“The King had been a good friend of the government and the people of South Africa and we all mourn his passing with our brothers and sisters in Saudi Arabia.” PeopleGovernmentBrotherKingsSouthPassingPassingsSouth AfricaGood FriendBrothers And SistersMournArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudis Author:Thabo Mbeki
“Such is professional jealousy; a scientist will never show any kindness for a theory which he did not start himself. There is no feeling of brotherhood among these people. Indeed, they always resent it when I call them brother. To show how far their ungenerosity can carry them, I will state that I offered to let Prof. H--y publish my great theory as his own discovery; I even begged him to do it; I even proposed to print it myself as his theory. Instead of thanking me, he said that if I tried to fasten that theory on him he would sue me for slander.” PeopleIfsSaidStatesShowsFeelingsKindnessBrotherTheoryDiscoveryScientistPrintBrotherhoodPublishResentSlander Author:Mark Twain
“People are looking at possibly doing some documentaries and also we have the first four films that will stay out there for the years to come. So, yeah, Sherwood Pictures will be around and my brother and I are certainly supporters of that. We can't wait to see what God does not only locally there at the church but what he has for us down the road as well.” PeopleYearsFirstsWellsDoeFilmWaitingChurchFourBrotherYeahMy BrotherSupporterDocumentariesDown The Road Author:Alex Kendrick
“I wasn't on the board of Lehman Brothers. I was a banker, and I was proud of it and I traveled the country and learned how people make jobs.” PeopleCountryJobsBrotherProudBoardsTraveledBankersLehman Brothers Author:Sean Hannity
“We're all conditioned that we shouldn't like our brothers and sisters, that we should be angry and fight. But that's abnormal. A lot of people think that the way Serena and I are with one another is weird. It's not.” PeopleThinkingWayShouldFightingBrotherAngryBrothers And SistersAbnormal Author:Venus Williams
“The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny and their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom.” PeopleTodayRealizingCommunityWhiteDestinyBrotherBoundsTiedMarvelousDistrustOur DestinyTied UpI Have A Dream SpeechMilitancy Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“The raven hatches its young; the fish spew forth their eggs; the slim-waisted wasp transforms, and when a younger brother comes along the elder brother weeps. For too long I have not been able to work in harmony with these changes. So, given that I did not play my part in harmony with others, how could I expect to change people?” PeopleLongPlayAbleYoungGivenBrotherHarmonyFishesEggsEldersRavensSlimYounger BrotherWasps Author:Zhuangzi
“People can tell what's in beer, eh? Like my brother can tell the difference between beers by what his burps taste like.” PeopleDifferencesBrotherTasteBeerMy Brother Author:Bob McKenzie
“I just got into it like a lot of people through the rock 'n' roll bands in the late '60s that turned to country music, like The Byrds and Buffalo Springfield, but particularly through The Byrds because of Gram Parsons, Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman (with their 1968 album Sweetheart of the Rodeo). They kind of introduced English kids to Merle Haggard and George Jones and the Louvins (brothers Charlie and Ira).” PeopleKindCountryKidsRocksBrotherBandLateAlbumsRock N RollCharlieRogerSweetheartBuffaloIraRodeoHaggardGeorge Jones Author:Elvis Costello
“I'm just a footnote in the grand scheme of things. Brother Walfrid was the visionary who started things and his is a name that should stay in people's minds.” PeopleShouldMindNamesBrotherSchemesVisionariesFootnotes Author:Fergus McCann
“Many people today agree that we need to reduce violence in our society. If we are truly serious about this, we must deal with the roots of violence, particularly those that exist within each of us. We need to embrace 'inner disarmament,' reducing our own emotions of suspicion, hatred and hostility toward our brothers and sisters” PeopleIfsNeedsTodayDealsEmotionViolenceSeriousBrotherRootsHatredAgreeEmbraceOur SocietySuspicionBrothers And SistersHostilityReducingDisarmament Author:Dalai Lama
“Forever. My brother is not a bad person. The best thing for Marc now is leaving college, getting away from a bunch of people he was around every day. Now he'll have a chance to play in the NFL and have somebody who can be there with him and can guide him in the right direction.” PeoplePersonsPlayChanceForeverCollegeBrotherLeavingGuidesBunchBest ThingsNflMy BrotherGet AwayRight Direction Author:Michael Vick
