quotes about Coal Miners

last updated: November 28, 2023

I could have been a Judge, but I never had the Latin for the judgin'. I never had it, so I'd had it, as far as being a judge was concerned... I would much prefer to be a judge than a coal miner because of the absence of falling coal.
-- Peter Cook

Source : British comedy stage revue "Beyond the Fringe" written and performed by Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Alan Bennett, and Jonathan Miller ("Sitting on the Bench", 1961), 1960-1966.

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The hardest thing I've had to overcome was being from my small coal-mining town of Big Stone Gap, Virginia. My mother was a coal miner for nineteen years, and the expectations of making it out of my town were slim to none.
-- Thomas Jones

Source : "Actor Thomas Q. Jones: Making it out of a small town and a positive perspective on failure". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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“Pilates is the only exercise program that has changed my body and made me feel great”
“Physics is a hobby of mine, as much as a person of limited intelligence can understand physics.”
“You don't understand. You've never hated anybody. No, I never have. We're allotted just so much time on earth, and I wouldn't want the Lord to see me wasting mine in any such manner.”
“A lot of times we look at the whole world and think, 'it's so daunting, how can we change the whole world?' and you don't need to do that, what you need to do is change your world a little bit, and see if you can, through example, inspire others to do the same thing.”

Source : "TERRA 240 - Bioneers - Part 1". Interview with George Potter, lifeonterra.com. 2007.
“Undoubtedly the Afghans must be, by our standards, the best-looking people in the world. They have everything; height, proportions, carriage, features and complexion.”

Source : Dervla Murphy (1987). “Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle”, p.69, The Overlook Press
“There was never a wise saying that couldn't be made wiser by adding the words, "and vice-versa.”
“"Don't be stupid!" is excellent advice.”
“In a good mood I call my hair Chestnut with Gold Glints. In a bad mood, I call it mousy brown”
“Academics were not a challenge when I was fifteen in college. The challenge was figuring out how to fit in socially.”

Source : Interview With Jeff Jetton, brightestyoungthings.com. February 25, 2013.
“Dmitri was at a total loss. It was a common reaction for people when I agreed to do something reasonable.”