Michael Skolnik Quotes & Sayings

Stop the bullsh*t. Stop drawing lines in the sand like previous generations [have done]. — Michael Skolnik

When a young person is not eating three meals a day but still getting perfect grades at school, or when a young person deals with trauma at a young age yet still makes it to college, these are the things that inspire me. — Michael Skolnik

We can live nuanced, complicated, exciting lives with no reason for limitation. — Michael Skolnik

Do ballet and play football. Sing and dance. Laugh and cry. — Michael Skolnik

I believe that it is my job to fight for the rights of others to have the same rights that I take for granted. As a white, American male, I have had it quite good. I recognize that and fight every day for everyone to have the same opportunities that I have had. — Michael Skolnik

I don't focus on the results. Put my head down, put my hoodie up, and do the work. — Michael Skolnik

I just try to walk the walk. I try to live every day with the utmost honesty and integrity to myself and the people around me. — Michael Skolnik

We must change the culture of politics first. — Michael Skolnik

I think leading by example is important, as I know the next generation is watching us. — Michael Skolnik

I know our kids will be OK, as long as they listen more to their mother than to me! — Michael Skolnik

Fighting for social justice is not about leaving the mainstream. It is about being right in the middle of it. — Michael Skolnik

I think we have the potential to connect the world in a way that can save hundred of millions of lives. That should be our goal. — Michael Skolnik

I am deeply inspired by the courage and achievements of young people who didn't have the safety nets I had growing up. — Michael Skolnik

I wanted to tell stories about people who didn't have the chance to tell their own. — Michael Skolnik

Go to countries where you don't speak the language. Eat food that looks like you may not like it. Read all of the holy books. — Michael Skolnik

Let us not aspire to four-year goals but rather forty-year goals. — Michael Skolnik

I have been so damn lucky to be able to do what I love my entire life. I never take that for granted. — Michael Skolnik

I will go to my grave wishing that I did more. Wishing that I didn't sleep as much. Wishing that I didn't waste so much time. Wishing that I fought harder. — Michael Skolnik

My grandmother taught me two very important lessons before she passed: hold the door for everyone and always say "thank you." That means to treat everyone the same, no matter if it is the President or a homeless mother begging for food. And never forget to thank those who have helped you, whether it is the person serving you food at a restaurant or your third-grade teacher who taught you the multiplication tables. — Michael Skolnik

I am certainly vulnerable when I sit down with parents who have lost their children to gun violence. The emotion that they experience is so foreign to me that I find it very hard to say the right things. — Michael Skolnik