“one pities most those who loved, and still died. Only those who love, dread death.” Quote by Craig L. Rice
“Bad enough to make mistakes, without going ahead and marrying them.” EnoughMistakeMarriageMaking MistakesMarrying Author:Craig L. Rice
“It is less difficult to look beyond ... and foretell the future, than to look back and remember what has already gone before.” LooksRememberDifficultGoneAlready Gone Author:Craig L. Rice
“the Empire State Building was tall. So what? Just proved New York builders didn't know when to stop at a good story.” KnowsStatesStoriesNew YorkBuildingEmpiresTallGood StoryBuilderEmpire State BuildingEmpire State Author:Craig L. Rice
“it's been my experience that while impossible things happen frequently, improbable ones never do.” HappensImpossibleThings HappenImprobableImpossible Things Author:Craig L. Rice
“It is possible to wish so greatly for the unattained that in time you believe it has been won - indeed, you can even remember the winning of it.” ThinkingBelieveHas BeensRememberWinningWishWishful Thinking Author:Craig L. Rice
“... the world was beautiful, but nobody looked at it except tourists. ... a kind of perfection of existence was always close at hand, and no one reached for it.” WorldKindHandsBeautifulExistencePerfectionTourists Author:Craig L. Rice
“Movements are not radical. Movements are the American way. A small group of abolitionists writing and speaking eventually led to the end of slavery. A few stirred-up women brought about women's voting. The Populist movement, the Progressive movement, the anti-Vietnam War movement, the women's movement - the examples go on and on of 'little people' getting together and telling the truth about their lives. They made our government act.” PeopleWayWritingLittlesMadeWarEndsGovernmentTogetherGroupsExampleMovementGoes OnSlaveryActivismRadicalVotingTelling The TruthProgressiveVietnamSocial ChangeVietnam WarSmall GroupsPopulistAbolitionistProgressive MovementAnti Vietnam War Author:Unita Blackwell
“Change depends on people knowing the truth. Change depends on people speaking that truth out loud. That's what movements do. Movements educate people to the truth. They pass along information and ideas that many others do not know, and they cause them to ask questions, to challenge their own long-held beliefs. ... Movements are the way ordinary people get more freedom and justice. Movements are how we keep a check on power and those who abuse it.” PeopleKnowsWayLongIdeasAsksBeliefCausesChallengesJusticeKnowingInformationMovementDependsOrdinaryAbuseActivismChecksLoudEducateSocial ChangeOrdinary PeopleKnowing The Truth Author:Unita Blackwell
“To make a small town achieve its potential, you need everybody. When a blind person carries a crippled person who can see, both of them get where they're going.” NeedsPersonsAchieveTownsBlindUnityCarrieCooperationSmall TownCrippledBlind Person Author:Unita Blackwell