Al Sharpton Quotes & Sayings (Page 8)

“When you loot or behave violently, you give grounds to those that try to justify illegal police abuse. You become the poster child for them to say, 'See, we have no choice but to shoot and kill, or use a chokehold, because just look at the way they behave.'”

“I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people. I love theology and some philosophy.”

“As a kid who grew up chubby, I just marveled at the fact that I could be thin.”

“I actually lost more weight than I am!”

“I always beat the sun up in the morning. It's the secret to why I'm double trouble.”

“I'm never going to be fat - never again. I'm going to make it easy on my pallbearers.”

“I've been able to reach from the streets to the suites.”

“I've gone from, you know, being too close to politicians, to being too close to entertainers, and people's father that I'm not.”

“All women, regardless of her economic status or racial background, have a right to vote, and no politician or regressive law should prevent her from doing so.”

“As I stood and gave the eulogy for young Michael Brown last week, I kept thinking about the fact that this child should have been in college instead of laying in a coffin.”