1921 Tulsa Quotes & Sayings

At Tulsa, Oklahoma, on 30 May 1921, fifty whites and two hundred blacks were murdered. — Paul Johnson

Tenderness is greater proof of love than the most passionate of vows. — Marlene Dietrich

My teachers used to tell me you need to learn to adjust to fit the situation. Don't just do what you've always done because it might not always work. — Buck Brannaman

If people are prepared to eat locally and seasonally, then they probably do pretty well in terms of environmental impact. — Peter Singer

Building outrageous expectations about the next big thing - be it a personal video chatting service or venue-based photo sharing app - can create all sorts of complications when things don't go as planned. — Ryan Holmes

All too often, legacy management practices reflexively perpetuate the past - by over-weighting the views of long-tenured executives, by valuing conformance more highly than creativity and by turning tired industry nostrums into sacred truths. — Gary Hamel

All my money was made doing the dates and selling products when I was out there on the road. — Mickey Gilley

No one wants a masterpiece knocking around when your own book is looking for attention. — Tibor Fischer

The Universe backs the part of you that is of clearest intention — Gary Zukav

[Oppose] with manly firmness [any] invasions on the rights of the people. — Thomas Jefferson

I will go so far as to say that the writer who is not scared is happily unaware of the remote and tantalizing majesty of the medium. — John Steinbeck

What factors external to the music itself can make it resonate for us. Is there a bar near the stage? Can you put it in your pocket? Do girls like it? Is it affordable? — David Byrne

And tell me you didn't take him out in public today with that shirt on."
We both look at Gavin's shirt that boldly states, "They shake me. — Tara Sivec

Bananas?"
He nodded with a small grin. "I discovered about those years ago that I absolutely hate those damn things."
"But they're just bananas."
"They're the fruit of the devil."
A surprised laugh burst out of me. "That's ridiculous."
The half grin spread and the dimple appeared. "It's the truth. Now it's your turn. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

He was angry; not as the irritable, from chafing of a trifle; nor was his anger like the fool's, pumped from the wells of nothing, to be dissipated by a reproach or a curse; it was the wrath peculiar to ardent natures rudely awakened by the sudden annihilation of a hope
dream, if you will
in which the choicest happinesses were thought to be certainly in reach. In such case nothing intermediate will carry off the passion
the quarrel is with Fate. — Lew Wallace

You get used to it I suppose, but it's always a bit disappointing to see a comic referred to as 'by [writer]' and no one else. — Jamie McKelvie