Ricky Gutierrez Quotes & Sayings

Despite of it all, the Negro remains ... cool, strong, imperturbable, and cheerful. — Frederick Douglass

Calling a child "rebellious" has the equivalent effect of calling a child that is struggling in school "stupid." It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. — Tim Kimmel

Lots of people there seemed to be in denial, in absolute denial, of death - everybody's pretending that death doesn't happen in L.A.; if you do enough exercise and take enough wheatgrass and have your pill every day, you might not die. — Emily Mortimer

Caste is not a physical object like a wall of bricks or a line of barbed wire which prevents the Hindus from co-mingling and which has, therefore, to be pulled down. Caste is a notion; it is a state of the mind. — B.R. Ambedkar

My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires. — Beverly Sills

12% of people with glasses wear them as an attempt to see better. 88% of people with glasses wear them as an attempt to appear smarter. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

The wise man is glad to be instructed, but a self-sufficient fool falls flat on his face. — Anonymous

The very quality of books to read and facts to master with which the twentieth-century man is confronted encourages him to think broadly and superficially about much, but hinders him from thinking deeply and thoroughly about anything. — J.I. Packer

This quake, tsunami and the nuclear accident are the biggest crises for Japan [in decades] ... We will continue to handle it in a state of maximum alert. — Naoto Kan