"The bondage of the Negro brought captive from Africa is one of the greatest dramas in history, and the writer who merely sees in that ordeal something to approve or condemn fails to understand the evolution of the human race."

-- Carter G. Woodson

#Drama Quotes #Race Quotes #Evolution Quotes

“I'm picking and choosing in terms of the stress factor. If it's not fun, I'm not going to do it.”
“The doctrine of Jesus is the most revolutionary propaganda that I have ever encountered.”

Source : Lincoln Steffens (1962). “The World of Lincoln Steffens”
“In the foothills of the Himalayas, one hears the prayer: "Oh Lord, we know not what is good for us. You know what it is. For it we pray."”
“People don't place their trust in government or company pension plans; they have to be self-reliant.”
“The people in the West are supposed to believe that Bahrain is a country whose people live a life of peace, but we suffer under a regime that does not want to hear our screaming. The people of more than 20 villages are participating in the protests. They are fed up with the fact that they cannot express their opinions freely.”
“No more Botox for me. Betty White's bowels move more than my face.”
“The very best thing you can do for the whole world is to make the most of yourself.”
“Perhaps the importance that we must attach to the achievement of an artist or a group of artists may properly be measured by the answer to the following question: Have they so wrought that it will be impossible henceforth, for those who follow, ever again to act as if they had not existed?”

Source : Walter Sickert, Anna Gruetzner Robins (2003). “Walter Sickert: The Complete Writings on Art”, p.253, Oxford University Press on Demand

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