Famous Quotes & Sayings

The upper part of the Clarion River was pretty polluted about 15 years ago. It has since been cleaned up and now there's a black fly problem.

The way the consent decree is currently written, thousands of black farmers will not be able to receive their fair due compensation for the simple fact the they don't have the information,

George Clooney

This group of people gave Hattie McDaniel an Oscar in 1939 when blacks were still sitting in the back of theatres.

Keith Boykin

This could signal a turning point in our community. We are seeing an unprecedented discussion about sexuality in the black community. I'm confident that 20 to 30 years from now we will look at homophobia in the same light that we now look at racism.

Michael Dyson

There was something about his demeanor that suggested blackness and that suggested, more specifically, stereotypical blackness.

There was one black cloud hanging over this win and that is the departure of Quantrill. He brought a lot more to the table than his throwing. He had been to where we hope to go. He was the epitome of a great teammate.

There wasn't a whole lot going on in the States for black actresses at the time. I didn't have a recording contract, and my daughters and I really liked the lifestyle we had.

Walter Mosley

There was a whole black experience from the hippie movement. It's a whole new world.

Ed Koch

there was no limit to how high blacks could rise in my administration.

Natalie Cole

There were so many groups that I had in college, but I was always the solo singer. But what made it so unusual back in the day was that I was a black girl playing with all these white musicians, and I was also singing rock music on top of it.

There must be something in the Black Warrior River.

Bill Thomas

This is what we've done to ourselves. These bright, smart young kids aren't encouraged to succeed. Our black community is in trouble.

Are the midnight openings much earlier than usual for Black Friday? Yes, they are. Does this show that retailers are more nervous this year? Absolutely.

A real problem with Black History Month is that we focus on individuals, yet we ignore the larger social structure of racism. Students might study great people who made great accomplishments, but it isn't seen as an issue that's relevant today.

Gary Lineker

An excellent player - but he does have a black side

Any information that gets sent to the department seems to go into a sort of black hole,

Any great truth can - and eventually will - be expressed as a cliche - a cliche is a sure and certain way to dilute an idea. For instance, my grandmother used to say, 'The black cat is always the last one off the fence.' I have no idea what she meant, but at one time, it was undoubtedly true.

David Brown

As he got older he realized that he was considered black, which is confusing to him, because he is brown. We have tried to help him understand his heritage and encourage him to be proud to be a black person. We have taught him about Martin Luther King's dream and explained that we are the realization of his dream.

As far as I was concerned, I saw (having a black roommate) as being something very natural. When Casey came in and I was chosen to be his roommate, that did not raise my eyebrows as maybe some people would think. I had a good feeling being around Casey ... and I trusted any decision coach McGuire made.

Mike Colter

As for facial hair, I think I decided it was a good look after graduate school. I always shave it myself and trim my own beard. I change the look depending on the role. For 'Million Dollar Baby,' I had no facial hair. For 'Men in Black 3,' I had no facial hair but did wear a wig.

As black people we may feel like we can't make it there. And now I feel like politics is maybe something I want to go into.

Brian Clarke

As a New York cop, you'll be faced with many decisions, ... Do I turn this evidence in to the precinct and get it off of the street, or do I sell it on the black market and pocket the money?

As a member of the school board I played an integral role in keeping the district's approximately $8 million budget successfully in the black while building several additions and making many improvements. I also played a key role in negotiating many successful union contracts for the district. This experience will better able me to keep the sheriff's department spending in check, and to work well with the department's employee union.

A lot of whites thought there would not be another white mayor. And blacks thought there always would be a black mayor. Now they are starting to rethink their position.

Robert Johnson

The younger black demographic is not as tied in to the Democratic Party.

David Davis

They display their intolerance of racism with their white and black bands,

William Butler Yeats

The years like great black oxen tread the world, and God the herdsman treads them on behind, and I am broken by their passing feet.

You can't hire blacks if there's not a pool of black recruits to choose from.

This place is decorated in black and gold.

Hans Hofmann

The impressionistic method leads into a complete splitting and dissolution of all areas involved in the composition, and color is used to create an overall effect of light. The color is, through such a shading down from the highest light in the deepest shadows, sacrified an degraded to a (black-and-white) function. This leads to the destructions of the color as color.

Herman Cain

I could eat black walnut all the time, it's not a flavor of the week!

Herman Cain

They call me racist too just because I disagree with a President who happens to be black. You are not racists - you are patriots.

Herb Ritts

I'm pretty selective. I generally edit the contact sheets and then do work prints. Because I have my own lab and printers, I can afford the luxury of going through the contact sheets for black-and-white, making up work prints, seeing them big, and honing them down.