Growing up as a product of the black civil-rights movement, I had a lot of different models for black weirdness, whether it's… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
Black people don't talk about diabetes that much. I never knew anything. I thought everyone had an uncle with a leg cut… — Sherri Shepherd Copy Share Image
PICKANINNY, n. The young of the "Procyanthropos", or "Americanus dominans". It is small, black and charged with political fatalities. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
For me, what takes up most of the space in my closet are suits. I wear a lot of suits and jackets.… — Henrik Lundqvist Copy Share Image
Labor in the white skin can never free itself as long as labor in the black skin is branded. — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
They chose me for Lawrence of Arabia because I spoke English, had black hair, black eyes and a moustache. It was all… — Omar Sharif Copy Share Image
Joe Louis and I were the first modern national sports figures who were black... But neither of us could do national advertising… — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
They are called 'Emos' now, and before that they were 'Goths.' They didn't have a name for it when I was one,… — Mark Gatiss Copy Share Image
The cops drive by to do some more good deeds A young black male spits a sunflower seed in the air. — Dred Scott Copy Share Image
Whilst so much is being done in the world, to ameliorate the condition of mankind, and the spirit of Freedom is marching… — James Forten Copy Share Image
Whenever black women have a point, they're characterized as angry black women, and therefore the thing they're talking about is no longer… — Amandla Stenberg Copy Share Image
I would say to any young black , if you get a job and you're asked to work 100%, then you work… — Noel Clarke Copy Share Image
Have I got a black book? Yes, it's called a mobile phone. I do get offers. There is no shortage of people… — Simon Cowell Copy Share Image
“The soft black talc blew through the streets like squid ink uncoiling along a sea floor and the cold crept down and… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
It's a dumb question, because I don't look at things as a black director, just as a director, so ask me as… — Antoine Fuqua Copy Share Image
In Valdosta, Ga., during a mini-tour event, a player named James Black bet me $20 he could put five golf balls in… — Gary McCord Copy Share Image
I was born with a black eye. When they pulled me out with the forceps, they clamped them round my face, so… — David Haye Copy Share Image
I don't belive Oprah's sexual abuse stories, I mean who would take a black girl when there are plenty of white? — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
I can't for the life of me imagine that God would say, 'I will punish you because you are black; you should… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Anyone looking for a black cashmere sweater isn't going to come to me. — Giles Deacon Copy Share Image
As he followed Bill back to the others a wry though came to him, born no doubt of the wine he had… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I had met far more discrimination because I am a woman than because I am black. — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
Black money is a cancer in our economic system, not yet terminal or life-threatening. — Subramanian Swamy Copy Share Image
