James H. Cone quote: "Anger and humor are like the left and right arm. They complement each other. Anger empowers the poor to declare their uncompromising opposition to oppression, and humor prevents them from being consumed by their fury."

Truth knows no color; it appeals to intelligence.
JAMES CONE

The Challenge of Race
JAMES CONE

To sing about freedom and to pray for its coming is not enough. Freedom must be actualized in histor...
JAMES CONE

Testimony is an integral part of the Black religious tradition. It is the occasion where the believe...
JAMES CONE

Anger and humor are like the left and right arm. They complement each other. Anger empowers the poor...
JAMES CONE

Advertising is what you do when you can't go see somebody. That's all it is.
FAIRFAX CONE

The inventory goes down the elevator every night.
FAIRFAX CONE

There is no such thing as a Mass Mind. The Mass Audience is made up of individuals, and good adverti...
FAIRFAX CONE

We charted individual pitches by hand, so I had that data from game to game, but from year to year, ...
DAVID CONE

The owners said that they wanted the salary cap and refused to promise that they would abide by the ...
DAVID CONE

It really gets into your system. All baseball players have this internal clock around February when ...
DAVID CONE

A major league pitching coach is a really difficult job. It takes a big commitment in terms of time,...
DAVID CONE

My buddy David Wells is a big motorcycle guy, so when I go visit him in San Diego, he takes me out o...
DAVID CONE

Clemens, Seaver, Gibson, Maddux - I just don't see myself in that category. I'm flattered th...
DAVID CONE

I can't remember a major league game where I could make eye contact with my dad. I kept wonderin...
DAVID CONE

I'm a finesse pitcher without the finesse.
DAVID CONE

I think I rushed and I needed more time with my comeback. I needed more time to get my legs stronger...
DAVID CONE

Rachel is the outspoken leader on this team. She's a leader on the deck and she's always competitive...
DAN CONE

I like to think of the world's greatest athlete coming up to bat against me - Tiger Woods, Wayne...
DAVID CONE

Advertising is what you do when you can't go see somebody. That's all it is.
FAIRFAX CONE

I love being out there on the mound with the ball in my hand. I can control the game. I'm out th...
DAVID CONE

I swear it was the free throws.
TIM CONE

She has a great future ahead of her. She's very explosive in the water and she works very hard.
DAN CONE

I was a professional baseball player from the time I was drafted out of high school in 1981 until th...
DAVID CONE

I have far too many skeletons in my closet to think about any sort of serious mention of public offi...
DAVID CONE

What Jessica and everyone else did at GMC race was one of the biggest highlights for me as a coach. ...
DAN CONE

I think our swimmers in Middlesex County are definitely getting stronger and stronger every year. Yo...
DAN CONE

Caitlin is a girl who has got such a remarkable inner drive that she has the desire to win every tim...
DAN CONE

Jessica did a great job all year. She brought tremendous leadership to the team. She's one of your q...
DAN CONE

Caitlin swam really well this weekend. The Meet of Champions should give her an idea of where she'll...
DAN CONE

She did a great job leading the team all season long. Her performances in the water this week really...
DAN CONE

We just kind of relied on written scouting reports through the eighties and even the early nineties....
DAVID CONE

I guess it kind of stemmed from my father. He was a union guy working for the meat plant down in Kan...
DAVID CONE

He told me he could get one more person in school, but I would have to come on the GI Bill. I did, a...
FRED CONE

I think he's showing more leadership and more maturity. I think he'll be a smarter runner.
FRED CONE

One thing I remember is we saw the back of his jersey all day. He ran all over the field all day.
FRED CONE

I love to pitch so much.
DAVID CONE

I think the changeup has become more popular recently by pitchers like Pedro Martinez and the succes...
DAVID CONE

Clemens and Maddux have defined our era, I believe. And Randy Johnson is right behind them and still...
DAVID CONE

With one decision, Judge Sotomayor changed the entire dispute. Her ruling rescued the 1995 baseball ...
DAVID CONE

We played hard and we partied hard. I'm not ashamed of that. I was no angel - I did some things ...
DAVID CONE

Part of what makes you great as a young player can hurt you at the end of your career, in terms of y...
DAVID CONE

Creating effective sales compensation plans is part art and part science. One size doesn't fit all, ...
JUDITH CONE

Though most university-level entrepreneurship programs have some basic features in common, there is ...
JUDITH CONE

By agreeing on the terms and conditions of ownership and succession early on in the evolution of an ...
JUDITH CONE

To sell successfully into the financial services marketplace, technology software or services sales ...
KAREN CONE

Consumers of financial products and services, whether retail or commercial, today face an overwhelmi...
KAREN CONE

