Logo
Quote by Spike Lee
My grandmother lived to be 100 years old. Her grandmother was a sl

My grandmother lived to be 100 years old. Her grandmother was a slave, yet she was a college graduate in the Spellman class of 1917. She taught art for 50 years and she saved her Social Security checks for her childrens education. – Spike Lee

Other quotes by Spike Lee

Violence is a part of America. I dont want to single out rap music. Lets be honest. Americas the most violent country in the history of the world, thats just the way it is. Were all affected by it. – Spike Lee

Category:
History
Author
Spike Lee
Read Quote

Any film I do is not going to change the way black women have been portrayed, or black people have been portrayed, in cinema since the days of D.W. Griffith. – Spike Lee

Category:
Change
Author
Spike Lee
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Education
category

Jews know this in their bones. Our community could not exist for a day without its volunteers. They are the lifeblood of our organizations, whether they involve welfare, youth, education, care of the sick and elderly, or even protection against violence and abuse. – Jonathan Sacks

Category:
Education

I pledge to you today that as president, in my first budget, I will introduce the largest increase in special education ever. – Al Gore

Category:
Education

As skills and energy became more of a demand, people who didnt have skills just got left behind, got shuttled to the side. Education didnt keep up with their promise. Education didnt prepare them for this new world. Jobs went overseas. – Julian Bond

Category:
Education

Education can lift individuals out of poverty and into rewarding careers. – Christine Gregoire

Category:
Education

Random Quotes

Given political history in Chile, it seemed to me that there was a critical task of consolidating a democracy and creating healthy civic-military and political-military relationships. – Michelle Bachelet

Category:
History

If you dont have a teacher you cant have a disciple. – Dallas Willard

Category:
teacher

The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Category:
Independence

Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and goodness, and she will not allow herself to be separated and banned from her two sisters without taking them along with herself in an act of mysterious vengeance. – Hans Urs von Balthasar

Category:
Beauty