Famous Quotes & Sayings

At that time, 1970, not many white people had seen black gospel in its full glory. Gospel was not common at blues festivals or jazz festivals. So, you know, we got on kind of a mission there to bring gospel on down to the front of the bus, as we called it.

At the time I thought I was the first black to make All-High in baseball, but I understand that back in the '30s or '40s there was one other black who had made All-High in baseball.

Conrad Black asserts his innocence without qualification with respect to each and every one of the charges set forth in the indictment,

Does a country support a religion or not? It's not black and white. Look at the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia, for example. Both have official state religions, but should they really be classified in the same category?

George Gregan

The result was disappointing but I thought our effort was outstanding. The All Blacks are a very dangerous team and can make you pay if you miss tackles. They got off to a flyer.

The results of the investigation fill two black binders and include 1,500 pages of documents,

Jesse Williams

There's so much material out there that's unnecessarily racist. It takes a shot at what is 'urban' or demonstrates blackness with some sassy, neck-jiving character that's not even relevant to the plot. I see it time and time again, and it doesn't move the story forward. It just kind of cryogenically freezes us in this old racial paradigm.

There should be a little black cloud over them which follows wherever they go.

Bill Cosby

There's no reason for him to come here and jump on black men who have been held down for years.

Tim Bajarin

There's no question this is going directly after the BlackBerry user.

There's no pressure on Black Hawk, no one expects us to win this game. Yet they believe, and when a team believes, anything can happen.

Taye Diggs

There's no white person I know that can say that they haven't been through what any of these Black characters are going through.

The traceability and labeling scheme puts a black mark on any biotech product.

Sherrilyn Kenyon

Then let me put it to you this way. There is seldom black and white in our world. Sometimes things we perceive as good have moments of profound evil, but profound evil will always tell you that it’s always good. It never admits that it could, in any way, be evil. (Alexion)

Sherrilyn Kenyon

Like black, do you? (Cassandra) It serves its purpose. It’s hard to look intimidating in pastels. (Wulf)

Nora Ephron

Black makes your life so much simpler. Everything matches black, especially black.

Monique Coleman

I'm good in the kitchen. I can cook seafood, collard greens, black-eyed peas.

Montel Williams

I have visited some places where the differences between black and white are not as profound as they used to be, but I think there is a new form of racism growing in Europe and that is focused on people who are Middle Eastern. I see it.

Mireille Enos

I'm a black belt in tae kwon do.

Rand Paul

We must always embrace individual liberty and enforce the constitutional rights of all Americans-rich and poor, immigrant and native, black and white.

Ralph Abernathy

Bring on your tear gas, bring on your grenades, your new supplies of Mace, your state troopers and even your national guards. But let the record show we ain't going to be turned around.

As a matter of fact, if we could communicate the truth, not only to the Hispanics but to the black population, all blacks should be Republican, and all Hispanics should be Republican.

Michael Pitt

Personally, I'm very classic. If I'm going to wear a suit, it's going to be classic, black, and fit very well. There's nothing like it.

Sherman Alexie

I used to think the world was broken down by tribes,' I said. 'By Black and White. By Indian and White. But I know this isn't true. The world is only broken into two tribes: the people who are assholes and the people who are not.

Seth Green

During the writer's strike I was walking a line and ran into Jack Black and he said,'We're doing Airborne 2!', and I asked, 'Are you kidding?', and he said, 'Yeah.' I like 'Airborne,' its very pure.

Maeve Binchy

The great thing about getting older is that you become more mellow. Things aren't as black and white, and you become much more tolerant. You can see the good in things much more easily rather than getting enraged as you used to do when you were young.

Lucille Clifton

I am a black woman poet and I sound like one.

Lucille Clifton

these hips have never been enslaved, they go where they want to go they do what they want to do. these hips are mighty hips. these hips are magic hips

Louis Farrakhan

No candidate at present is thinking of justice for the Black and the Red and the Brown in this manner. And none of them are showing they will accept to let us go to save America from the Wrath of God. So Black and White have to know America now is in the crosshairs of God Himself, the Great Mahdi.

Louis Farrakhan

There is no one right now in my judgment that can unite the Black electorate in such a way to present our agenda to a nominee to have them forthrightly address our concerns.

Louis Farrakhan

I want our people to beware that no matter how good the promise is - it is not to be carried out. The only thing I say again that will make America safe is to: Let the Black man and woman go into a state or territory of our own, and help us in that territory for the next 20 to 25 years until we are able to go for self. This will solve the problem between Black and White. And Allah (God) promises that America will get an extension of time and the Wrath of God will be turned aside from this nation.

Louis Farrakhan

Another method (of depopulation) is disease infection through bio-weapons such as Ebola and AIDS, which are race targeting weapons. There is a weapon that can be put in a room where there are Black and White people, and it will kill only the Black and spare the White, because it is a genotype weapon that is designed for your genes, for your race, for your kind.

Lorraine Hansberry

Though it be a thrilling and marvellous thing to be merely young and gifted in such times, it is doubly so - doubly dynamic - to be young, gifted and black.