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Community Quotes

Community is built, not just found.

These quotes cover community at different scales - a performer discovering their craft through local theater, the identity and security that comes from a shared racial or cultural community, and comedians building connection through shared inside jokes. Related reading in Communities Quotes.

When you talk about evangelicals, don't forget that a significant proportion of the evangelical community is African American. And most African Americans - well over 90 percent, thoroughly evangelical, thoroughly biblical - will probably vote Democratic.

Quotes by Tony Campolo

I think it's not up to Congress to dictate what the right amount of diversity is, but I think it's Congress' place to ask the question, to any industry, in talking about what's going on out there. Is there a...

Quotes by Tony Cardenas

There is no organic process where you can take a diverse community like America and then distill it down to it only looks monolithic without having some kind of inorganic interplay going on that created that outcome.

Quotes by Tony Cardenas

To truly utilize the full potential of every person in our nation, our laws and representation must track the needs, concerns, and goals of the Latino community.

Quotes by Tony Cardenas

I am proud of the fact the community elected a congressman who was born and raised in the community. I am trying my best to be successful for the community.

Quotes by Tony Cardenas

Every community needs to get its fair share of services.

Quotes by Tony Cardenas

When we act ignorant as a community, we are not doing the right thing.

Quotes by Tony Cardenas

If recycling is the future, then we must focus our efforts on mitigating negative impacts to our community while protecting our environment.

Quotes by Tony Cardenas

You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.

Quotes by Toni Morrison

Segregated Witness was forced onto the miners by the community.

Quotes by Tone Vays

I looked at the rap community like street kids wanting their own brand. But now I look at that period with the rappers in the 90s as a trend of the moment. What it taught me was never to follow...

Quotes by Tommy Hilfiger

I grew up in a predominantly white community - Hinsdale, Illinois - and given that, I feel blessed because I could still count my experiences with blatant racism on two hands. I thought racism was the substitute teacher picking on...

Quotes by Tomi Adeyemi

You need a community to succeed. In the back of every book is an acknowledgments page full of all the people it took to get that writer to the book you're holding.

Quotes by Tomi Adeyemi

The YA author community is generally pretty friendly, and they care.

Quotes by Tomi Adeyemi

As writers, our craft makes us sit alone at a desk and hammer away at our novel. Doing that day in and day out makes it really easy to forget that there's a whole community of writers out there, and...

Quotes by Tomi Adeyemi

What Republicans have done in my view is that they are systematically dismantling a sense of community in America.

Quotes by Tom Vilsack

Now how many people in their heart of hearts in that community want to see the demise of this country? How many would cheer, not out loud maybe, but in their heart when things like 9/11 occur and I'll tell...

Quotes by Tom Tancredo

I think true success is intrinsic... It's love. It's kindness. It's community.

Quotes by Tom Shadyac

I liked the give-and-take of a policy discussion in the community, with citizens. I didn't know that even took place, frankly, but I never dreamed it would be an enjoyable thing to do.

Quotes by Tom Price

The leader of Iran made one of the most repugnant remarks the international community has heard since Adolf Hitler.

Quotes by Tom Lantos

Frequently Asked Questions

What different kinds of 'community' appear in these quotes?
They range from a geopolitical view about European Union expansion and stability, to discovering acting through community theater, to a racial community's sense of identity and security, to the inside jokes a comedian builds with an audience.
Is there a quote about the European Union and Russia?
Yes. One quote states a view that "The purpose of the European Union expansion is to bring stability to the East, and ultimately, that stability will come to Russia" - adding that there's "no long term reason that Russia can't be part of the same" community. This is presented here simply as the quote's own stated view on EU-Russia relations.
Is there a quote about discovering acting through community theater?
Yes - one speaker recalls trying bull-riding without much success before they "discovered acting through community theater." For more, see Community-Based quotes.
Is there a quote about what a racial community provides?
Yes. One quote says a racial community provides "not only a sense of identity" and the "luxury of looking into another's face and seeing yourself reflected back, but a sense of security and support." For more, see Communities quotes.
Is there a quote about comedians building community with an audience?
Yes - one quote says that when a comedian talks to the audience and builds "inside jokes," it "creates a community." For more, see Community College quotes and Community Service quotes.

One quote takes a wider geopolitical view, tying regional stability to a larger shared community of nations. Browse more in Community Service Quotes or Community College Quotes.