Home / Quotes / Quote by Richard Trumka

Quote by Richard Trumka

“When the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act, Sarah Palin tweeted, 'Obama lies; freedom dies.' She's referring, I guess, to the freedom to go without health care when you're sick.”

Quote by Richard Trumka

Author

Richard Trumka (born July 24, 1949) was an American labor leader who served as president of the AFL-CIO, the largest federation of unions in the United States. Born into a coal mining family in Pennsylvania, he began working in mines before becoming a union activist. He was known for his unwavering advocacy for workers' rights, including better wages, safer working conditions, and stronger labor laws. His career spanned decades, making him a pivotal figure in modern American labor movement. more

You May Also Like

“Honesty and authenticity are a big deal for me.”

Bigs Deals Honesty Authenticity Big Deal

Author:Scarlett Thomas

“I hate stereotypes and I hate cliche.”

Hate I Hate Stereotype Cliche

Author:Scarlett Thomas

“I'm a great believer in gathering together all your obsessions and seeing if you can make a novel out of them.”

Ifs Writing Together Novel Seeing Believer Obsession Gathering Gathering Together

Author:Scarlett Thomas

“My novels are high concept. I guess big ideas interest me more than, say, the minutiae of domestic life.”

Ideas Bigs Interest Novel Concepts Big Ideas Domestic Life Minutiae

Author:Scarlett Thomas

“Everything I know I imagine everyone else knows as well. And then everything that everyone else knows I imagine they know on top of what I know, so I'm constantly anxious about what everyone else knows.”

Knows Wells Imagine Anxious

Author:Scarlett Thomas

“I think predictability is built into any good novel in some way - you begin reading Anna Karenina and you know pretty much what's going to happen at the end. But that doesn't mean you know what's going to happen in the middle. For me, it's that sense of what happens in the middle that's important.”

Thinking Knows Way Mean Important Ends Happens Reading Novel Middle Built Anna Predictability

Author:Scarlett Thomas

“I believe in God - not in a Catholic God; there is no Catholic God. There is God, and I believe in Jesus Christ, his incarnation. Jesus is my teacher and my pastor, but God, the Father, Abba, is the light and the Creator. This is my Being.”

Believe Light Father Jesus I Believe Christ Teacher Jesus Christ Catholic Creator I Believe In Believe In God Pastor Incarnation I Believe In God Abba

Author:Pope Francis

“In some ways I'm a frustrated scientist or mathematician. The amount of times I've thought I'd go back to university and do theoretical physics because I like the big questions, but really I know now that that's not quite me. What's me is to do it in novels.”

Knows Way Bigs Novel Amount Scientist University Physics Frustrated Mathematician Theoretical Big Questions Theoretical Physics

Author:Scarlett Thomas

“It's not even a question of whether the universe is meaningful or meaningless. It's in what way could it be meaningful, or in what way, if it was meaningful, could that be even more meaningless than normal meaninglessness?”

Ifs Way Universe Normal Meaningful Meaningless Meaninglessness

Author:Scarlett Thomas

“You can't do science in a novel, but you can do philosophy. Or, if you're really lucky, you can manage to pose a question in such a way that other people will take it on.”

People Ifs Way Philosophy Can Do Novel Lucky Manage Lucky You

Author:Scarlett Thomas