Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alphonso Jackson

The so-called black leaders of this nation have convinced a large portion of the black community that blacks aren't capable of self-advancement.

Mollie Mayfield

After a week, we had a lot of black marks from track shoes on them. It causes an abrasion that slows down the surface, so our varsity team is not playing on as fast of courts as they may encounter.

Rick James

Somebody told me it's the oldest legitimate black-owned business enterprise. It's pretty much the cornerstone of the black community.

Maxwell

Soul is a colourless thing. I don't think you have to be a black person to be automatically soulful. I respect Justin Bieber and Justin Timberlake; they do what they do. For me, my philosophy has always been 'contribution before competition.'

Eddie Davis

Now is the opportunity to have deeper thoughts on what her work has been after he died. Rosa Parks has passed. Now Coretta. What is evident to me is the number of distinguished black Americans who are dying. Hopefully, we will embrace their work and think of their contributions, They were major contributors to civil rights and to the dignity of all people in this country.

Mickey Rivers

No wonder you're all mixed up. You got a white man's first name, a Spanish man's second name and a black man's third name.

Juan Williams

So much focus in the country is the impoverished minority community. But while 25 percent of the black community lives in poverty, 75 percent is outside of that. It doesn't always get in the news.

John Davies

Ten years ago when Dan Blue was speaker, he had $125,000 and everybody thought it was an outrage. Today, Speaker Black has over a million dollars, and no one thinks it's an outrage. It's gotten that competitive.

Diane Farr

Sometimes I even feel funny to say I'm in a biracial marriage because people are like, 'Oh, he's Asian?' The subtext is, 'Who cares? You didn't marry a black person.'

Barry Manilow

I was the Justin Bieber of the '70s. Really, I was.

Roger Franks

That's the shot we wanted them to take. We just didn't want him to make it. There's not much more Justin could have done defensively.

Jorma Taccone

Justin Timberlake puts you to shame, having that much talent.

Ralph Fiennes

Justin sees something in Tessa. She's getting at him,

Adam Richman

Back in the day, I used to watch 'The Cajun Chef' with Justin Wilson. His mixing would go one way, and his stomach would go the other.

Sammy Morris

Personally, I don't think the team was teetering on whether (Williams) apologized or not. Rick just wanted to say something, and the team was able to respect that.

Jane Haddam

In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect, and no more of it than we had earned.

Alan Dershowitz

If we move away from the American tradition of lawyers defending those with whom they vehemently disagree -- as we temporarily did during the McCarthy period -- we weaken our commitment to the rule of law... So beware of an approach which limits advocacy to that which is approved by the standards of political correctness.

Baltasar Gracian

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

Britney Spears

I remember I read this harsh review about my show, and one of my friends told me that this was the exact same stuff people said about Madonna. And it's like, she didn't care. Madonna just came out and was herself. I respect that a lot.

Elizabeth Bowen

The wish to lead out one's lover must be a tribal feeling; the wish to be seen as loved is part of one's self-respect.

Mir Hossain

Enough is enough. The manufacturers must show some respects to their workers by complying with safety rules.

Matt Giampietro

There is so much respect for that name.

Michael Sexton

We try to respect his time. He runs more than 100 companies.