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Allan Dare Pearce Quotes | Quotes said by Allan Dare Pearce

  • Allan Dare Pearce Quote #1

    A woman only needs one pair of shoes for an outfit. But God, you've got to get it just right.


  • Allan Dare Pearce Quote #2

    Anyone hurts my family, I slap them down. A man does for family. That's one of the rules I got from my pa. His rules for being a man.

  • Allan Dare Pearce Quote #3

    Are we praying?

    If you have to ask, you probably aren't.

  • Allan Dare Pearce Quote #4

    Bank robbing is more of a sure thing than farming.

  • Allan Dare Pearce Quote #5

    Because this is Upper Canada, after all, and 'caning' sounds more English than 'having ass whipped to death with hickory stick.

  • Allan Dare Pearce Quote #6

    But, ladies and gentlemen, we will also be asked to make sacrifices in matters that are not our affair and that do not concern us, sacrifices that would leave our people bleeding or wounded, or even dead, from battle. There is no equality for us in this lifetime.

  • Allan Dare Pearce Quote #7

    Come meet my dog.

    What's the dog's name?

    Justice.

    Nice touch for a judge. A dog named Justice.

  • Allan Dare Pearce Quote #8

    Criticism involves taking a position, Mr. Day. How long has it been since you took a considered position on anything important?

  • Allan Dare Pearce Quote #9

    Do a lot of questions mean you are really smart or really dumb?

  • Allan Dare Pearce Quote #10

    Everyone loves a girl who can rise to a crisis.

  • Allan Dare Pearce Quote #11

    Family is more important than anything.

  • Allan Dare Pearce Quote #12

    He believed a man should never be sober but never be drunk. And he believed in watching out for family, even if you had to stay sober for a few hours; it was that important.

  • Allan Dare Pearce Quote #13

    I am a teacher. I should be giving tests, not taking them.

  • Allan Dare Pearce Quote #14

    I am an educated black woman in a time when educated black people will be called upon to risk everything for the rights of black people everywhere.

  • Allan Dare Pearce Quote #15

    I am not a teacher in my heart, she said. I am a doer, and all these little shitheads in front of me are do-nothings. There is racism in the world and they acknowledge it, but they sit in class listening to bullshit professors. Give me a bricklayer with a racist attitude. It is just more honest.

  • Allan Dare Pearce Quote #16

    I guess it's the curse of our generation, having to put aside our lives to do the right thing.

  • Allan Dare Pearce Quote #17

    Insanity is not a fit topic for high-school children.

  • Allan Dare Pearce Quote #18

    Kids are important. The most important thing.

  • Allan Dare Pearce Quote #19

    Manners count. Be polite and seek out the common ground, not just the high ground.

  • Allan Dare Pearce Quote #20

    My father believes with his entire soul that the meek shall inherit the earth. My children will inherit the earth but they will not be meek.

  • Allan Dare Pearce Quote #21

    My pa maintained that there are three important parts to a man. You got the heart, the brain, and the python.

  • Allan Dare Pearce Quote #22

    Only one person can own any plate at a time. It belongs to the pitcher, or it belongs to the batter, Aiken, but not to both. You understand.

  • Allan Dare Pearce Quote #23

    People have been bred to hate for generations -- eons, maybe. Some fundamental urge. Something implicit in the human condition.

  • Allan Dare Pearce Quote #24

    Racism, Dr. Sam. I worry for my kids about racism. Racism doesn't appear to take holidays or time off. What can I do about this stuff?

  • Allan Dare Pearce Quote #25

    Schizophrenia. Always a bitch.

  • Allan Dare Pearce Quote #26

    She placed her hands, one on each of his shoulders, stood on her toes and kissed him on the lips. He waited, enjoying the moment like none before.

  • Allan Dare Pearce Quote #27

    Slavery stands as an affront to human dignity.

  • Allan Dare Pearce Quote #28

    Smile! Make them comfortable with your size. Deal with their fears and your fears will go away.

  • Allan Dare Pearce Quote #29

    Some days in the camp you prayed to live; some days you prayed to die quick. Some days you didn't bother praying, knowing there was no sense to anything.

  • Allan Dare Pearce Quote #30

    Surely you can see the failings of the system. Inequality, injustice, unfairness, and exploitation--

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