“Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.”– Frederick Douglass Related Quotes “The way I saw it, if my students were willing to pretend I was a teacher, the least I could do was return the favor and pretend that they were writers.”— David Sedaris “Don’t be managed by the likelihood of mishaps. Be motivated by the promise of favor!”— Carlos Wallace “I refuse to sit and wait for salvation. Every day I have looked to the sky for the white streak of a plane making its way across the Pacific, but I have not seen any.”— Jennifer Arnett