St Josephine Quotes & Sayings

Friends, to me for years St. Louis represented a city of fear ... humiliation ... misery and terror ... A city where in the eyes of the white man a Negro should know his place and had better stay in it. — Josephine Baker

We need to feel the cheer and inspiration of meeting each other, we need to gain the courage and fresh life that comes from the mingling of congenial souls, of those working for the same ends. — Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin

If laws are unjust, they must be continually broken until they are altered. — Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin

[W]e need to talk over not only those things which are of vital importance to us as women, but also the things that are of especial interest to us as colored women. — Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin

My love, I'd volunteer to live a thousand lives if I got to spend any part of them with you. — Debra Anastasia

Like most citizens of popular and international urban centres, I don't take advantage of the cultural opportunities. Perhaps this comes from growing up in suburbia. Home is where you eat, sleep, read, watch television and ignore your parents. It is not where you go to the ballet and then attend a heated panel discussion about it afterwards. — Sloane Crosley

At the end, what matters is the strength of the string - not the wealth and power of the dining party. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

We are justified in believing that the success of this movement for equality of the sexes means more progress toward equality of the races. — Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin

Too long have we been silent under unjust and unholy charges; we cannot expect to have them removed until we disprove them through ourselves. — Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin

But besides, I haven't the time, I'm too busy trying to see that you don't lose any of the money I married you for. — Dashiell Hammett

Success was one of my weakest points. I was so ill-prepared for it. I never appreciated within myself the gift of success. I never accepted it. People gave me so much momentum and love, and people really got my music, but I didn't accept it. That's probably one of my biggest regrets. — Sophie B. Hawkins

Hmmmm. But what do the dead say? Did — Dalton Trumbo

Love is the very foundation, beauty and fulfillment of life. If we dive deep enough into ourselves, we will find that the one thread of universal love ties all beings together. As this awareness dawns within us, peace alone will reign. — Mata Amritanandamayi

I ran away from St. Louis, and then I ran away from the United States, because of that terror of discrimination. — Josephine Baker

I firmly believe that there is a God. I firmly believe that there is a Heaven. And I firmly believe that if you go there, it's gonna be great. — Tommy Lasorda

I remember when Lindbergh arrived in Paris, I was one of the first persons to know about his landing, because as the French people know that I was born in St. Louis, thinking I would be very proud to announce it to the public, they gave me the news first. I was then starring in the 'Folies Bergere.' — Josephine Baker

We must permeate the stores with creativity and offer service when and to the degree the customer wants it. Of course, it means offering all the omni bells and whistles they want, like in-store pickup, same-day delivery, and mobile point of sale, and all of this must be done every hour of every day the store is open. — Richard Hayne

Look at television and how comparatively few minorities are out there. — Gedde Watanabe

I ran away from home. I ran away from St. Louis, and then I ran away from the United States of America, because of that terror of discrimination, that horrible beast which paralyzes one's very soul and body. — Josephine Baker

The hate directed against the colored people here in St. Louis has always given me a sad feeling because when I was a little girl I remember the horror of the East St. Louis race riot. — Josephine Baker

Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies. — Baltasar Gracian

All over America there is to be found a large and growing class of earnest, intelligent, progressive colored women ... many of them warped and cramped for lack of opportunity, not only to do more but to be more. — Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin

I didn't tell her the first part, which was this: Once upon a time, before being a new wolf tied up in the back of a Tahoe, before Club Josephine, before NARKOTIKA, there was a boy named Cole St. Clair, and he could do anything. And the weight of that possibility was so unbearable that he crushed himself before it had a chance to. — Maggie Stiefvater