What the woman who labors wants is the right to live, not simply exist ... the right to life, and the sun and music and art ... The worker must have bread, but she must have roses too.

there is nothing more American than the trade-union movement.

The life of men and women is so cheap and property is so sacred. There are so many of us for one job it matters little if 146 of us are burned to death.

I know from my experience it is up to the working people to save themselves. The only way they can save themselves is by a strong working-class movement.

... it is the spirit of trade unionism that is most important, the service of fellowship, the feeling that the hurt of one is the concern of all and that the work of the individual benefits all.

Then came a big strike. About 100 girls went out. The result was a victory, which netted us - I mean the girls - $2 increase in our wages on the average.

We have tried you citizens; we are trying you now, and you have a couple of dollars for the sorrowing mothers, brothers and sisters by way of a charity gift.

All the time our union was progressing very nicely. There were lectures to make us understand what trades unionism is and our real position in the labor movement.

I cannot think of a thing that was better in those good old days.

You have nothing that the humblest worker has not a right to have also.

Today, for many people, being a union member simply means paying dues, but in the early days there were so few of us that if a majority of the members were not active, the union ceased to exist.

Nice guys finish last but bad guys don't finish at all.

There ain't nothing from the outside can lick any of us.

I'm not the Hollywood type of person.

No matter how poorly you play, there is always someone you can beat. No matter how well you play, there is always someone who can beat you.

(Gray) Davis said yesterday that he is going to fight like a Bengal tiger, which I believe is also an endangered species.

It feels like Radiohead are famous, but that no one knows who we are. Which is brilliant, really.

I cannot say what I think is right about Music. I only know the rightness of it.

I want the principles of a timeless muse, I want to eradicate my negative views.

The biggest risk of all is not taking one.

Death is the black backing on the mirror that allows us to see anything at all.