“I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philoso...” — Angela Davis Quote

“I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to be involved actively.”

“We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death.”

“I think the importance of doing activist work is precisely because it allows you to give back and to consider yourself not as a single individual who may have achieved whatever but to be a part of an ongoing historical movement.”

“When Bush says democracy, I often wonder what he's referring to.”

“What I think is different today is the lack of political connection between the black middle class and the increasing numbers of black people who are more impoverished than ever before.”

“Radical simply means 'grasping things at the root.'”

“My mom actively did not want me to play professionally.”

“I was always inclined towards spiritualism but was afraid that I would become a sanyasin if I pursued it actively.”

“I remove a lot of the pressure from myself by saying I'm not competing with my parents. They are the persons who taught me my ideology. They actively practiced what they preached. They're the exemplars and the role models. So how does one compete with a mentor?”

“I'm not actively avoiding television. I just haven't found the right fit yet, as it were. And that's O.K.”

“Divorce is brutal and horrible and... you have to actively work to get your life back on track.”

“Some people carry their hearts in their heads; very many carry their heads in their hearts. The difficulty is to keep them apart, yet both actively working together.”