Quotes of: Affirmative-action Keyword

Affirmative action makes employers think, 'Black woman nuclear physicist? Hah! Probably let her into Harvard 'cause they were looking for a twofer. Bet she got C's in high school practical math. Give her a job in personnel.'

P. J. O'Rourke

I have been a long and strong supporter of civil rights in my whole career. I led the fight to get the voting rights act re-enacted. I have been a strong supporter of affirmative action. I believe in it strongly.

Dick Gephardt

You know, I love all kinds of activism. I certainly think blacks deserve to have something whether it is affirmative action or an opportunity that should be opened up to them. But at the same time I believe that people of color are not the only poor ...

Russell Simmons

... as we age we have not only to readdress earlier developmental crises but also somehow to find the way to three affirmations that may seem to conflict. ... We have to affirm our own life. We have to affirm our own death. And we have to affirm love...

Composing a Further Life: The Age of Active Wisdom

Though it's impossible for us to legislate one's thoughts and feelings, we still need things like affirmative action in place because without measures like it, people in charge would not have, sadly, enough impetus to do, as cliched as it sounds, the...

Jonathan Coleman

Affirmative action is a little like the professional football draft. The NFL awards its No. 1 draft choices to the lowest-ranked team in the league. It doesn't do this out of compassion or guilt. It's done for mutual survival. They understand that a ...

J. C. Watts

I'm not one that believes that affirmative action should be based on one's skin color or one's gender, I think it should be done based on one's need, because I think if you are from a poor white community, I think that poor white kid needs a scholars...

J. C. Watts

Don’t let your problems imprison your vision.

A Book of Pearlables: Affirmations for Promises and Provisions

My ideas are a shapeless mass that my writing molds into beauty.

Writing Affirmations: A Collection of Positive Messages to Inspire Writers

There is always, always, always something to write about.

Writing Affirmations: A Collection of Positive Messages to Inspire Writers

I had no need to apologize that the look-wider, search-more affirmative action that Princeton and Yale practiced had opened doors for me. That was its purpose: to create the conditions whereby students from disadvantaged backgrounds could be brought ...

My Beloved World

Every book I've read appears in my writing.

Writing Affirmations: A Collection of Positive Messages to Inspire Writers

When I reach for my pen, nothing is out of reach.

Writing Affirmations: A Collection of Positive Messages to Inspire Writers

We are successful    the moment we start toward      a laudable goal

Haiku to Live By: Life affirming messages, to hearten your day

Writing heals my heart like no pill ever could.

Writing Affirmations: A Collection of Positive Messages to Inspire Writers

Your first written sentence is the foundation of all of your dreams.

Writing Affirmations: A Collection of Positive Messages to Inspire Writers

Every moment offers a great opportunity to write.

Writing Affirmations: A Collection of Positive Messages to Inspire Writers

Well, I affirm orthodox Christian faith. I affirm the Nicene Creed. I don't think I'm doing anything terribly new.

Rob Bell

We wear many things,    but that with greatest import      is our expression.

Haiku to Live By: Life affirming messages, to hearten your day

Anyone can talk,    but to listen is a gift,      we should all exchange

Haiku to Live By: Life affirming messages, to hearten your day

Some believe they can,    Some believe that they cannot.       Both are clearly right

Haiku to Live By: Life affirming messages, to hearten your day