Black Quotes · Page 21

Shakespeare must be a black girl.

— Maya Angelou

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

— Lucille Clifton

Who doesn't like to play Black Sabbath tunes!

— Dimebag Darrell

Like books and black lives, albums still matter.

— Prince

We don't live in a world that's black and white.

— Shannon Elizabeth

Black people are not often considered mainstream.

— Lamman Rucker

The black shadow cares for itself, not for you.

— Julius Streicher

I wear black all the time.

— Ivana Trump

By the time I was 17 years old, I already had my black belt.

— Vitor Belfort

I'm the 1st black platinum artist in Detroit, solo artist in Detroit.

— Obie Trice

Mama, put my guns in the ground, I can't shoot them anymore. That long black cloud is coming down.

— Bob Dylan

I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination...

— Nelson Mandela

I like to dress in edgy black leather and denim, but I like a wide range of things.

— Lauren Jauregui

Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.

— Barbara Jordan

I take my coffee like I take my women... strong... black... and proud.

— Michael Ian Black

It's unfortunate that in an interview sometimes things can seem so black and white.

— Gisele Bundchen

I find it really unique that the black community, who has been oppressed and is still oppressed, can find a way to…

— Trevante Rhodes

When we talk of identity, we often think of groups such as black Muslim lesbians in wheelchairs. This is because identity only…

— Grayson Perry

And I'm happy to say that I'm able to find people wherever I go that are not black, not white - they're…

— Chico Hamilton

Stop-and-frisk was ruled unconstitutional in New York, because it largely singled out black and Hispanic young men.

— Lester Holt

A good many people voted for [Barack] Obama, and I'm not only talking about the black vote. A lot of people voted…

— Nat Hentoff

Yes, black is slimming, but it's not always youthful. The right tone of red, however, is flattering on all women.

— Twiggy

“She never answered. She couldn’t. All she could do was stare, reaching toward him with her gaze alone, pulling him to drown…

— Kelly Creagh

A lot of sneakers look orthopedic - Chuck Taylors don't, and they looked good with the Perfecto black leather jacket and Levi's.

— Marky Ramone

That has not yet been put to the test. I got my fourth-degree black belt this winter. When I make martial arts…

— Nora Roberts

Now what happens?" asked the man in black. "We face each other as God intended," Fezzik said. "No tricks, no weapons, skill…

— William Goldman

The right, like Pat Buchanan and Rush Limbauggh, use women and the black man and the Hispanic immigrant and the gay man…

— Janeane Garofalo

Has he paid his dues? Is he black enough?... John Lewis and I were out there marching and organizing sit-ins back in…

— Jim Clyburn

I didn't run into racism until we moved to Nassau when I was ten and a half, but it was vastly different…

— Sidney Poitier

I think everything happens for a reason and all of my choices have led me up to my solo album and made…

— Fergie

So much of my sense of who I am is tied to mothering. When they left home, I fell into a huge,…

— Jessica Lange

Listen, you might want to pack a few of your things together before going to bed. The former bishop of Turkey will…

— David Sedaris

All my life I had a rapport with black caddies.

— Lee Trevino

Anger, used, does not destroy. Hatred does.

— Audre Lorde

I loved Alessandra Torre's 'Black Lies.'

— Zara Cox

Sean Black writes like a punch to the gut.

— Jesse Kellerman

So cut my wrists and black my eyes.

— Hawthorne Heights

Well who's black and what is a black person?

— Pam Grier

I know deep down I'm not a racist.

— Kyle Larson

My aesthetic is very black.

— Lena Waithe