Famous quotes containing the words ism and/or activist:
“Grandpa: Penny, why dont you write a play about ism-mania?
Penny: Ism-mania?
Grandpa: Yeah, sure. You know, communism, fascism, voodooism. Everybodys got an ism these days.
Penny: It sounds like an itch or something.
Grandpa: Its just as catching. When things go a little bad these days, you go out and get yourself an ism and youre in business.”
—Robert Riskin (18971955)
“Adolescents have the right to be themselves. The fact that you were the belle of the ball, the captain of the lacrosse team, the president of your senior class, Phi Beta Kappa, or a political activist doesnt mean that your teenager will be or should be the same....Likewise, the fact that you were a wallflower, uncoordinated, and a C student shouldnt mean that you push your child to be everything you were not.”
—Laurence Steinberg (20th century)