“It was Michael Jackson that brought blacks and whites and Asians and Latinos together. It was Michael Jackson that made us sing we 'are the world,' and feed the hungry.”— Al Sharpton, youtube.com
“There is latent homophobia in our community. They tried to say that being gay is a sin, and I said that adultery is a sin. Adultery is responsible for breaking up more marriages, but do we put that in the Constitution? It's absurd.”— Al Sharpton, nysun.com
“Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks.”— Stokely Carmichael, college.cengage.com
“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, successories.com
“If the Light is the fire, then we are the wood! Feeding the fire until we become one with it.”— Jessica Goldberg, Russel Armstrong, Patch Darragh, imdb.com
“Directly and indirectly, you’re responsible for other people’s lives, whether you like it or not.”— Sade Andria Zabala, thoughtcatalog.com
“If everybody knew everybody, we wouldn't have the problems we have in the world today. Well, you don't rob somebody if you know their name!”— Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld, Cosmo Kramer, Michael Richards, imdb.com
“In some people's minds, a casino is going to open and a community is going to be magically transformed from a frog to a prince overnight, ... It's not that simple at all. And if anyone believes so, they're fooling themselves.”— Jim Brown, successories.com
“The term Kapwa is a core value in the Philippines that describes this notion of seeing ourselves in all others. When we forget the truth of interconnectedness, we remain in states of division that uphold colonial practices.”— Jana Lynne "JL" Umipig, hellapinay.com
“Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest.”— Lady Bird Johnson, thoughtco.com
“If we all feel alone, how alone are we? If we all feel worthless then who is the currency of our worth being measured against?”— Russell Brand, amazon.com
“The skeptical community is absolutely near and dear to the 'Mythbusters' heart and there's no small reason that they've embraced us. That's our people. That's the way we like to think.”— Adam Savage, wired.com
“The world we are living in -- and the peace that we have -- is very fucked up if somebody is missing war. And many people do.”— Nidzara Ahmetasevic, amazon.com
“It may say something about human nature that a surprising number of Americans -- mostly men -- wound up joining Indian society rather than staying in their own. They emulated Indians, married them, were adopted by them, and on some occasions even fought alongside them. And the opposite almost never…”— Sebastian Junger, amazon.com
“Humans don't mind hardship, in fact they thrive on it; what they mind is not feeling necessary. Modern society has perfected the art of making people not feel necessary.”— Sebastian Junger, amazon.com
“The community of man should be treated in the same way you would treat your community of brothers or fellow citizens.”— Pierre Trudeau, en.wikiquote.org
“The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members ... a heart of grace and a soul generated by love.”— Coretta Scott King, en.wikiquote.org
“I got the idea for the pilot while walking through an empty lot of a movie studio. There were all the evidences of a community but with no people. I felt at the time a kind of encroaching loneliness, and desolation; a feeling of how nightmarish it would be to wind up in a city with no inhabitants.”— Rod Serling, en.wikiquote.org