We find it hard to believe that other people's thoughts are as silly as our own, but they probably a...
JAMES H. ROBINSON

We have unprecedented conditions to deal with and novel adjustments to make -- there can be no doubt...
JAMES H. ROBINSON

Our goal, simply stated, is to be the best.
JAMES H. ROBINSON

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already d...
JAMES H. ROBINSON

Bureaucrats are the only people in the world who can say absolutely nothing and mean it.
JAMES H BOREN

The balance of nature is reached when heating the house costs as much as going south for the winte...
JAMES H. MCGAVRAN

When in doubt, mumble; when in trouble, delegate; when in charge, ponder.
JAMES H. BOREN

The very mudsills of society. . . . We call them slaves. . . . But I will not characterize that cla...
JAMES H. HAMMOND

Cotton is King.
JAMES H. HAMMOND

Measurement is the first step that leads to control and eventually to improvement. If you can’t me...
H. JAMES HARRINGTON

A dress that zips up the back will bring a husband and wife together.
JAMES H. BOREN

I got the bill for my surgery. Now I know what those doctors were wearing masks for.
JAMES H. BOREN

One cannot but wonder at this constantly recurring phrase getting something for nothing, as if it we...
JAMES H. ROBINSON

It is hard to look up to a leader who keeps his ear to the ground.
JAMES H. BOREN

Stanford did a lot for me, and I've always felt indebted. It was a lenient and productive enviro...
JAMES H. CLARK

Entrepreneurship is the key to emerging technologies.
JAMES H. CLARK

Ibotta represents the future of how mobile technology will be used to drive both in-store and online...
JAMES H. CLARK

My wife's an Australian and a very competitive lady, and she wants to sail in Sydney-Hobart. I s...
JAMES H. CLARK

Bind her, grind her, burn her with fire, Cast her ashes into the sea,-- She shall escape, she ...
HELEN GRAY CONE

A song of hate is a song of Hell; Some there be who sing it well. Let them sing it loud and lo...
HELEN GRAY CONE

Our deep respect for the land and its harvest is the legacy of generations of farmers who put food o...
JAMES H. DOUGLAS, JR.

A good job is more than just a paycheck. A good job fosters independence and discipline, and contrib...
JAMES H. DOUGLAS, JR.

I am often reminded that the wellspring of Vermont liberty flows from Main Street, not State Street.
JAMES H. DOUGLAS, JR.

By virtue of my traditions, and my community, I worked hard to ensure that I was accepted as part of...
JAMES H. DOUGLAS, JR.

Our forbears worked hard this difficult land, and their reward was the freedom and independence of s...
JAMES H. DOUGLAS, JR.

Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.
H.

Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.
H.

Never deprive someone of hope; it may be all they have.
H.

Find a job you like and you add five days to every week.
H.

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road...
H.

Furious activity is no substitute for understanding.
H H WILLIAMS

There is nothing in Christianity or Buddhism that quite matches the sympathetic unselfishness of an ...
H. H. MUNRO

A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation.
H. H. MUNRO

He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death.
H. H. MUNRO

Furious activity is no substitute for understanding.
H. H. WILLIAMS

Find yourself a cup; the teapot is behind you. Now tell me about hundreds of things.
H. H. MUNRO

The cook was a good cook, as cooks go; and as cooks go she went
H. H. MUNRO

A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation.
H. H. MUNRO

All decent people live beyond their incomes; those who aren't respectable live beyond other people's...
H. H. MUNRO

Women and elephants never forget an injury
H. H. MUNRO

The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happene...
H. H. MUNRO

I always say beauty is only sin deep.
H. H. MUNRO

I love Americans, but not when they try to talk French. What a blessing it is that they never try to...
H. H. MUNRO

A woman who takes her husband about with her everywhere is like a cat that goes on playing with a mo...
H. H. MUNRO

Confront a child, a puppy, and a kitten with a sudden danger; the child will turn instinctively for ...
H. H. MUNRO

Great Socialist statesmen aren't made, they're stillborn
H. H. MUNRO

I think she must have been very strictly brought up, she's so desperately anxious to do the wrong th...
H. H. MUNRO

We all know that Prime Ministers are wedded to the truth, but like other wedded couples they sometim...
H. H. MUNRO

The young have aspirations that will never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never ha...
H. H. MUNRO

His socks compelled one's attention without losing one's respect
H. H. MUNRO

The people of Crete unfortunately make more history than they can consume locally
H. H. MUNRO

People yield more consideration to a mutilated mealtime or a broken night's rest than ever they woul...
H. H. MUNRO

