Linguistic Discrimination Quotes & Sayings

The Greek philosophers have compiled many works with persuasiveness and much skill in words; but what fruit have they to show for this such as has the cross of Christ? Their wise thoughts were persuasive enough until they died; — Athanasius Of Alexandria

I find that respectability grows wearisome after a time, when one is accustomed to being a disgrace. — Marie Brennan

I learned a great deal doing Brooklyn Bridge. I was able to take a giant step into the terrible reality that was then. We saw the cattle cars that took folks away. Just knowing it was real, it would be impossible not to feel. — Marion Ross

And in some ways, to me, that's one of the inspiring and powerful things about the Great Migration itself. There was no leader, there was no one person who set the date who said, 'On this date, people will leave the South.' They left on their own accord for as many reasons as there are people who left. They made a choice that they were not going to live under the system into which they were born anymore and in some ways, it was the first step that the nation's servant class ever took without asking. — Isabel Wilkerson

The beauty is the balance. — Frazey Ford

To really boost your sense of self-efficacy, think of ways you could modify your usual tasks to suit your personal style. — Martha Beck

The most fatal blow to progress is slavery of the intellect. The most sacred right of humanity is the right to think, and next to the right to think is the right to express that thought without fear. — Helen H. Gardener

This love was tricky; it had no hard-and-fast rules - it might be given for free, as with Jamie, or earned through time and hard work, as with Ian, or completely and heartbreakingly unattainable, as with Jared. Or — Stephenie Meyer

If you believe that a nation is really better off which achieves for a comparative few, those who are capable of attaining it, high culture, ease, opportunity, and that these few from their enlightenment should give what they consider best to those less favored, then you naturally belong to the Republican Party. But if you believe that people must struggle slowly to the light for themselves, then it seems to me that you are a Democrat. — Eleanor Roosevelt

Success is a beast. And it actually puts the emphasis on the wrong thing. You get away with more instead of looking within. — Brad Pitt

As a dad, you are Vice President. You are part of the Executive Branch of the family, but you are the partner with the weaker authority. In your children's eyes, you mostly fulfill a ceremonial role of attending pageants and ordering pizza. I'm never the first choice. My kids don't even mask it, which I respect them for. "Let's see, the crabby guy with the scratchy beard or that warm soft lady that tells us stories for eight hours?" It's not even close. — Jim Gaffigan

The imagination is an essential tool of the mind, a fundamental way of thinking, an indispensable means of becoming and remaining human. We — Ursula K. Le Guin

It strikes fear to my heart when Peter talks of later being a criminal, or of gambling; although it's meant as a joke, of course, it gives me the feeling that he's afraid of his own weakness. — Anne Frank

Sure, good things come to those who wait. - but they're the leftovers from those who. got there first. — Jill Shalvis

Someone said, "Hey, Wanda," and I deduced that this was Wanda. This is why I am such a good reporter. — Chris Fabry