Community Quotes

Small: Im a reflection of the community
Tupac Shakur
"I'm a reflection of the community"
Tupac Shakur, Musician
Small: A machine has value only as it produces more than it consumes - so check your value to the community
Martin H. Fischer
"A machine has value only as it produces more than it consumes — so check your value to the community"
Martin H. Fischer, Author
Small: The community is what makes CrossFit special. Its not just about getting in shape its about the relationships
Ben Smith
"The community is what makes CrossFit special. It's not just about getting in shape; it's about the relationships and the support you find along the way"
Ben Smith, Athlete
Small: It was in our power to set high price for our blood, a price too high for the Arab community, the Arab army, o
Moshe Dayan
"It was in our power to set high price for our blood, a price too high for the Arab community, the Arab army, or the Arab governments to think it worth paying"
Moshe Dayan, Soldier
Small: French architecture always manages to combine the most magnificent underlying themes of architecture like Roma
"French architecture always manages to combine the most magnificent underlying themes of architecture; like Roman design, it looks to the community"
Stephen Gardiner, Architect
Small: I want to increase our spending on research and development by 25%. Thats something the U.S. does very well.
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
"I want to increase our spending on research and development by 25%. That's something the U.S. does very well. That dynamism alongside a welfare state in the European community - that's the synthesis I want to achieve"
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Politician
Small: Religion did not exist for the saving of souls but for the preservation and welfare of society, and in all tha
"Religion did not exist for the saving of souls but for the preservation and welfare of society, and in all that was necessary to this end every man had to take his part, or break with the domestic and political community to which he belonged"
William Robertson Smith, Scientist
Small: You shouldnt get to live in society and give nothing back. People complain about their taxes, yet they do noth
"You shouldn't get to live in society and give nothing back. People complain about their taxes, yet they do nothing for the community. That makes me furious"
Kathleen Turner, Actress
Small: Catholic school graduates exhibit a wide variety of qualities that will not only help them in their careers bu
"Catholic school graduates exhibit a wide variety of qualities that will not only help them in their careers but also in their family and community lives"
Joe Baca, Politician
Small: I consider it top priority to improve water quality and increase water quantity in my community
"I consider it top priority to improve water quality and increase water quantity in my community"
Joe Baca, Politician
Small: Fortunately art is a community effort - a small but select community living in a spiritualized world endeavori
Allen Ginsberg
"Fortunately art is a community effort - a small but select community living in a spiritualized world endeavoring to interpret the wars and the solitudes of the flesh"
Allen Ginsberg, Poet
Small: Let me even say before I even get inaugurated, during the transition we are going to be having meetings all ac
Barack Obama
"Let me even say before I even get inaugurated, during the transition we are going to be having meetings all across the country with community organizations so that you have input into the agenda for the next presidency of the United States of America"
Barack Obama, President
Small: Community colleges play an important role in helping people transition between careers by providing the retool
Barack Obama
"Community colleges play an important role in helping people transition between careers by providing the retooling they need to take on a new career"
Barack Obama, President
Small: With the changing economy, no one has lifetime employment. But community colleges provide lifetime employabili
Barack Obama
"With the changing economy, no one has lifetime employment. But community colleges provide lifetime employability"
Barack Obama, President
Small: As a scientist, you feel a sense of team spirit for your country but you also have a sense of team spirit for
Saul Perlmutter
"As a scientist, you feel a sense of team spirit for your country but you also have a sense of team spirit for the international community"
Saul Perlmutter, Scientist
Small: Its an unusual opportunity, a chance for so many people to share in the excitement and the fun of the fact tha
Saul Perlmutter
"It's an unusual opportunity, a chance for so many people to share in the excitement and the fun of the fact that we may be on to hints as to what the Universe is made out of. I guess the whole point of a prize like this is to be able to get that out into the community"
Saul Perlmutter, Scientist
Small: I grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, really in suburbia, so my mother was in community theatre plays
Beth Henley
"I grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, really in suburbia, so my mother was in community theatre plays"
Beth Henley, Playwright
Small: It is a call for black people in this country to unite, to recognize their heritage, to build a sense of commu
Stokely Carmichael
"It is a call for black people in this country to unite, to recognize their heritage, to build a sense of community. It is a call for black people to define their own goals, to lead their own organizations"
Stokely Carmichael, Activist
Small: In 1950, when the Giants signed me, they gave me 15,000. I bought a 1950 Mercury. I couldnt drive, but I had i
Willie Mays
"In 1950, when the Giants signed me, they gave me $15,000. I bought a 1950 Mercury. I couldn't drive, but I had it in the parking lot there, and everybody that could drive would drive the car. So it was like a community thing"
