Lowery Quotes & Sayings

I don't absolve the Democrats of their lack of commitment to deal with poverty. But nowadays we're witnessing the widening of the gap. There's something wrong when a handful of people have more than they'll ever need while millions of people have less than they always need. — Joseph Lowery

Don't trip over haters, step over them — Darrin Lowery

To my way of thinking, the slavery issue is just an excuse to allow some people to do hateful things and feel righteous about it. — Joan Lowery Nixon

Virtual reality is a self-created form of chosen reality. Therefore it exists. — Joan Lowery Nixon

The Gates of Heaven and the Gates of Hell are the same gates. It just depends which side you're standing on when you walk through. — Amy Lignor

By reserving the penalty of death for black defendants, or for the poor, or for those convicted of killing white persons, we perpetrate the ugly legacy of slavery-teaching our children that some lives are inherently less precious than others. — Joseph Lowery

The more honest we become, the more we realize that our own devices get us nowhere. Even if we are having success, that success wouldn't be possible without the undeserved blessings we have received — Jessica Lowery

I doze and wake so many times
my dreams reach over what is real,
the real becomes my dreams. — Pat Lowery Collins

Without faith we count down the days to death, with it we count up the days till happiness — Andrew Lowery

What Promise of a new day does one have to ignore to laugh so early in the morning? — Leot Felton

Don't matter if you believe in them or not. If they're there, they're there,' Mrs. Phipps said. — Joan Lowery Nixon

In a mystery, you must play fair by giving all the clues, but disguise them by immediately distracting the reader with something else. — Joan Lowery Nixon

Any other mislabeled underachievers around here? Speak up now or suffer the consquences," he said.
Emily blinked. "other mislabeled underachievers?"
That's correct," Maxwell said. "I, for one, have definitely been mislabeled. I am not an underachiever. I simply refuse to waste my time on subjects which will be of no use to me in my future, such as math and science. — Joan Lowery Nixon

I am in the valley of prayer on the issue of gay marriage, and I will err on the side of inclusiveness and not exclusion. I'm going to follow Jesus and say, Whosoever will, let them come. And I'm going to extend rights to all of God's children and if I am wrong, God will have to judge me. — Joseph Lowery

Rosa Parks was an unlikely person, but she became an instrument of the people's will in that community who were tired. They said she was tired from working and perhaps she was - but she herself said later that she was spiritually tired and weary of being humiliated by being asked to move back so that a white person could occupy her seat. — Joseph Lowery

We've got nearly 50 million people in America with no health insurance. That's a weapon of mass destruction. — Joseph Lowery

The fact was, I wanted the same thing again and again. And so I yielded, bought the good, took them home, cooked, ate, accompanied usually by music, preferably a public radio station that played music I liked. And I am here to tell you, the pleasure never diminished I was happy every time. - Beverly Lowery — Jenni Ferrari-Adler

She might have acted like she didn't know.But she knew,a woman always knows — D. Lowery

If you don't know where you come from, then you want know when you'er being taken back. — Joseph Lowery

Confused, she pressed a fist to her mouth to stifle her sobs as her tears came harder.
The door opened and Lucas stood there, bare-chested, a pair of jeans riding low on his lean hips. "Nora? Ah, hell. I hurt you, didn't I?"
He moved into the room and pulled her into his arms, hugging her to his chest. She wanted to fight it, avoid her feelings, but she melted into him, absorbing his warm strength.
"I'm sorry, baby," he murmured.
She shook her head. "you didn't hurt me."
Some of the tension left his muscles. "Well, not to worry, you only hurt me a little, but I'm taking it like a man. — Jennifer Lowery

Everything has changed and nothing has changed. — Joseph Lowery

And by focusing on the character of the victim, we inadvertently take the focus off the powerful and instead train our eyes and judgment on the powerless. — Wesley Lowery

I'd like a hamburger and a coke, please. / Sir, we don't serve negroes here. / Ma'am, I don't eat negroes. I'd like a hamburger and a coke. — Joseph Lowery

