Hill Harper Quotes & Sayings (Page 10)

“People are afraid of an unorganized, wasteful government.”

“Poverty existed before January 20, 2008, OK? Before President Obama took office.”

“'The Conversation' will hopefully touch on issues that will move people to want to strengthen communication and look to each other for solutions.”

“We are human beings. We operate from wanting to be rewarded.”

“When I'm acting, that's all I'm doing. When I'm not acting, I'm not thinking about acting. If I'm writing, I'm just writing.”

“I've been trying to make a difference as an actor. I want to play characters that move people, have them look at their lives differently, or give them an escape.”

“It's important for someone like me - who's known Obama for 20 years - to speak the truth. I know him to be a Christian man. I know him to be one of the greatest patriots.”

“The thing about our country, Americans, and New Yorkers in particular, we all want to help. There's real folks who want to help. The problem is, they don't know how. They don't know how to get involved.”

“I think our biggest problem is lack of real, honest communication between black men and black women. A lot of men talk amongst men, and a lot of women speak amongst women.”

“I would suggest that folks who have a platform of so-called celebrity, to the extent that they don't use that platform, or if they just use it for their own self-aggrandizement, it is certainly fed in a way that it goes to waste.”