“You don't want to be like the motion picture exec who had so many people at his funeral, but they were there just make sure he was dead. Or how about the guy who, at his funeral, the priest said, "Won't anyone stand up and say anything nice for the deceased?" and finally someone said, "Well, his brother was worse."” PeopleWantWellsSaidGuyNiceBrotherPriestsFuneralSay AnythingMotion PicturesDeceased Author:Charlie Munger
“To me, it's an assignment, and my job is to tell the story. To me, it's easy, and to me, it's what I'm paid to do and what I've dreamt about doing from day one. Sometimes people don't like the stories, but it is what it is. So to me, I absolutely feel like no matter, if I'm calling a game between my brothers or my parents, the facts are the facts. The story dictates itself to me, and I relay the message to the viewers as well as I possibly can. That's going to be my job whether it's the Warriors or anybody else.” PeopleIfsFeelsWellsSometimesMatterFactsStoriesJobsGamesEasyParentBrotherCallingMessagesPaidWarriorMy BrotherViewersAssignmentsIt Is What It IsRelays Author:Mark Jackson
“It is our duty to give support to the brother leader ... especially in regards to the sanctions which are not hitting just him, they are hitting the ordinary masses of the people ... our African brothers and sisters.” PeopleGivingLeaderSupportBrotherDutyMassOrdinaryRegardHittingBrothers And SistersSanctions Author:Nelson Mandela
“Anything that is absurd I see as a Coen brothers' influence! The Coen brothers are my favorite people period.” PeopleInfluenceBrotherPeriodsMy FavoriteAbsurdCoen Brothers Author:Josh Brolin
“In the so-called civilized world, children are physically, sexually and/or emotionally abused; they are the leaders of our future. When children are raised in such a hostile and violent environment, how can we hope for a harmonious future for all people of this world? In this light, the purpose of human life is to achieve our own spiritual evolution, to get rid of negativity, to establish harmony among our physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual quadrants, to learn to live in harmony within the family, community, nation, ..treating all of mankind as brothers and sisters.” PeopleWorldHumansChildrenLightSpiritualLife IsPurposeNationsCommunityLeaderEnvironmentAchieveMankindThis WorldEmotionalBrotherEvolutionIntellectualHarmonyRaisedViolentHuman LifeCivilizedOur FutureNegativityBrothers And SistersHostileHarmoniousSexuallySpiritual Evolution Author:Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
“When you get called the n-word, as a black person you can do anything. It's like getting a gold star in Super Mario Brothers and junk. I hear the music when I hear the n-word. I get right into it; I get really into it. You can do anything. You could be in a fancy restaurant - just start throwing poop at the walls. People be like, 'What are you doing?' 'Someone called him the n-word.” PeoplePersonsStarsBlackCan DoBrotherWallGoldFancyRestaurantsThrowingGet RealJunkPoopBlack PersonMarioSuper Mario Author:Donald Glover
“I started by studying Kiswahili to learn the dialect. Then, I studied tapes, documentaries, footage, and audio cassettes of Idi Amin's speeches. And I met with his brothers, his sisters, his ministers, his generals' all kinds of people, in order to try to understand him.” PeopleTryingKindOrderStudyBrotherMetsSpeechAll KindsMinistersTapeDocumentariesDialectAudioCassettes Author:Forest Whitaker
“So it seems that because of every syndrome and disorder we've invented in the past twenty years, the Los Angeles Times reported that 63% of American families are now considered dysfunctional. My God! That means we're the majority. We're normal! It's the people who have the mommy, the daddy, the brother, the sister, the little white picket fence - those people are the freaks, man!” PeopleMenYearsMeanLittlesSeemsPastWhiteBrotherNormalTwentiesMajorityLos AngelesDisorderFreakFenceDaddySyndromesAmerican FamilyPicket Fences Author:Christopher Titus
“It is great that soccer can unite people for one day. It is something politics has often tried, and we were able to do it today. All people became brothers.” PeopleTodayAbleBrotherOne DaySoccerGermany Author:Otto Rehhagel
