Obomsawin Quotes & Sayings

If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he entitled to happiness? — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

We can build an economy that does not destroy its natural support systems, a global community where the basic needs of all the Earth's people are satisfied, and a world that will allow us to think of ourselves as civilized. This is entirely doable. — Lester R. Brown

We will never-and I mean never-turn our backs on our employees. — Howard Schultz

Racism and prejudice exist there [at the National Film Board] like anywhere else. My history at the Board has not been easy. It's been a long walk. — Alanis Obomsawin

Documentary film is the one place that our people can speak for themselves. I feel that the documentaries that I've been working on have been very valuable for the people, for our people to look at ourselves, at the situations, really facing it, and through that being able to make changes that really count for the future of our children to come. — Alanis Obomsawin

My father had a big brick cell phone, before anyone had a cell phone, because he was really just into that kind of thing - communication devices. I grew up between my father's laboratory and my mother's library. — Rashid Johnson

We can reproduce within our own minds the way that the world is put together for other people. This is the extraordinary privilege and adventure of anthropology. — Marshall Sahlins

Joseph Obomsawin, the elder I lived with there, says that those who turn to animals do so because humans have let them down. — Jodi Picoult

Army life was rough. Would you believe it, they actually wanted me to pitch three times a week. — Whitey Ford

Communists have no respect for people, only for positions. — E.L. Doctorow

So much history can be lost if no one tells the story
so that's what I do. I tell the stories. This is my way of fighting for social change. — Alanis Obomsawin

Waban-aki: People from where the sun rises. — Alanis Obomsawin

People, by and large, would rather be talking than listening. — Mike Nichols

The hermit, without access to the news of the day, owes it to himself to be up to date on the doings of ancient Rome. — Sylvain Tesson

You can always tell when someone's lying to you, because they're male ... — Caroline Rhea

It's the 'aloha spirit'."
"And you already got leid."
...
"He means the flowers," Ellie said with a snort. — Ophelia London

The [Gila River area is] so utterly desolate, desert, and Godforsaken, that Kit Carson says a wolf could not make his living upon it." | U.S. Representative THOMAS HART BENTON addressing the house of representatives, June 26, 1854 — Margot Mifflin

We should not expect people to be good, but should make it impossible for them to be bad. — Lin Yutang

Parrots mimic their owners. Their owners consider that a sign of intelligence. — Marty Rubin