Shaniya Davis Quotes

Prisons do not disappear social problems, they disappear human beings. Homelessness, unemployment, drug addiction, mental illness, and illiteracy are only a few of the problems that disappear from public view when the human beings contending with them are relegated to cages. ~ Angela Davis

It is the small, mundane choices we make every day that cause the biggest difference ~ Justin Davis

I don't like to hurt people's feelings, and I don't like to knock other writers as a matter of principle. ~ Lydia Davis

I am simply not interested, at this point, in creating narrative scenes between characters. ~ Lydia Davis

She stands under the hand dryers in the rest room, because she likes the feeling of wind whooshing through her hair, as though she's leaning her head out a car window on the highway, or like she's Superman, circling the Earth. How does the hand dryer know to start as soon as you stick your hands out? It's amazing, this, but the women in the restroom don't notice, and just stare, panicked, into the mirror, trying to work out what's wrong with them before anyone else does. ~ Brooke Davis

Texas is not really a red state - it's just a non-voting state. ~ Wendy Davis

I have figured out it's not what you do on the field, it's how many games you play in. ~ Eric Davis

Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it so. ~ Belva Davis

you will never get rich if you spend your time complaining about money and being angry or jealous of those with money. You will never get a loving partner if you complain you're fat, stupid and ugly. ~ Genevieve Davis

I had all these tapes in my closet that I had shot years ago with my friend Jean-Michel Basquiat. I was working on a film about him when he died, and then I just put everything away. It was too sad. ~ Tamra Davis

Approximately four years ago, we were told that Jerry Rice would be a free agent and there were people who felt that he no longer could contribute. ~ Al Davis

When asked what it takes to succeed in the acting profession, Bette Davis would answer, "the courage to be hated." ~ Frank Langella

I've always looked up to him, even though he is shorter. ~ Geena Davis

Music is the framework around the silence. ~ Miles Davis

To observe the world carefully, to write a lot and often, on a schedule if necessary, to use the dictionary a lot, to look up word origins, to analyze closely the work of writers you admire, to read not only contemporaries but writers of the past, to learn at least one foreign language, to live an interesting life outside of writing. ~ Lydia Davis

Mine is a story about a teenage single mother who struggled to keep her young family afloat. It's a story about a young woman who was given a precious opportunity to work her way up in the world. It's a story about resiliency, and sacrifice, and perseverance. And you're damn right it's a true story. ~ Wendy Davis

It struck me while I was sitting here; everything changes but the sea. ~ William B. Davis

I get up at seven for the make-up, Rita Hayworth at six, Joan Crawford and Bette Davis at five. I don't want to know the time when I'll have to come to the studio even earlier. ~ Grace Kelly

I look at the careers of people I'm standing on the shoulders of. People like Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., and Sarah Vaughan. These are icons I wanted to emulate, and I feel like they've been holding me up for quite a long time. ~ Dionne Warwick

I want to establish myself as the first Eric Davis, not the next Willie Mays. ~ Eric Davis

This Court has never held that the Constitution forbids the execution of a convicted defendant who has had a full and fair trial but is later able to convince a habeas court that he is 'actually' innocent. ~ Antonin Scalia

Bill Ayers, Frank Marshall Davis, Edward Said, Roberto Mangabeira Unger, and Jeremiah Wright. This is a group I've previously called Obama's founding fathers. ~ Dinesh D'Souza

I have a fear of letting my mind wander. I'm afraid it might not come back. ~ Jim Davis

Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie. ~ Jim Davis

God accommodates [Moses'] complaints and makes in-course corrections. God does not take a human being so fully into the divine confidence--you might say, God does not depend on a human being so fully--until Mary conceives by the Holy Spirit. (pg. 16) ~ Ellen F. Davis

We know the road of lack of recognition, of people telling us that we can't headline a movie because black women don't translate overseas, that every time we try to break the glass ceiling, people say no, people push back. And it's everything that people don't see out there. ~ Viola Davis

Many of us find comfort and interest in old, familiar things, while others seek inspiration or stimulation in the blatantly new or unconventional." Charity Davis-Woodard ~ Kevin A. Hluch

He thought again of the watch in the window. It had twelve black numbers on its moon face and there was magic to that. For these were numbers that were not really numbers at all but letters like in words. He shivered at the possibilities of such untold magic. ~ Davis Grubb

This is the sin of the Israelites, of all humankind really, this slowness to remember all that He has done as we stare intently at what He hasn't done yet, what He might not do. ~ Katie Davis Majors

Romantic love has its place but to define relationship solely in romantic terms is like describing marriage only by what a couple does on their honeymoon. ~ Dermot Davis

If one looks at the history of struggles against racism in the US, no change has ever happened simply because the president chose to move in a more progressive direction. Every change that has happened has come as a result of mass movements. ~ Angela Y. Davis

Cause if you're happy in your head, then solitude is blessed, and alone is okay. ~ Tanya Davis

It's my strong belief that when people love each other and are desirous of creating a committed relationship with each other that they should be allowed to marry, regardless of their sexual orientation. ~ Wendy Davis

It's a hard world for little things. ~ Davis Grubb

It's amazing, if you know what you want to say, how fast it is to write. ~ Evan Davis

I may not be perfect, but I'm trying. ~ Kristin Davis

I understand - " I gasp. ". . . and you will not stand in my way." "I will not stand in your way," I parrot. It's all I can manage. ~ Kyra Davis

You see, I'd not a very good place here; the fellows looked on me as a sort of special object of ridicule, on account of the hat and cane, walk, and so on, though I thought I'd got over that by this time. ~ Richard H. Davis