Plaatjies Quotes & Sayings

Out of our first century of national life we evolved the ethical principle that it was not right or just that an honest and industrious man should live and die in misery. He was entitled to some degree of sympathy and security. Our conscience declared against the honest workman's becoming a pauper, but our eyes told us that he very often did. — Frances Perkins

The only hope lies in the fact that the American people - like people everywhere - are basically decent people with common sense. — Howard Zinn

But I think people see 'Wallace and Gromit' as something akin to an elderly couple. These two know each other so well. Nothing can split them apart. — Nick Park

Theater going is a communal act, movie going a solitary one. — Robert Brustein

Innovators are pioneers, great problem-solvers; and creators of a better context. — Pearl Zhu

I had always loved Noah. It was something I did naturally, without thinking, like breathing — Alison G. Bailey

As much as I'd like to think and as much as people mistakenly think my audience is blue collar people in the heart of America, my audience is basically, in the States, an NPR audience. I play college towns in the summer because that's who comes to see me. — Steve Earle

There's a natural tendency to sanitize and polish any historical icon whether it be George Washington chopping down the cherry tree or Martin Luther King saying, "I have a dream." — Taylor Branch