“I think when Aristotle said that man is a political animal, he was really saying that man is a pack animal.” Quote by Toby Barlow
“In point of fact, 'Simpson-Bowles' has become a symbol, or SimBowl, rather than an actual plan, political shorthand for the process of long-term deficit reduction.” LongFactsPoliticalProcessTermPlansSymbolsLong TermDeficitReductionShorthand Author:Joe Klein
“People see your reviews sometimes, and it's so good that they think I wrote it. And I'm like, "OK, yeah, I wrote it. And I own the company that put it out."” PeopleThinkingSometimes Author:Lupe Fiasco
“We on the internet. That's such a small community. We think we're so huge. If you went up to people on the street and asked them about it, they'd probably be like, "You had a album coming out?" Let alone it leaked.” PeopleThinkingCommunityLike YouInternet Author:Lupe Fiasco
“There are still songs that I'm writing. I like to write. I like to take a long time to do my songs, not even the actual writing process, but conceptualizing, getting into the songs. That's why I stopped doing mixtapes.” WritingLongSongWriting Process Author:Lupe Fiasco
“To me, you can't win. You can't win. There's a war in Iraq; there's no way that they're ending that. The war in Afghanistan is still going on. There's no way that's going to end anytime soon. You can complain about it, you can throw rocks at it, but you really have to come to the conclusion that this is a really twisted place sometimes and some stuff you're not going to win.” WarSometimesWinningComplainingConclusionAfghanistanTwisted Author:Lupe Fiasco
“World is not designed for you to win; it's designed to be played. It's designed for you to play your position until a certain point, when you get a chance to actually do some good, make a statement, get on your soapbox and say something.” WorldWinningChance Author:Lupe Fiasco
“America is not all white people. It's not all black people. It's not all Mexican people. We together, and we all relate on certain levels, so if you actually scaring people away, they can't relate to what you're saying.” PeopleTogetherBlackBlack PeopleMexican Author:Lupe Fiasco
“I have people who want to pull me into specific projects in the community based on my music and on the mixtapes. It's like, it's the truth but I'm not trying to preach to you. Because who am I to say what's really right or wrong, or whether what I say is going to change anything? I don't take it too seriously; it's really whimsical.” PeopleTryingCommunityWhimsical Author:Lupe Fiasco
“China is soon to be probably the most powerful nation in the world, but they only making like $10,000 a year, and that's doing it. They're balling on $10,000 a year, and this is the strongest nation? But it's a billion people. The way it breaks down, if you really look at it, it's still built on the poor, on the backs of hundreds of millions of destitute, impoverished farmers that you'll never see. You just see Shanghai and you see Hong Kong.” PeopleWorldPoorPowerfulBreakMost PowerfulFarmersBreaking Down Author:Lupe Fiasco