Shirley Sherrod Quotes & Sayings

When Olivia leaves the room, I move to follow, but Franny steps into my path.

"Oh no, you stay here."

"Simon," I say with a scowl, "collect your wife before I say something I'll regret."

But Franny just tilts her head, appraising me. "I used to think you were a selfish bastard, but I'm starting to believe you're just a fool. A double-damned idiot. I'm not sure which is worse."

"Then I guess it's good that I don't give a turtle's arse-crack about your opinion of me. — Emma Chase

Going all the way back to Jeremiah Wright and Tavis Smiley and Van Jones and even Shirley Sherrod and maybe even Maxine Waters and Charles Rangel. We're going to see what his [Barack Obama] response is. — Cornel West

It is a dangerous time to be a black woman in America. It's a time when we are not safe in the streets or at home or at school or at work and nobody seems to be able to do anything about it. Nobody. Not us. Not our mommas. Not the police. Not the people we elected to look out for our interests. Nobody. We're just out here. (p.53) — Pearl Cleage

She had pictured suicide as a final statement, a fuck you to the people who hadn't understood how hard it was for her to be the Josie they wanted her to be. — Jodi Picoult

While we condone the deaths and suffering of our own, we never give a second thought to the death and suffering caused by our people. — Raj

I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken. — Oliver Cromwell

For me, I am a really tall woman, and I am really tall in heels, and I feel bigger, and I like being bigger. I think I was a king in a past life. — Alysia Reiner

I'm not sure we need half a billion dollars for women's health issues. — Jeb Bush

I love Scotland; I love the NHS. I was born into the NHS; I grew up in the NHS. My family grew up in the NHS. — Gordon Brown

Shirley Sherrod seems like a good and dedicated person. — Henry Rollins

I will not enter into a public feud with Madame Callas, since I am well aware that she has considerably greater competence and experience at that kind of thing than I have. — Rudolf Bing

Every season has its own art and the art of autumn is to bewitch the people! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

I can speak four dialects, but none of them is fairy language. — Zen Cho

Sure, okay, enjoy World Book Day but celebrating reading one day a year is like "getting some" only on Valentine's Day. — Harlan Coben

Kissing's a lot like laughing. If the joke's funny, it doesn't matter how long it's been since you last heard one. — Maggie Stiefvater