“I listened to my first comedy album in 6th grade. It was Bill Cosby. My brother and I would play it over and over on a Fisher Price record player. A friend in high school also introduced me to Richard Pryor. I wasn't writing material back then, but I would say funny stuff. I was good at making fun of people's moms. If I knew something personal about you, it would be used against you.” PeopleIfsWritingFirstsPlayWould BeSchoolUsedFunStuffRecordsComedyPlayerBrotherMaterialsMomHigh SchoolBillsAlbumsMy BrotherGradesFunny StuffRecord Players Author:Felipe Esparza
“My brother is a tax guy, and the way I look at it, it's like he's spending his life saving money for rich people. So I think making strangers laugh, at least having a creative component to your profession, is more manageable for me. I can live with that a lot easier.” PeopleThinkingWayLooksI CanGuyLaughingCreativeRichBrotherEasierTaxesStrangerSpendingProfessionSavingMy BrotherComponentsRich PeopleSaving MoneyManageableLife Saving Author:Gary Gulman
“Yeah, I was a brother on the streets of Compton doing a lot of things most people look down on but it did pay off. Then we started rapping about real stuff that shook up the LAPD and the FBI. But we got our message across big time, and everyone in America started paying attention to the boys in the hood.” PeopleLooksRealBigsAmericaStuffPayAttentionBoysStreetsBrotherMessagesYeahRapPay AttentionFbiHoodComptonReal StuffLapd Author:Eazy-E
“I've had lots of discussions with my Muslim brothers and sisters who have said to me, "Christianity is a white man's religion" But I'm like, "how is that possible when Christianity went into Africa before it ever went into central Europe?" Even the first people to become a Christian nation were not Romans, they weren't the Byzantines either, they weren't the Greeks... the first people to claim a Christian empire were the Armenians.” PeopleMenFirstsSaidChristianNationsWhiteChristianityBrotherEuropeClaimsDiscussionGreekEmpiresWhite ManBrothers And SistersArmeniansChristian NationByzantine Author:Immortal Technique
“I met some brothers out from Canada recently who are real cool people. They make Spanish-language music called Cold Blue and I met then at a Lat-Rap conference and they seem like real good peoples from Central America... and that's what it is. It's just based on mutual respect. So when I meet people like that I'm like, "if y'all going to be real with me, I'm going to be real with y'all" and that's all it takes.” PeopleIfsRealSeemsAmericaLanguageBrotherColdMetsBlueRapCanadaMutualGood PeopleBeing RealConferencesMutual RespectCentral AmericaCool PeopleSpanish Language Author:Immortal Technique
“I really do feel that these people are brothers and sisters in God's family. I am looking to build bridges with the Orthodox Church, looking to build bridges with the Catholic Church, with the Anglican church.” PeopleFeelsChurchBrotherCatholicBridgesOrthodoxBrothers And SistersCatholic ChurchOrthodox Church Author:Rick Warren
“I learned to hear silence. That's the kind of life I lived: simple. I learned to see things in people around me, in my mom, dad, brothers and sisters.” PeopleKindSimpleSilenceBrotherMomDadMy MomBrothers And SistersMom Dad Author:Sidney Poitier
“During the war, there were people wishing me death, wishing my son death, wishing my wife death in very graphic ways. In the past, I would go overseas and I would say, "Israel is like my family: we disagree, but we're all brothers." I can't say that anymore, because life proves me wrong.” PeopleWayI CanWarPastWishWifeSonBrotherProveMy FamilyIsraelMy WifeMy SonDisagreeGraphicDeath WishProve Me Wrong Author:Etgar Keret
“But when you only speak using generalizations, you run the danger of denying the specific. In recent decades, millions of people have come to us from cultural groups within which women have absolutely no rights. They do not have a voice of their own and they are totally dependent on their fathers, brothers or husbands. That applies to North Africa and that applies to large parts of the Middle East. It isn't always linked to Islam.” PeopleRunningFatherSpeakVoiceMillionsRightsGroupsMiddleDangerBrotherHusbandIslamEastDecadesDependentMiddle EastLinkedGeneralizationNorth Africa Author:Alice Schwarzer
“The Grimm brothers always said that their informants were women, which is possibly not true, women of the people. There is the constant evocation of women's voices, in the collecting and arrangement of these stories, and yet the message of so many of them is incredibly misogynist. I was very puzzled by that, and that book explores that contradiction.” PeopleSaidBookStoriesVoiceBrotherMessagesConstantContradictionArrangementsCollectingPuzzledGrimmInformantsBrothers GrimmTrue Woman Author:Marina Warner
