"The white Christian church never raised to the heights of Christ. It stayed within the limit of culture."

-- Jesse Jackson

#Christian Quotes #White Quotes #Racism Quotes

“A people are as healthy and confident as the stories they tell themselves. Sick storytellers can make nations sick. Without stories we would go mad. Life would lose itâ€™s moorings or orientation... Stories can conquer fear, you know. They can make the heart larger.”

Source : Ben Okri (2014). “A Way of Being Free”, p.60, Head of Zeus
“I have no desire to play King Lear or Hamlet. I never had a grand ambition. I just followed my nose.”
“My happiest childhood memories are of times in our backyard. My mother had an old clothesline that hung out in front. It seemed like it stretched a mile long, and I loved sitting in the sun while she hung clothes.”

Source : Traci Lords (2013). “Traci Lords: Underneath It All”, p.6, Harper Collins
“I'm a business man and the reason I linked up with a major was because I understand they have that reach that I can't get no matter how hot I get in the streets. It's not always about money because I been had money. I want to be on TV and win awards. I want to be number one. You need a label to get through barriers.”
“The world is likely to view any temporary extension of the income tax cuts for the top two percent as a prelude to a long-term or permanent extension, and that would hurt economic recovery as well by undermining confidence that we're prepared to make a commitment today to bring down our future deficits.”

Source : "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. December 12, 2010.
“Well, my type is obviously creative. Creative, with burning eyes and a pretty mouth.”

Source : Biography/Person Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Money is like manure. It stinks when you pile it; it grows when you spread it”
“Much of your pain is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self.”

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