Tag: quotes of note
“You don’t do anything by yourself and I’m so grateful for...
-Dr. Jesse J. Lewis, founder of The Birmingham Times and publisher emeritus, after announcement that he will be inducted into the National Association of...
“There was no way in the world I was going to...
-Deborah Dickinson Crawford, a Birmingham native who, despite her initial disinterest, worked as a kindergarten teacher in the city for 38 years, and recently...
“I consider blindness a minor inconvenience because at least I’m still...
-Millie Slaughter, a Birmingham resident and local volunteer, who lost her sight at the age of 15 when a brain aneurysm ruptured; The Birmingham...
“That’s the part of the photograph I want to capture—their joy...
-Harper Nichols, who has cerebral palsy, featured an exhibition of photographs at UAB, highlighting people who live with physical disabilities; The Birmingham Times, June...
“Please, please think twice about taking someone’s life. The way to...
-Airella Williams, a sophomore at Pleasant Grove High School, who gave a spoken word performance at a recent anti-violence rally in downtown Birmingham; birminghamtimes.com,...
“We’re only one situation away. No one wakes up and says,...
-Tawanna Granger Morton, intake director for Crossroads to Intervention, a rehabilitation center which helps previously homeless get into new homes; WBRC Fox 6. May...
“…I believe my hair is a blessing. Even though I’ve been...
-Brooklyn Chandler, an 8th grader at Birmingham’s W.J. Christian K-8 School, who was selected as one of 55 U.S. winners of Google's 15th Annual...
“I realized, by taking the [cosmetology] course, that I can actually...
-Jayla Buchanan, a junior in Woodlawn’s Academy of Business and Finance, on learning she could do hair and nails as a profession; The Birmingham...
“Every man should have counseling to really understand everything that goes...
-Chris Stallworth in the Had Me At Hello marriage column that appeared in the Birmingham Times, May 10.
“We grew up together and he would always say ‘mama I...
-Felicia Morgan, who first gave birth at the age of 15, remembers her son Sanquez, 20, who was killed by gun violence in 2019,...