“I'm afraid that what most people don't know about me is that I'm very close to my brother and sister, who are 16 and 13, and I think I'm a pretty good big sister to them.” PeopleThinkingKnowsBigsBrotherMy BrotherBrothers And SistersBig Sister Author:Naomie Harris
“Secretary [Hillary ] Clinton is absolutely right, there are people, Koch brothers among others, who have a group called Concerned Veterans of America, funded by the Koch brothers. The Koch brothers, by the way, want to destroy Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, every governmental program passed since the 1930s. Yes, there are people out there who want to privatize it.” PeopleWayWantAmericaSocialGroupsSecurityBrotherConcernedProgramClintonSecretaryVeteranSocial SecurityMedicare1930sMedicaid Author:Bernie Sanders
“We work in this cave, and we speak to each other sort of subconsciously and with like, weird cues and tangential brother speak, but it really comes down to if you are the person who is moving amongst the actors and talking to people more, the other one can have a little more time to really watch.” PeopleIfsLittlesPersonsMovingActorsSpeakTalkingWatchesBrotherMore TimeCaves Author:Mark Duplass
“Unlike some of my other dharma brothers who got names that were very long and obscure, and nobody could remember or pronounce, that they didn't like. They wanted to give their names back, but it wasn't like that, it wasn't transactional. He would name some people and say 'you're married', and then they were married, but you know it wasn't really transactional.” PeopleKnowsGivingLongWantedRememberNamesBrotherMarriedObscureDharma Author:Surya Das
“I just simply believe in having purposeful relations, period. That's what its about at the end of the day. However, I do appreciate people that are individualistic, mainly because I'm an impressionable soul and my friends become my big sisters and brothers in a way.” PeopleWayBelieveSoulEndsBigsBrotherPeriodsMy FriendsAppreciateRelationThe End Of The DayBrothers And SistersIndividualisticBig SisterImpressionableAppreciate People Author:Aeriel Miranda
“There was a big age difference between me and my brothers - about 10 years - so I was an only child for a long time. I used to hang out a lot on my own. I played a lot of weird games with a lot of imaginary people. I guess it's kind of roleplaying.” PeopleYearsKindChildrenLongBigsAgeUsedGamesDifferencesMy OwnBrotherLong TimeMy BrotherHanging OutImaginaryOnly ChildAge Difference Author:Noel Fielding
“They look at me and say how come you're winning? You came back from the dead three years ago, and you're already killing it. I mean I came back from the dead. Thanks to my family and thanks to Kevin Zinger and my brother Evidence and Rocko, especially my blood family and the guys in Swollen Members. I wouldn't even be here today if it wasn't for those people.” PeopleIfsYearsLooksMeanTodayGuyThreeWinningBloodBrotherMembersEvidenceYears AgoMy FamilyKillingThanksMy BrotherThree YearsLook At MeKevinSwollenKilling It Author:Shane Bunting
“I feel like that's a way people can change the way music is - to be guided by someone they believe in and trust. Larson and I really believed in each other. It was like brother/sister, father/daughter, we were laughing and yelling, that's how it is when you make an album! Essentially the trust was there and I got something great.” PeopleWayFeelsBelieveFatherLaughingBrotherMusic IsDaughterAlbumsYellingBrother SisterDaughter To FatherPeople Can Change Author:Laura Bell Bundy
“The family that raised me are awesome people and they are my mother and my father and my brother and my sister. I've never viewed them as these "strangers" that took over. It's never been this crazy, dramatic, Lifetime-movie situation. It's been chill.” PeopleMotherFatherSituationCrazyBrotherLifetimeRaisedStrangerDramaticMy BrotherOver ItMy SisterChill Author:Angel Olsen
“For me, diversity is not a value. Diversity is what you find in Northern Ireland. Diversity is Beirut. Diversity is brother killing brother. Where diversity is shared - where I share with you my difference - that can be valuable. But the simple fact that we are unlike each other is a terrifying notion. I have often found myself in foreign settings where I became suddenly aware that I was not like the people around me. That, to me, is not a pleasant discovery.” PeopleFactsValuesFoundDifferencesSimpleShareBrotherDiversityDiscoveryNotionKillingValuableSettingSettingsPleasantIrelandNorthern IrelandBeirut Author:Richard Rodriguez
