Quotes About Silent Protest

#1. Nature wasn't for us to rise above. It was for us to sink into; to sleep upon and go bootless, and in silent protest to walk the finest rugs and fanciest tile and leave our naked, muddy footprints as the signatures of new beginnings.

Kim Heacox

#2. Night is nature's protest against the leprosy of civilization, Gottfried. No decent man can withstand it for long. He begins to notice that he has been turned out of the silent company of the trees, the animals, the stars, and unconscious life.

Erich Maria Remarque

#3. I am honored to be a part of that film. It has a really important message, embracing one's individuality. It was the most universal film I've ever read.

Brittany Murphy

#4. I liked Roy Jones, Sugar Ray Leonard, Ali ... those were the guys I was looking at growing up.

Nonito Donaire

#5. If you think it, the camera will see it.

Wes Craven

#6. With every job you get more comfortable, you do better, you're more confident.

Nina Dobrev

#7. God remains silent so that men and women may speak, protest, and struggle. God remains silent so that people may really become people. When God is silent and men and women cry, God cries in solidarity with them but doesn't intervene. God waits for the shouts of protest.

Elsa Tamez

#8. Oppression costs the oppressor too much if the oppressed stands up and protests. The protest need not be merely physical-the throwing of stones and bullets-if it is mental, spiritual; if it expresses itself in silent, persistent dissatisfaction, the cost to the oppressor is terrific.

W.E.B. Du Bois

#9. On the human rights side, administration policy has been marked by indifference. When the people of Iran flooded the streets to protest the theft of their presidential election in June 2009, President Obama was silent for 11 days.

Elliott Abrams

#10. If I were to remain silent, I'd be guilty of complicity.

Albert Einstein

#11. We don't consider a trip to Boston complete if it doesn't include a visit to Flour Bakery for a BLT and a couple of cookies. With Flour, Too we can live vicariously and be there whenever we want.

Amanda Hesser

#12. My favourite programme of all time is 'Weeds'; the first three or four series are perfection.

Miranda Raison

#13. Busy your mind with the concepts of harmony, health, peace, and good will, and wonders will happen in your life.

Joseph Murphy

#14. Life is short; none of us knows how long we have. Live each day as if it were your last - for someday it will be.

Billy Graham

#15. A single whisper can be quite a disturbance when the rest of the audience is silent.

Anthony Marra

#16. When brothers and sisters in Christ unite in the common bond of the Word of God and prayer, they are strengthened in their faith and witness.

Billy Graham

#17. It is a sin to be silent when it is your duty to protest.

Abraham Lincoln

#18. The human body is not designed to be sedentary.

Steven Magee