Tonight quotes

Tonight

339 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.

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Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway Novelist

"Being against evil doesn't make you good. Tonight I was against it and then I was evil myself. I could feel it coming just like a tide... I just want to destroy them. But when you start taking pleasure in it you are awfully close to the thing you're fighting."

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil Rights Leader
Tonight

"It is not enough for me to stand before you tonight and condemn riots. It would be morally irresponsible for me to do that without, at the same time, condemning the contingent, intolerable conditions that exist in our society. These conditions are the things that cause individuals to feel that they have no other alternative than to engage in violent rebellions to get attention. And I must say tonight that a riot is the language of the unheard."

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Tracy Chapman Singer-Songwriter
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"You got a fast car But is it fast enough so we can fly away We gotta make a decision We leave tonight or live and die this way."

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Mac Miller Rapper, Singer, Songwriter
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"Sometimes I see the world for how f-ked up it really is. I tell myself I'll be the one to make a change in it. I could die tonight; not make it to the sunrise, then I couldn't hear the pain in it."

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Harper Lee Novelist
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"Are you proud of yourself tonight that you have insulted a total stranger whose circumstances you know nothing about?"

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Bob Dylan Singer-songwriter
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"The good Samaritan, he's getting dressed, he's getting ready for the show. He's going to the carnival tonight on Desolation Row."

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Jimi Hendrix Musician, Guitarist
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"One time I said: maybe I should burn a guitar tonight. You know smash a guitar or something like that. And they said: yeah, yeah! I said: you really think I should? They said: yeah, that'd be cool. I said: well, ok."

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