Famous Quotes & Sayings

Taye Diggs

Just recently white people are starting to notice who I am. In the black community of actors, that's the gauge of how big you are, your real crossover appeal.

Jim Boeheim

John Chaney and John Thompson made it possible for the black coach to get in the college game. Administrators need to win to keep their jobs. So when Chaney and Thompson won games, that's how black coaches got hired.

I think it's a black eye for the Bush administration. This opens a Pandora's box.

It always come down to black and white. It's the same thing every meeting.

I think it's a state of mind. I feel ready to win this. I'm ready to go the distance, but of course I'd love to end the fight early with a knockout. I want to come back home with the belt, not a black eye.

I think it's crucial for people to be able to acknowledge the contributions that black Americans have made. I don't think our history can be limited to a month. It's something that should be continued throughout the year, but it offers everyone the opportunity to be part of our culture. That is something we should all celebrate together.

It changed the course of the Black River. The boulder field, that is a unique new thing that we're going to interpret.

Torii Hunter

He loved to talk to you. He helped the younger guys -- especially the younger black players.

He (McKie) is not going to wave a magic wand and find a loose-head prop that's going to demolish the All Blacks or pull out a winger that will put Rokocoko to shame. That's not his role. There is no quick fix,

Today, kids think that information is too much for them. We're telling the story that for a black person to make money, they have to be doing something illegal.

What do you call a black man flying a plane? A pilot you racist.

We've been waiting for the school to bring someone in to represent black history and we got it first hand.

We support the black candidates because we're sure they're going to vote in the liberal interest.

He was kind of bundled up. He was wearing a black leather hat, a big black jacket and grey pants.

Dusty Baker

He wasn't all black. It was black and white, so it doesn't mean nothing.

Tana Umaga

He was instrumental in building the All Blacks tradition. We're pleased for the chance to pay our respects

Jimi Hendrix

He'd been listening to black music all his life,

He criticized baseball's racial policies after he stopped playing, especially how blacks were forced to travel. He even criticized some black players for not standing up for their rights.

He changed the way Hollywood looked at black cinematography. He really showed Hollywood that the black story can be told differently and, if they don't invest in us, we'll invest in ourselves. So many other blacks are going to be following that lead.

Having a black president doesn't mean anything. He is not the black president. He is just a president that happened to be black. He has yet to do anything for minority students on this campus.

Larry Miller

He is using this as a joke. This is an insult coming from him. Why he chose to focus on the Black Caucus, I have no idea other than he is crazy and a racist.

Lil' Kim

has learned through rap images to identify black male culture with a culture of violence.

Hand tools and power tools are huge sellers this year - Stan Lee wrenches, Black and Decker power tools, they are really selling quickly as people renovate their homes this year.

Gore Verbinski

Today we're just growing and consuming, and I think maybe there's a sadness in that. People are longing for a time when there was a black and white and good and bad.

Louis Farrakhan

He had a very focused mission on the black people of America, the black people of the world, because our condition was so horrific from the years of slavery and injustice that we have experienced,

He has to expand the electorate, and that's a big hurdle. Blacks displaced by Katrina, these people are going to be horribly difficult to reach.

Marcel Desailly

He lost consciousness for 2 seconds, like he fell into a black hole. His eyes were wide open, but he had no idea where he was.

Chuck D.

He made the decision on who got the money. I take exception to you saying that all Mr. Black did was fill in the name. He made the decision.

I have got pictures all around the rooms I sit in. I have got a very mad picture of a dog standing on a black thing on a piece of rope. It was drawn and painted by a Romanian poet who was under house arrest, and it is terrific.

I'd like for the public to know this is inclusive of everyone. Just because you aren't black, it doesn't mean you aren't invited. It's not about black people; it's about history.

Franco Harris

I don't even think about that now. I'm still black and gold.

I don't even really know what happened, we both kind of went black for a second. I got up and people were cheering, so I might have got the better end of it. I don't even remember anything from the rest of the drive.

Jose Theodore

I don't feel I have anything to hide. It's not something that I got on the black market. It was a prescription from the doctor for eight years, so I don't feel uncomfortable by anything.