Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Milton

Black it stood as night, / Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, / And shook a dreadful dart.

Anne Rice

I am not times fool, nor a god hardened by the millennia; I am not the trickster in the black cape nor the sorrowful wanderer. I have a conscience. I know right from wrong I know what I do and yes, I do it. I am the Vampire Lestat. That's your answer do with it as you will.

Andrew Sullivan

The relationship of black Americans to Obama is sociologically riveting.

D. H. Lawrence

Along the avenue of cypresses, All in their scarlet cloaks and surplices Of linen, go the chanting choristers, The priests in gold and black, the villagers. . . .

Cuba Gooding, Jr.

I am admiring of my fellow peers, black filmmakers and black actors and actresses.

Danny Glover

Democracy is about criticism. I didn't elect Obama because he's a black; I voted for Obama because he was the right person at the time. Period. The exceptionalism of a black U.S. President is not important to me. It's what he does. And who he has at the table. And what he does to change the world - that's what's important.

Curt Flood

I am pleased that God made my skin black - but I wish He had made it thicker.

Andre Leon Talley

The zenith of elegance in any woman's wardrobe is the little black dress, the power of which suggests dash and refinement.

Alice Childress

And realizing there is no such thing as the Black experience. Time and events allow for change on both sides.

Angel Olsen

It's very important to enjoy time alone with yourself and just existing, because existence is kind of cool.

Amanda Lindhout

Maintaining my dignity is so important for me.

Anita Sarkeesian

My writer and I sat down and wrote a huge list of names of women to consider. It was really important to us to have a broad range of women from across generations and cultures. We didn't want to make it Western-focused, we wanted to make sure it was international and that it had an intersectional lens.

Richard Bach

Wrong turns are as important as right turns. More important, sometimes.

Robert Fritz

One of the most important results you can bring into the world is the you that you really want to be.

Richard McCabe

Music has always been profoundly important to me.

Thornton Wilder

Choose the least important day in your life. It will be important enough.

Timothy Leary

The most important thing you do in your life is to die.

Thomas S. Monson

We become so caught up in the busyness of our lives. Were we to step back, however, and take a good look at what we’re doing, we may find that we have immersed ourselves in the “thick of thin things.” In other words, too often we spend most of our time taking care of the things which do not really matter much at all in the grand scheme of things, neglecting those more important causes.