2016 Quotes Quotes

“I understand we all have our differences. But while learning about history I've read about white people coming together, Jews coming together, Spanish coming together, different cultures and religions understanding and coming together despite their differences. Slavery was never something that shocked me. What shocks me is how black people have not yet overcome the odds and we're such strong smart people. Why we can't just stand together?”
― Jonathan Anthony Burkett

“Growing up watching friends grow, from friends to lovers. Opens the eyes of many every time. Proving in this lifetime, real love still lives.”
― Jonathan Anthony Burkett

“Why just work and live for a happy retirement? Why not work and live for a happy life?”
― Jonathan Anthony Burkett

“Dear 2016,

If I had any defeats in your team, I am glad they were on my terms.

Love,
Defeated Winner”
― Jasleen Kaur Gumber

“Anything man can make, man can destroy.”
― Jonathan Anthony Burkett

“There are 365 days in a year and you will meet all the colours of life throughout the year: The blue, the black, the pink… Only blue is not a life, only pink is not a life, only black is not a life! Life is all the colours!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“There was a saying on the island: "[I]t is a pity to spoil a good mate by making him a master.”
― Nathaniel Philbrick, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

“You always think you want to be noticed. Until you are.”
― Sarah Dessen, Saint Anything

“Every lesson is a blessing.”
― Jonathan Anthony Burkett

“2016 - I have a good feeling about this!”
― Charles F. Glassman

“In this day and age we care more about our pride than our lives.”
― Jonathan Anthony Burkett

“Dear 2016,

If I had any defeats in your term, I am glad they were on my terms!

Best,
The Defeated Winner”
― Jasleen Kaur Gumber

“...our job sometimes is to divorce ourselves from the fact that I've got to constantly be gifting young people with tools and equip them with - I'm imparting lessons upon them. Sometimes it about, look you hate reading, my job is to figure out how to help you not hate reading. The rest of it we can get to, but I got to figure out how to get you engaged. In order to do that sometimes you got to pull back. Right. You got to put a little grease in the pot. Right. So if that means you've got to have them reading rap lyrics in your class, then that's what it is. If that means you got to have them reading comic books or the athletes reading Sports Illustrated and the sports section in ESPN Magazine, then that's what it is. Our job is not just - it's not to just promote literature, which is what we all do. Our job is to promote literacy and there's a difference. Right. There's a difference. Literacy is what will help them way more than what literature will do.”
― Jason Reynolds

“Dear 2016,

If I has any defeats in your term, I am glad they were on my terms!

Best,
The Defeated Winner”
― Jasleen Kaur Gumber