“I did not get on the bus to get arrested. I got on the bus to go home.”
Rosa Parks (1913–2005) African-American civil rights activist
Quoted in Rita Dove, "Rosa Parks: Her simple act of protest galvanized America's civil rights revolution," http://www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/profile/parks01.html Time (1999-06-14)by kurtis
A. P. Herbert (1890–1971) British politician
"Seeing It Through", London Transport poster by Eric Kennington (1944).
“"The dude didn't even hop up on the bus yet and wants to sit in the window already"”
Romário (1966) Brazilian association football player
O cara nem entrou no ônibus ainda e já quer sentar na janela.
Source: PauliniaNews
Context: Refering to Alexandro Gama, Fluminense's coach in 2003, who put Romário in the bench in his first game managing the club.
“I don't want you fellows sitting around asking me what to do. I want you to tell me what to do.”
George Marshall (1880–1959) US military leader, Army Chief of Staff
To his staffers, as quoted in General of the Army : George C. Marshall, Soldier and Statesman (1991) by Ed Cray, p. 591
“Are you going to put me under house arrest or put me on Robben Island?”
Helen Suzman (1917–2009) South African politician
As quoted in Helen Suzman: Fighter for Human Rights https://web.archive.org/web/20160303201816/http://hsf.org.za/about-us/helen-suzman/suz01.pdf (2005), by Millie Pimstone, South Africa: The Isaac and Jessie Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies <br class="br">1960s
Ken Kesey (1935–2001) novelist
Source: The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (1968), Ch. 6 : The Bus
Context: There are going to be times when we can't wait for somebody. Now, you're either on the bus or off the bus. If you're on the bus, and you get left behind, then you'll find it again. If you're off the bus in the first place — then it won't make a damn.
“To me, God is like this happy bus driver.”
Jerry Stahl (1953) American writer
Source: Permanent Midnight
Ken Kesey (1935–2001) novelist
Trip of a Lifetime (1999)
