White shall not neutralize the black, nor good compensate bad in man, absolve him so; life's business being just the terrible choice. — Robert Browning Copy Share Image
Those of us who stand outside the circle of this society's definition of acceptable women; those of us who have been forged… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
I'm all about black folks working together and progressing together. — Lamman Rucker Copy Share Image
When I need to work up my nerve to write a tough column, I try to think of myself as Emma Peel… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
I was listening to a lot of Norwegian black metal and death metal. There's a great history to Norwegian black metal. That… — Brie Larson Copy Share Image
An American Negro, however deep his sympathies, or however bright his rage, ceases to be simply a black man when he faces… — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
People say all lives matter. And that's true, but it's just black people that are getting shot in the back running or… — Ras Baraka Copy Share Image
I think when you see an aircraft fire, these angry, black puffs of smoke, knowing that one of them could kill you… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
My mother's mother is Jewish and African, so I guess that would be considered Creole. My mother's father was Cherokee Indian and… — Meagan Good Copy Share Image
Curse him for being all tight muscle, with ivory skin and a mouth as soft as rose petals. Curse him for having… — Tamora Pierce Copy Share Image
There is no figure who had more of an influence, no person had more of an influence on the intellectuals behind the… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
When I was six, God was a white man with a big beard riding on a white cloud. That's the image television… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
I'm black. I'm Latina. My mom is Cuban. Afro-Cuban. My dad is white and Australian. — Soledad O'Brien Copy Share Image
A lot of the media says, 'oh, black musician converts X-number of Klansmen.' I never converted one. But over 200 have left… — Daryl Davis Copy Share Image
No, people don't heckle me. I think it's because there's this big, black guy on stage and it's slightly daunting. — Lenny Henry Copy Share Image
Everybody in the working class is important, whether you're black or white and that's what I want them to feel and know… — Nina Turner Copy Share Image
The problem is that America is still so racist - I guess it's hard to find another word for it -… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
Black people are the magical faces at the bottom of society's well. Even the poorest whites, those who must live their lives… — Derrick Bell Copy Share Image
I am thrilled to return as Honorary Captain of the GREEKs for HBCUs Team. I reflect fondly on my days at Florida… — T'Keyah Crystal Keymah Copy Share Image
Tons of women would love to have sex with me. I hate the image of black men as promiscuous and unable to… — Will Smith Copy Share Image
Black and brown communities are significantly and disproportionately impacted by deficiencies in our criminal justice system. — J. B. Pritzker Copy Share Image
That is the Wasp, yes. But it was captured by Black Stache, and he’s coming for this ship now.” “And how do… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
I was one of three kids of colour in our school. There was a young black brother and sister, and me. So… — Henry Golding Copy Share Image
Images flicker, each one bringing its own sorrow or its own smile. Sometimes both. At the very worst, an impenetrable and sightless… — Pittacus Lore Copy Share Image
The de industrialization of the US. economy based on the migration of corporations into third world areas where labor is very cheap… — Angela Davis Copy Share Image
I've heard Donald [Trump]s ay this at his rallies, and it's really unfortunate that he paints such a dire negative picture of… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
The conflicting missions of the two armies seemed to have no fog, no gray, only black-and-white clarity. I had lived my life… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
I saw the Abba musical, and I loved it, but my music was a little bit different, a little more black. — Frank Farian Copy Share Image
O darkness, the sky is a gloomy precinct Whose door you close, and whose key the soul owns; And night divides itself… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
His cloak was his crowning glory; sable, thick and black and soft as sin. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Who would have thought when they came to the fight? That they'd witness the launching of a human satellite. — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
I was a kid who liked art and theater and dance and music, but if you lived in Harlem, high culture was… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
Black Americans make up 10 or 11% of the population, but they account now for something of 40 to 45% of all… — Alan Keyes Copy Share Image
People talk about the middle of the road as though it were unacceptable. Actually, all human problems, excepting morals, come into the… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
Woody Allen has a wonderful line: 'Today I'm a star. What will I be tomorrow? A black hole?' That's very important to… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
Let all Black Poets die as trumpets, And be buried in the dust of marching feet. — Etheridge Knight Copy Share Image
The wacky thing about those bad guys is that you can't count on them to be obvious. They forget to wax their… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
Out of all the neighborhoods in Manhattan, Soho in particular had the charged atmosphere of a movie set, populated with passersby who… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image