In baiting a mouse-trap with cheese, always leave room for the mouse
H. H. MUNRO

Addresses are given to us to conceal our whereabouts.
H. H. MUNRO

If your heart is full, you don't feel that hungry.
H. H. SWAMI TEJOMAYANANDA

Some are destined to succeed, some are determined to succeed.
H. H. SWAMI TEJOMAYANANDA

An Altar in life, alters our life.
H. H. SWAMI TEJOMAYANANDA

Important things are not things.
H. H. SWAMI TEJOMAYANANDA

The softest pillow is a clean conscience.
H. H. SWAMI TEJOMAYANANDA

Respect, don't suspect.
H. H. SWAMI TEJOMAYANANDA

If we want to realize our dreams, we have to stay awake.
H. H. SWAMI TEJOMAYANANDA

A narrow vision is divisive, a broad vision expansive. But a divine vision is all-inclusive.
H. H. SWAMI TEJOMAYANANDA

Success is a self-fulfilling prophecy.
H. H. SWAMI TEJOMAYANANDA

Be tender towards the fault of others, be strict towards your own.
H. H. SWAMI TEJOMAYANANDA

People travel in the way of least resistance, by choosing one's environment, one will travel in a pa...
H. JANICKI

An animal will always look for a person's intentions by looking them right in the eyes.
H. POWERS

A man is too apt to forget that in this world he cannot have everything. A choice is all that is le...
H MATHEWS

Keep high aspirations, moderate expectations and small needs.
H. STEIN

The really idle man gets nowhere; the perpetually busy man does not get much further.
H. OGILVIE

If .. 'Ifs and buts' were candy and nuts...oh, what a party we would have.
H. BERGH

I'm friends with Criss Angel. Criss has offered me a million times to go downstairs and see the ...
TRIPLE H

A man is too apt to forget that in this world he cannot have everything. A choice is all that is lef...
H. MATHEWS

Money is the grease that lubricates the engine of life. Too much won't take you further, but with to...
H ROSANO

The most boring and fruitless conversations are those where they all agree with you
H ROSANO

A book understood fits into one page
H ROSANO

what separates humans from animals is the ability to think beyond basic instincts. And yet, some ref...
H ROSANO

Corporate finance is more about cosmetics than it is to fitness
H ROSANO

I love steakhouses. When I'm in Chicago, I know there's a Gibsons that's open late. 13 C...
TRIPLE H

It kills me to know that to save your soul, i must break your heart.
H WEISS

Our spirits are connected honey. Wrapped in firsts of gnarled heartache. But I promise not to let go...
ALFA H

I never needed a Man. I needed a Viking. I needed someone who wasn't afraid of my strengths, or of m...
ALFA H

They beg you for transparency. Yet when you give them a peek behind the curtain shrouding your hear,...
ALFA H

However this life is unbalanced
MARK H

Dear books, please take me to the places where my feet can't take me.
H. MIDORIKAWA

Be careful with those promises who whisper while wooing and loving someone. There are those that tak...
ALFA H

Two armies that fight each other is like one large army that commits suicide.
H. BARBUSSE

The reward of a teacher is the smiles of today and yesterday, the grateful hearts of those young sou...
H GREYLING

I have waltzed with wolves and howled at the moon. But my heart will always remember the slow-dance ...
ALFA H

How to raise sons who respect women:
Never give them the opportunity to see you disrespect your...
ALFA H

So... Dell had been a good boy with bad friends. I knew this – I used to be one of them. I’d alw...
H. ALAZHAR

If all your peers understand what you've done, it's not creative.
H. HEIMLICH

Globalization making all economics behave like a flock of birds
H ROSANO

Breathe to clear the mind and body too of impulsiveness.
BATHILDA H.

Her mind is a mess, and she has no intention of cleaning today.
ALFA H

I am often asked what made me the way I am. And my answer is always this: I've always been me. It ju...
ALFA H

I don't want comfortable. My heart is not a recliner.
ALFA H

She's fire...but she will not burn you. She knows all too well how it feels to live with ashes.
ALFA H

I get meals when I can, or I have protein shakes.
TRIPLE H

'Rocky' is a movie that just happens to be about boxing. It's really about characters an...
TRIPLE H

I have no doubt that Taylor Swift will call one day after suffering writers block: "Alfa, I was told...
ALFA H

Being on the road is no excuse for having a poor diet. I don't like fast food, but if I have to,...
TRIPLE H

Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.
H. SCHACHTEL

How I wish I only felt using my hands and not with my whole heart.
ALFA H

I don't compete against other women. To uplift others means I'm never looking down on them. I applau...
ALFA H

There is lonely, and there is alone time. I have found that both have etched character upon my soul.
ALFA H

