Black Quotes · Page 40

It's always darkest before it turns absolutely pitch black.

— Paul Newman

I have only white or black; I don't want the gray. Everything or nothing.

— Andrei Arlovski

I said if you're thinkin' of being my brother, it don't matter if you're black or white.

— Michael Jackson

Irish Americans are no more Irish than Black Americans are Africans.

— Bob Geldof

From time to time, you may see a girl wearing her black opaque tights as pants. They are, in fact, not.

— Nina Garcia

I'm a strong black woman, and I cannot be intimidated. I cannot be undermined.

— Maxine Waters

Usually, the news out of Florida makes me feel like being black in Florida can be a terminal condition.

— W. Kamau Bell

Obviously [Black] Sabbath is definitely a huge name and of course deserving with Ozzy coming back.

— John Petrucci

In my political life I spoke before leftist groups, before black activist groups that I disagreed with, to explain my position and…

— David Duke

It's really the sense of isolation, more than anything, realizing how tiny you are down in this big vast black unknown and…

— James Cameron

I wanted [the book 'There are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé?'] to be colorful. I wanted it to be evocative. I wanted…

— Morgan Parker

There was a chance for me to write one song for the section where Elvis sat in his black leather outfit and…

— Mac Davis

I don't wear a lot of color because I live in New York, and I'm sort of color-blind, so colors don't match…

— Verite

That's how it is sometimes--God comes to your window, all bright light and black wings, and you're just too tired to open…

— Dorianne Laux

People consider Black Star a great album, and I think it's a classic album. But the fact is, both me and Mos…

— Talib Kweli

There's drama in everything. That's why I love movies. Like 'Welcome to the Dollhouse.' I'm a 350-pound black man, and I could…

— Terry Crews

In black and white there are more colors than color photography, because you are not blocked by any colors so you can…

— Anders Petersen

Identity has several parts, and the self needs to expand. Black youth should be encouraged to have as many parts or as…

— Darryl Pinckney

Latinos outnumber Black people now. I'm not too happy about it. Because it's only a matter of time before we lose our…

— Alonzo Bodden

It is true that as people, we tend to remember only the positive. With time, the grim details fade away, and as…

— Colman Domingo

What makes something pop? It's really just the bed it's placed in. If I grab melodies by Black Sabbath or Metallica and…

— David Draiman

No race has the last word on culture and on civilization. You do not know what the black man is capable of;…

— Marcus Garvey

Bet on black. Buy low-debt or no-debt companies. When the economy is in trouble, these companies usually have enough cash on hand…

— Nancy Dunnan

I've had a period of drawing on canvas in black - with some of my early images coming thru -, think the…

— Jackson Pollock

Sure to prove indispensable for the study of Black Power.

— Herb Boyd

Unfortunately, Republicans are too often tone-deaf to the concerns of black Americans.

— Mollie Hemingway

“we all are equal; I'm not black and you aren't white”

— Fany Renjana

Our society doesn't want to help girls like that [in Black Snake Moan]. They just want to use them.

— Christina Ricci

I'm an African-American man. I've got to live with that. I've got to be cautious everywhere I go.

— Bam Adebayo

I'm the only black man you ever met who couldn't dribble a basketball.

— Shannon Briggs

If there's some longevity with Black Sabbath, then I'd like to be a part of it.

— Bill Ward

After all, the wool of a black sheep is just as warm.

— Ernest Lehman

When I began studying architecture all I ever wanted was an original, black Eames lounge chair.

— George Clarke

“Life starts from a white hole and ends in a black hole.”

— Santosh Kalwar

Golf is a game where white men can dress up as black pimps and get away with it.

— Robin Williams

“I’d love to be a color commentator, but I can’t, because I’m white, and white isn’t a color.”

— Jarod Kintz

I'm not an urban black person. I'm a country black person.

— Rhiannon Giddens

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

— Monique Coleman

Black women have been cultured to compare not connect.

— Michaela Angela Davis

Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn't afford to be.

— Barbara Smith