Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rosario Dawson

I think what's interesting about how it's done is that it's not black and white. I think you like Monty. I think he's a really good guy.

Anna Deavere Smith

I think a lot of L.A. is something like USC - this incredible white culture living in the midst of color, and no obvious reaction to it at all. I mean, they have guards at the gate at USC - guards at the gate of a major university! And the guards chase young black boys away - I've seen it, chasing 8-year-old boys.

I think it still brings a lot of the same lessons that it brought 20 years ago. It's a snapshot of the past. Colin Powell would not be Colin Powell were it not for the guys in World War II, young black men who went to the war and came back and got an education and fought for their civil rights. It's a mirror to the present.

I think this is just a remarkable black eye for Oracle.

I think underneath that black jumper, somewhere, there is a sense of conscience. It's his job. I mean, he does enjoy it. He would be a fool not to enjoy it. Nobody in their right mind is going to walk out on the most popular television show in the country for whatever reason, no matter how much money they've got. It's not just money. He loves it and he's good at it. What else is he gonna do? I can't see him selling records in a record shop.

Anna Sui

I think that the fact that it's black and that it has like this color in it and there's painting around it. It just doesn't seem real, and then the fact that it's functional too.

I think that what we do, as far as the handling of this situation and dealing with it, will go a long way in determining that factor, ... I'd like to think this is something you can deal with and keep a black mark from the (Dodgers) name.

I think some of those goals are impossible to get. It's kind of a weird system, but most of the time when we have more blacks than reds, we're in the win column.

Michael Dyson

I think that I immediately knew that there were some stereotypical elements to this character that suggested black culture -- the way he spoke, the way he walked,

I think that with the black cloud that's hanging over Mr. Horn, this was a diversion, to try to distract people from his ethical problems.

Brittany Howard

I wear a lot of black, and it's not because I'm depressed or anything. I like black jeans - they're pretty much the only colored jeans I wear. James Jeans have the most comfortable fabric. I'd say in general, I dress pretty comfortably.

I was a Bulls fan in seventh grade. I loved Michael Jordan and the black and red.

RIM (is) freeing themselves of all these contingent, legal liabilities and this black cloud that has been overhanging the stock.

Benjamin F. Wade

Remember, gentlemen, you have, by your votes, in this free State of Ohio, so treated a part of her people, these black men and women.

Physically, the All Blacks were stronger and faster. They gave us a lesson. We did what we could but we know now that the road to the 2007 World is going to be very long.

Really, they were not doing anything to get poor black folks out of there. And here these two 20-year-old white guys helped this 54-year-old black guy get his son back.

Red-haired, fair skinned people have a higher instance of skin cancer than black-haired individuals. And the melanin pigment in the skin of red haired people differs chemically from the melanin in the skin of those with black hair. So researchers have tried to compare the red with the black pigments, but have not succeeded in comparing the isolated human pigments until now.

Regardless of the outcome of this case, today's ruling is going to mean a market share loss for Blackberry and a gain for Palm.

Releasing ferrets is one thing, but getting the population to produce young is the first critical step in creating a self-sustaining black footed ferret population.

Chris Rock

Relax, you only have to be nice to black people for two more hours.

Part of the reason was that retailers built sales momentum by offering deep discounts leading up to Black Friday,

Our kids work hard on defense. We left this field last night at 6:50 p.m., and if you looked at your clock, it was pitch black -- and that's the night before a day game. That's how much these kids care.

People need to know about the person who saved black people's rights.

I bought three suits from him earlier. There is an image that goes with going to church. . . . It is a tradition that we have in the black church. . . . We have to go to church presentable as well, because people should recognize that we are worshipping.

I am proud to have the endorsement of the Sensational Nightingales, and that would include Darrell Luster. I am proud of the fact that he is my black campaign manager.

History is not going to be kind to liberals. With their mindless programs, they've managed to do to Black Americans what slavery, Reconstruction, and rank racism found impossible: destroy their family and work ethic.

There are older people who can no longer do it, but they still want the homemade blackberry jelly and canned figs. So I make sure to have some for them,

Pat Riley

When he came to the Lakers, Bob McAdoo told me how much the game meant, how it changed everything, how it opened up the world for black kids in the South. I guess I never really thought of it that way, that we were such a big part of history.

When they reach their 30s, six of every 10 black men who did not go to high school are in prison.

I tried to get a tan but I’m black already,

I think the legislators are taking a lot more interest in the needs for the mentally ill. For many years, they thought it was a black hole that could never be filled.

I think the child psychologists are well-intentioned and are speaking for a good number of children, but education is too complicated to be governed by black and white rules.

Stephanie Mills

I don't think that everything on Broadway relates to us, and I think that's why we as black people don't always go to Broadway shows, but shows like 'What's on the Hearts of Men' has a lot of issues that can relate to black families, and that's why I enjoy it.