Aspire to never have a boss.
H. MURRAY

There is a leap of faith with any conclusion the mind can conceive.
H. MORTARA

Don't waste time learning the "tricks of the trade." Instead, learn the trade.
JAMES CHARLTON AND H. JACKSON BROWN

It was this situation that led mathematician Chris Hauert and his colleagues to consider another pos...
CHRISTAKIS NICHOLAS A FOWLER JAMES H

Richie Rich, Keoki, Amanda LaPore are really successful. They've joined the culture at large.
JAMES ST. JAMES

I came to NYU to study experimental theater. Shortly thereafter, I was featured in a 'Newsweek&#...
JAMES ST. JAMES

The true nature of evil is that it is so very casual.
JAMES ST. JAMES

Why, oh why, must we always go through pigs to get our truffles?
JAMES ST. JAMES

I would go to the all-night grocery store and pretend that I was at Studio 54 because it was the onl...
JAMES ST. JAMES

We danced on the lip of the volcano, so to speak. We were young, too. And New York was still a big, ...
JAMES ST. JAMES

I'll always be a party monster. I'll always love getting dressed up.
JAMES ST. JAMES

As for my identity within the context of New York nightlife? I left in the '90s, so I'm not ...
JAMES ST. JAMES

I was definitely the oddball freak show in school.
JAMES ST. JAMES

When my trust fund ran out, I panicked. I have a lot of admiration for the kids who come to the big ...
JAMES ST. JAMES

I think that when you are a teenager, it's the smartest you will ever be in your life. Teenagers...
JAMES ST. JAMES

Watch out for the average--they're usually hiding something big.
JAMES ST. JAMES

There are people who have too much space between their ears, and given the time, do nothing but free...
JAMES ST. JAMES

Turn your scars into stars.
ROBERT H. SCHULLER

Honor is simply the morality of superior men.
H. L. MENCKEN

A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.
ARNOLD H. GLASOW

We call ourselves a dog's 'master' - but who ever dared to call himself the 'master&...
H. P. LOVECRAFT

Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out of Para...
W. H. AUDEN

North Carolina was where you could have Thanksgiving and feel like it was Thanksgiving.
DAVID H. MURDOCK

A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married.
H. L. MENCKEN

A consultant is someone who saves his client almost enough to pay his fee.
ARNOLD H. GLASOW

Improvement begins with I.
ARNOLD H. GLASOW

Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.
ARNOLD H. GLASOW

Praise does wonders for our sense of hearing.
ARNOLD H. GLASOW

What the country needs are a few labor-making inventions.
ARNOLD H. GLASOW

Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative.
H. G. WELLS

There is always an easy solution to every problem - neat, plausible, and wrong.
H. L. MENCKEN

Never bring the problem solving stage into the decision making stage. Otherwise, you surrender yours...
ROBERT H. SCHULLER

It was the rainbow gave thee birth, and left thee all her lovely hues.
W. H. DAVIES

Bunch together a group of people deliberately chosen for strong religious feelings, and you have a p...
H. P. LOVECRAFT

The process of delving into the black abyss is to me the keenest form of fascination.
H. P. LOVECRAFT

We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant...
H. P. LOVECRAFT

Blue, green, grey, white, or black; smooth, ruffled, or mountainous; that ocean is not silent.
H. P. LOVECRAFT

Yearning for the seemingly impossible is the path to human progress.
BRYANT H. MCGILL

Materialism is an identity crisis.
BRYANT H. MCGILL

No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy.
BRYANT H. MCGILL

Take without forgetting, and give without remembering.
BRYANT H. MCGILL

Within the hearts men, loyalty and consideration are esteemed greater than success.
BRYANT H. MCGILL

Enthusiasm is the energy and force that builds literal momentum of the human soul and mind.
BRYANT H. MCGILL

Do you want to know what you are? You are a creator. At every moment you are creating. The real ques...
BRYANT H. MCGILL

Where wise actions are the fruit of life, wise discourse is the pollination.
BRYANT H. MCGILL

Never expect a loan to a friend to be paid back if you want to keep that friend.
BRYANT H. MCGILL

Seek goodness and be goodness. Seek beauty and be beauty. Seek love and be love.
BRYANT H. MCGILL

Ambition is not what a man would do, but what a man does, for ambition without action is fantasy.
BRYANT H. MCGILL

Anger and humor are like the left and right arm. They complement each other. Anger empowers the poor to declare their uncompromising opposition to oppression, and humor prevents them from being consumed by their fury.

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Anger and humor are like the left and right arm. They complement each other. Anger empowers the poor to declare their uncompromising opposition to oppression, and humor prevents them from being consumed by their fury.

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