Scranton Pa Quotes & Sayings

More African American adults are under correctional control today - in prison or jail, on probation or parole - than were enslaved in 1850, a decade before the Civil War began.7 The mass incarceration of people of color is a big part of the reason that a black child born today is less likely to be raised by both parents than a black child born during slavery.8 The absence of black fathers from families across America is not simply a function of laziness, immaturity, or too much time watching Sports Center. Thousands of black men have disappeared into prisons and jails, locked away for drug crimes that are largely ignored when committed by whites. — Michelle Alexander

A barbarian is not aware that he is a barbarian. — Jack Vance

The word NO, carries a lot more meaning when spoken by a parent who also knows how to say yes. — Joyce Maynard

Dear Posterity, If you have not become more just, more peaceful, and in general more sensible ... then may the Devil take you! — Albert Einstein

I'm not afraid of dying. Pieces of me die all the time. — Sage Francis

The decide word is so powerful. It's amazing what you can do once you decide to do it. — Lorii Myers

Free speech is meaningless unless it tolerates the speech that we hate. — Henry Hyde

In high school I was a jazz nerd, listened to a lot of Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk and stuff like that. Maybe in Harry Pussy I was listening to more horn players. — Bill Orcutt