Jane Smith Quotations

We tried so hard to make this unbiased and to not insult one side or the other. To me, it's as balanced an approach as we could do.

If it was verifiable in acceptable medical literature from multiple sources, that was kind of a litmus test.

I remember when Nelson Mandela made his first visit to Atlanta and came by the center. She made sure that not just the celebrities were able to be in his presence, but she made certain that all staff had a chance to shake hands with and meet him.

We're all shocked and overcome with a great feeling of sadness.

Those are things that are very hard for us to buy as pantries. We cannot pay a dollar for a can of tuna for one family. That'd be good for one person, but we have a lot of eight- and 10-people families. You think how far one can of tuna would go. Not very far.

Those of us who worked with her thought that she was very gracious with her physical self, very gracious with the public. That included in airports, on sidewalks and in restaurants.

The only thing they want to accomplish is more building. They need to decide if they are helping or harming the environment.

What is important is that the League doesn't pretend to know all; we provide the forum for discussion, bring in speakers, encourage local people to talk on various subjects so that they are being educated, and not just by us.

You have to know where to look, it just takes a little practice.

We should do what Mrs. King did and that is cherish non-violence.

Death is inevitable, and, after about the age of 75 or so, you begin to care about people in a certain way. We have all loved Mrs. King in that very special way these last few years. It's just a very tearful right now.

This kind of work takes too much time. Mine's all needlework.

At first I thought, 'he's a teenager, he's irritable,' but then I knew it was more than that. Then he finally said he was really depressed, so we got him help. He was a lot better for a while, and then I started to notice things missing. His wardrobe was shrinking, his jewelry missing. I just had suspicions. In hindsight, I wish I had taken him for drug testing. But being naive about the whole thing, I didn't.

I've done handwork since I was three years old, when Mom started me embroidering.

I hope we will all continue to support the King Center and think of it being as important as any national monument. And we should celebrate the King holiday now as a holiday for two very special people.

Certainly, we've taken a lot of measures and we've made a lot of progress, but it is going to be really hard to say how much is enough. We're not at the end of it, we're at the start of it.