All James McBride Quotes
- Family is the last and greatest discovery. It is our last miracle. Discovery
- My parents were nonmaterialistic. They believed that money without knowledge was worthless, that education tempered with religion was the way to climb out of poverty… America
- The Good Lord Bird don't run in a flock. He Flies alone. You know why? He's searching. Looking for the right tree. And when he… All
- The man was the finest preacher. He could make a frog stand up straight and get happy with Jesus. Finest
- God gived you the seed. But the watering and caring of that seed is up to you. Caring
- Sometimes it seemed like the truth was a bandy-legged soul who dashed from one side of the world to the other and I could never… Bandy
- Some things in this world just ain't meant to be, not in the times we want 'em to, and the heart has to hold it… All
- I come to the understanding that maybe what was on the inside was more important, and that your outer covering didn't count so much as… Colored
- I felt like a Tinker toy kid building my own self out of one of those toy building sets; for as she laid her life… Building
- Educate yourself or you'll be a nobody! Educate
- My black friends never asked me how much money I made, or what school my children went to, or anything like that. They just said,… Anything Like
- But what difference does it make? ... When you're mixed, you see how absurd this business of race is. Absurd
- People don't realize you're blowing over changes, time changes, harmony, different keys. I mark a point in my solo where it's got to peak at… B C
- As a journalist, the details always tell the story. Always Tell
- Be kind to the living. Inspirational
- First person narrative is a very effective tool but you have to know as a writer how to make it work. Effective
- I put headlights in Ford vans. I still drive a Ford. Drive
- I wish all critics, no matter their color, were more sophisticated when it comes to the moral questions a film like 'St. Anna' is trying… All
- I'd like to do something involving jazz. But books are how I earn my living, and I'd like to stay with the horse I rode… Book
- I'm not interested in food. It's just fuel. Food