Lois Gibbs Quotes

#1. When I was a kid, there was teasing in school. Then when I was a teenager on 'Days of Our Lives,' I certainly experienced hurtful comments from 'fans' of the show.

Alison Sweeney

#2. Literally, these [heels] slow you down.

Kristen Stewart

#3. I have never in all my life considered you other people.

Lionel Shriver

#4. The dioxin story is the story of how science has failed to provide us with answers, how corporations control policymaking and decisions in our society, and how government is silenced.

Lois Gibbs

#5. We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld

#6. Wicked people never have time for reading. It's one of the reasons for their wickedness.

Lemony Snicket

#7. We watch Paracelsus in Basle as though seeing a man run headlong toward a precipice. Like an indestructible lunatic, he will do so again and again throughout his life.

Philip Ball

#8. The main lesson to be learned from the Love Canal crisis is that in order to protect public health from chemical contamination, there needs to be a massive outcry
a choir of voices
by the American people demanding change.

Lois Gibbs

#9. Keep your mental and spiritual contact points cleaned so that God can operate through your mind.

Norman Vincent Peale

#10. When I was younger, I didn't want to be on TV.

AnnaSophia Robb

#11. The skin of everyday appearances stretched over such shamelessness, such consuming explosions of lust.

Alice Munro

#12. To win, you have to be willing to die.

Ronda Rousey

#13. People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.

Harper Lee

#14. The citizens of Love Canal provided an example of how a blue-collar community with few resources can win against great odds (a multi-billion-dollar international corporation and an unresponsive government), using the power of the people in our democratic system.

Lois Gibbs

#15. People need to stand up hold hands, talk about alternatives. Alternatives, alternatives, alternatives. And people united will never, ever be defeated.

Lois Gibbs

#16. Average people and the average community can change the world. You can do it just based on common sense, determination, persistence and patience.

Lois Gibbs

#17. I took your name when I took those vows
I meant 'em back then and I mean 'em right now.

The Band Perry

#18. An emotion as much tells you nothing about reality, beyond the fact that something makes you feel something.

Ayn Rand