Willie Mays, Athlete
Small: An organization which claims to be working for the needs of a community - as SNCC does - must work to provide
Stokely Carmichael
"An organization which claims to be working for the needs of a community - as SNCC does - must work to provide that community with a position of strength from which to make its voice heard. This is the significance of black power beyond the slogan"
Stokely Carmichael, Activist
Small: I would like to do another piece of fiction dealing with a number of issues: Lesbian parenting, the 1960s, and
Audre Lorde
"I would like to do another piece of fiction dealing with a number of issues: Lesbian parenting, the 1960's, and interracial relationships in the Lesbian and Gay community"
Audre Lorde, Poet
Small: I think now, we in the international community are belatedly wanting to show our solidarity with the Somali pe
Jan Egeland
"I think now, we in the international community are belatedly wanting to show our solidarity with the Somali peoples and also do our best to help them move to better times"
Jan Egeland, Public Servant
Small: War is not the continuation of politics with different means, it is the greatest mass-crime perpetrated on the
"War is not the continuation of politics with different means, it is the greatest mass-crime perpetrated on the community of man"
Alfred Adler, Psychologist
Small: I can represent my culture while helping not only the Chinese-American community, but also the community at la
Martin Yan
"I can represent my culture while helping not only the Chinese-American community, but also the community at large"
Martin Yan, Celebrity
Small: Theres a lot of interest from the medical community on how things develop in microgravity, and the hope, later
Linda M. Godwin
"There's a lot of interest from the medical community on how things develop in microgravity, and the hope, later, that is expected to apply to what the changes are in humans as well"
Linda M. Godwin, Astronaut
Small: Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of
John W. Gardner
"Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral squalor. We need that belief; a cynical community is a corrupt community"
John W. Gardner, Educator
Small: I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved
B. R. Ambedkar
"I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved"
B. R. Ambedkar, Politician
Small: It seems to me the most important issue in the LGBT community is the right to be queer-the right to be free of
"It seems to me the most important issue in the LGBT community is the right to be queer-the right to be free of the heterosexual assumption"
Jasmine Guy, Actress
Small: Since the printing press came into being, poetry has ceased to be the delight of the whole community of man it
John Masefield
"Since the printing press came into being, poetry has ceased to be the delight of the whole community of man; it has become the amusement and delight of the few"
John Masefield, Poet
Small: It rolls off my back. Ridicule doesnt mean anything - even from people youre supposed to wear knee pads around
"It rolls off my back. Ridicule doesn't mean anything - even from people you're supposed to wear knee pads around, like the scientific community"
Dwight Schultz, Actor
Small: The building of friendship, family, community and love is complicated. We are so isolated in this country, no
"The building of friendship, family, community and love is complicated. We are so isolated in this country, no longer supported by tribes and villages"
Jasmine Guy, Actress
Small: Politics are beautiful. They enable a community to live collectively with one another. Its not about stabbing
Ben Nicholson
"Politics are beautiful. They enable a community to live collectively with one another. It's not about stabbing each other in the back; it's about enabling people to reach their dreams and pursue happiness"
Ben Nicholson, Artist
Small: Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of th
Andrew Carnegie
"Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community"
Andrew Carnegie, Businessman
Small: We started off trying to set up a small anarchist community, but people wouldnt obey the rules
"We started off trying to set up a small anarchist community, but people wouldn't obey the rules"
Alan Bennett, Dramatist
Small: I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities
Sarah Palin
"I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities"
Sarah Palin, Politician
Small: When I announced the development of Perl 6, I said it was going to be a community design. I designed Perl, mys
"When I announced the development of Perl 6, I said it was going to be a community design. I designed Perl, myself. It's limited by my own brain power. So I wanted Perl 6 to be a community design"
Larry Wall, Author
Small: If you feel rooted in your home and family, if youre active in your community, theres nothing more empowering.
"If you feel rooted in your home and family, if you're active in your community, there's nothing more empowering. The best way to make a difference in the world is to start by making a difference in your own life"
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Actress
Small: One of the things thats clear to me from interviews that Ive read is that the more popular successful jazz mus
"One of the things that's clear to me from interviews that I've read is that the more popular successful jazz musicians had audiences above and beyond the music community"
Branford Marsalis, Musician
Small: The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essential to th
Sam Houston
"The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essential to the preservation of a free government"
Sam Houston, Politician
Small: The life history of the individual is first and foremost an accommodation to the patterns and standards tradit
"The life history of the individual is first and foremost an accommodation to the patterns and standards traditionally handed down in his community"
Ruth Benedict, Scientist