“It's also one thing to see a celebrity or some kind of character on a TV show being gay. It's a totally different thing when you know your husband... not your husband, but your brother or your friend or the dude you hung out in high school was gay. I mean, that is what changes people's minds, what changes people's minds.” PeopleKnowsMindKindMeanDifferentCharacterShowsSchoolOne ThingBrotherTvsGayHusbandHigh SchoolDifferent ThingsHungTv ShowsYour BrotherYour HusbandBeing Gay Author:Andrew Sullivan
“I know my dear brother, President [Barack] Obama, has a bust of Martin King right there in the Oval Office, but the question is are is he going to be true to who that Martin Luther King, Jr., actually is? King was concerned about what? The poor. He was concerned about working people. He was concerned about quality jobs. He was concerned about quality housing. He was concerned about precious babies in Vietnam, the way we ought to be concerned about precious babies in Afghanistan and precious babies in Tel Aviv and precious babies in Gaza.” PeopleKnowsWayJobsPresidentPoorQualityBrotherBabyOughtKingsOfficeConcernedDearBeing TrueBarackAfghanistanVietnamHousingLutherPresident Barack ObamaGazaOvalDear Brother Author:Cornel West
“The condition of truth, is to allow suffering to speak. Which means attend to suffering of the least of these, of the orphan, the widow, the poor, the working people, the gay brother, the lesbian sister, the transgender, the black people.” PeopleMeanSufferingSpeakBlackPoorConditionsBrotherTruth IsGayBlack PeopleTransgenderWidowsOrphan Author:Cornel West
“I used to stand in front of the mirror in my bedroom. I shared a bedroom - like a lot of people in my era, in my neighborhood - with my two brothers and an uncle. And I'd stand there in front of the mirror over the dresser and I would practice: meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views of Cicero, Bacon and Baba.” PeopleMenBelieveTwoYoungUsedGrowsViewsAcceptingPracticeGrowing UpFrontsBrotherDutyMirrorsLibraryErasYoung ManNeighborhoodBedroomUnclesMeekBabaDressersTwo Brothers Author:Joe Biden
“We define our family, our 'ohana, very broadly. It may have be begun with our parents and brothers and sisters, but it now includes hundreds of people who give us the support necessary for our creative endeavors.” PeopleGivingMayParentFamilySupportCreativeBrotherOur FamilyEndeavorBrothers And Sisters Author:Robert Cazimero
“We are helping our Somali brothers get rid of these narrow-minded attackers. The Somali people do not support the extremists, they are on the side of our soldiers.” PeopleHelpingSidesSupportBrotherSoldierExtremistNarrow-mindedSomali Author:Yoweri Museveni
“Like my little sister and brother, I always play them my music because I want people like them to be able to relate to my music. They always know what's going on; they're up on what's new. For me, when they hear my music and they like it, I'm on the right track.” PeopleKnowsWantLittlesPlayAbleBrotherMusic IsTrackRelateBrothers And SistersLittle SisterRight Track Author:Keke Palmer
“We're always looking for the best people that apply and have showed interest about being on the [Big Brother] show. In the past, other houseguests' siblings have approached us or applied, and in some cases it works out like Elissa [Reilly Slater] and in some cases it doesn't. We want to make sure we have the best people ultimately.” PeopleWantShowsBigsPastInterestCasesBrotherWork OutSibling Author:Allison Grodner
“The absence of marriages will result in all kinds of financial burdens that gay people wouldn't face if they could get married. If my brother gets hit by a car tomorrow, my sister-in-law will go on living materially in the same way that she does now. If the same thing happens to me, a great deal of what I have will go off to the taxman. That's because of one of, as you doubtless know, eleven hundred federal laws that favor marriage.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayKindDoeHappensFacesLawResultsDealsCarBrotherGoes OnTomorrowGayMarriedHundredFinancialBurdenAbsenceFavorsThings HappenAll KindsMy BrotherMy SisterElevenIn-lawsGay PeopleSister In LawFinancial Burden Author:Andrew Solomon