There's more to getting to where you're going then just knowing there's a road. — Joan Lowery Nixon

I think the Montgomery bus boycott initiated an era of self-determination. — Joseph Lowery

It's ironic that the Bible belt is the killing belt - Texas, Florida, Alabama, Virginia, and so forth, Georgia. Chief executioners. — Joseph Lowery

Public policy today is favoring the rich, not the poor. It's not addressing the needs of the poor. — Joseph Lowery

God wants us to believe in something bigger and better than ourselves. — Jessica Lowery

You gotsta love all God's children! — Joseph Lowery

We ask you to help us work for that day when black will not be asked to get back, when brown can stick around, when yellow will be mellow, when the red man can get ahead, man, and when white will embrace what is right. — Joseph Lowery

Time. There is never enough of it. — Pat Lowery Collins

There are 2 ways of crying-on the outside or from the inside-and I've been crying on the inside most of my life. — Joan Lowery Nixon

Having a baby is part of a woman's life, and it is surely a great waste to be afraid of life. — Joan Lowery Nixon

Nora sobered and turned back to the windows, her breath fogging the glass. "We may as well lay some ground rules if we're going to be stuck here for a few days."
"Okay."
"You can keep the bed, I prefer the sofa. I don't cook. I'm not a maid, so pick up after yourself. You can eat whatever you can find in the kitchen, but I'll warn you, I don't keep much. I prefer my privacy, so you'll have to occupy yourself. Any questions?
"Only one."
She turned to face him.
"What are you hiding from? — Jennifer Lowery

Work extra hard on the beginning of your story, so it snares reader's instantly. And know how you're going to end your story before you start writing. Without a sense of direction, you can get lost in the middle. — Joan Lowery Nixon

If you don't know where you come from, it's difficult to determine where you are.- It's even more difficult to plan where you are going. — Joseph Lowery

Life isn't measured in minutes, but in heartbeats. — Joan Lowery Nixon

He was too explosive for her to touch him so intimately. It would lead to the wrong things. And places he'd banned himself from. As her protector, he had to stay away from her. That was how it worked. This, he could not stray from. Not again.
Even if it killed him. — Jennifer Lowery

Each of us from the seance stood alone. Like so many pillars of salt, we had tried to look back and failed. And in the eyes of the others who shared the pale, flat sky with us, there was sometimes suspicion, sometimes a little fear. — Joan Lowery Nixon

I know why people die of hopelessness. It comes on like a thick blanket, covering your thoughts, your confidence, creeping into your mind and filling the corners. I lie in the dark, suffocating under horrible dispare, wishing I were dead. I sleep, then wake, then sleep. The sleep is filled with monstrous dreams that attack, cry out, and vanish, leaving me once more awake and staring into the darkness. Help me! My mind is screaming, but there is no one to hear. — Joan Lowery Nixon

Life is not easy. We all have problems-even tragedies-to deal with, and luck has nothing to do with it. Bad luck is only the superstitious excuse for those who don't have the wit to deal with the problems of life. — Joan Lowery Nixon

We know there are no weapons of mass destruction. But there are weapons of misdirection. Millions without health insurance, poverty abounds. For war, billions more, but no more for the poor. — Joseph Lowery

Sometimes it's easier not to try to understand people. — Joan Lowery Nixon

She shifted, bringing them closer. The blanket slipped down to her waist, revealing a blue tee shirt that shouldn't have been sexy, but fit her curves like a second skin and molded her perfect breasts. Their breath mingled. The air charged around them. Their gazes met and locked.
Then Lucas sealed his fate and dropped his gaze to her parted lips.
"I don't want to be alone tonight," she whispered. — Jennifer Lowery

It's interesting to me that killing damages the image of God when it's done by a person, but it doesn't damage it when it's done by the state. — Joseph Lowery

Dates are convenient hooks on which we can hang our memories of events. But history is all about people - people like you and me who did things to change the world. — Joan Lowery Nixon