#told

Rosa Parks was the queen mother of a movement whose single act of heroism sparked the movement for freedom, justice and equality. Her greatest contribution is that she told us a regular person can make a difference. ↗

— Marc Morial

#contribution #difference #equality #freedom #greatest

(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car. ↗

— Tallulah Bankhead

#first #first time #former #i #lover

Discrimination due to age is one of the great tragedies of modern life. The desire to work and be useful is what makes life worth living, and to be told your efforts are not needed because you are the wrong age is a crime. ↗

— Johnny Ball

#because #crime #desire #discrimination #due

I would have told him that I appreciated his friendship through the years and that I had learned a lot from him. I really loved Frank like you do a brother. ↗

— Jimmy Carl Black

#brother #frank #friendship #had #him

I told them, you can succeed - it's not likely the first time, maybe 25 per cent, but you CAN succeed. You can also die. By April 16 they had already been to camp III, well ahead of most teams. ↗

— Anatoli Boukreev

#already #also #april #been #camp

Who has sent you against me? Who has told you to do this thing? ↗

— Roberto Calvi

#me #sent #thing #told #who

A cat, I am told, has nine lives. If that is true, I know how a cat feels. ↗

— Caryl Chessman

#cat #feels #how #i #i am

As a kid, I was told to talk as much as possible. ↗

— Christina Ricci

#kid #much #possible #talk #told

I was embarrassed when I went and told my parents that I was thinking about running for public office. ↗

— Bob Corker

#embarrassed #i #office #parents #public

I told the Inland Revenue I didn't owe them a penny because I lived near the seaside. ↗

— Ken Dodd

#i #inland #lived #near #owe