Factual Quotes by Toni Cade Bambara

... in a capitalist society a man is expected to be an aggressive, uncompromising, factual, lusty, intelligent provider of goods,and the woman, a retiring,…

— Toni Cade Bambara

Old folks are the nation.

— Toni Cade Bambara

And what is religion, you might ask. It's a technology of living.

— Toni Cade Bambara

My responsibility to myself, my neighbors, my family and the human family is to try to tell the truth.

— Toni Cade Bambara

An artist represents an oppressed people and makes revolution irresistible.

— Toni Cade Bambara

Writing is one of the ways I participate in transformation.

— Toni Cade Bambara

Medication without explanation is obscene.

— Toni Cade Bambara

The dream is real, my friends. The failure to realize it is the only unreality.

— Toni Cade Bambara

I tend to agree that celibacy for a time is worth considering, for sex is dirty if all it means is winning a man,…

— Toni Cade Bambara

“I am one beautiful and powerful son of a bitch,' he told himself. 'Smart as a whip, respected, prosperous, beloved and valuable. I have…

— Toni Cade Bambara

The job of the writer is to make revolution irresistible.

— Toni Cade Bambara

There are times ... when any visitor - in person, by phone, by mail - is an intruder, a burglar, a space hogger, an…

— Toni Cade Bambara