaining about the church we saw, and we set our hearts on becoming the church we dreamed… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
I lost most of my friends. Their parents had told them to stay away from me, because they said I was crazy, I was… — Claudette Colvin Copy Share Image
When I got to 10th grade at Booker T. Washington High, I had a teacher, Miss Geraldine Nesbitt. I think she came from New… — Claudette Colvin Copy Share Image
I always tell young people to hold on to their dreams. And sometimes you have to stand up for what you think is right… — Claudette Colvin Copy Share Image
There were many African Americans - many, many stories similar to my story. — Claudette Colvin Copy Share Image
I left the South in 1963 and was living in Morristown, New Jersey, when the March on Washington took place, so I watched it… — Claudette Colvin Copy Share Image
When you've been abused daily and you see people humiliated and harassed, you just get tired of it. — Claudette Colvin Copy Share Image
I wanted the young African-American girls also on the bus to know that they had a right to be there, because they had paid… — Claudette Colvin Copy Share Image
I became aware of how the world is and how the white establishment plays black people against each other. — Claudette Colvin Copy Share Image
A lot has changed since I grew up, but there's still a long way to go. I don't think we can move forward with… — Claudette Colvin Copy Share Image
I wanted to be an attorney. My mother would say I never stopped talking. I always had a lot of questions to ask, and… — Claudette Colvin Copy Share Image
If I am going to be phased out by whatever powers, then I want people to know that it is not because I am… — Parvathy Copy Share Image
Some people still believe you should just fall in line with what's going on - and that's scary. It makes a mockery of freedom… — Emily Robison Copy Share Image
The truth seems to be that propaganda on its own cannot force its way into unwilling minds; neither can it inculcate something wholly new;… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
From Augustine down, theologians have tried to compel people to accept their special interpretation of the Scripture, and the tortures of the inquisition, the… — Matilda Joslyn Gage Copy Share Image
I wanted to write about voodoo tradition that I feel has been very important to survival of black people here: people of the African… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
I feel like I definitely have a real sporty style, more so than a lot of people in G.O.O.D. Music. — Big Sean Copy Share Image
I feel like the future is unwritten. So many of the things that we write now haven't been about educating people on the environment,… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
The only people who think the Internet is a calamity are people whose lives have been hurt by it; the only people who insist… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Crony capitalism is essentially a condition in which... public officials are giving favours to people in the private sector in payment of political favours. — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
I think, here's what I've realized from interviewing people, and I've been very open about my Catholicism and my love of Christ and I… — Jay Mohr Copy Share Image
For us who are now in power, we need to be challenged to serve the people and ignore our own egos and personal interests… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
When I was trying to come up with a stage name, I thought 'Lord' was super rad, but really masculine - ever since I… — Lorde Copy Share Image
