Harlem Quotes

96 quotes by 79 authors

When I was 17, I worked in a mentoring program in Harlem designed to improve the community. That's when I first gained an appreciation of… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
When reading about what may be described as the lesser celebrated heroic figures of the Harlem Renaissance, we rarely get a definitive look at just… — Aberjhani
You must understand as a kid of color in those days, the Harlem Globetrotters were like being movie stars. — Wilt Chamberlain
The police can go to downtown Harlem and pick up a kid with a joint in the streets. But they can't go into the elegant… — Noam Chomsky
Once, when we were playing at the Apollo Theater, Holiday was working a block away at the Harlem Opera House. Some of us went over… — Ella Fitzgerald
I love Harlem, it's like a second home to me. — Foxy Brown
I bought a house in the Hollywood Hills and brought my grandmother from Harlem to live in it with me. — Sammy Davis, Jr.
The best of humanity's recorded history is a creative balance between horrors endured and victories achieved, and so it was during the Harlem Renaissance. — Aberjhani
All over Harlem, Negro boys and girls are growing into stunted maturity, trying desperately to find a place to stand; and the wonder is not… — James A. Baldwin
Liberals believe that crime is inextricably linked with poverty. In reality, most poor people never resort to crime, and some wealthy people commit evil acts… — Rush Limbaugh
Where do people get off saying the Beatles should give $200,000,000 to South America? You know, America has poured billions into places like that. It… — John Lennon
Is sending the Harlem Globetrotters and Dennis Rodman to the DPRK strange? In a word, yes, — Dennis Rodman
Here - at this final hour, Harlem has come to bid farewell to one of its brightest hopes - extinguished now, and gone from us… — Ossie Davis
I was playing organ at a silent movie house at Harlem and they'd be showing some death scene on the screen. Likely as not, I'd… — Fats Waller
I disagree with Muhammad. I'm against hate, anti-Semitism and homophobia.â€¦ This is not a village of hate. It's a village of hope.â€¦ Don't let midgets… — Al Sharpton
The Harlem of my books was never meant to be real; I never called it real; I just wanted to take it away from the… — Chester Himes
I want people to take pride in Spanish Harlem. These are people that everyone in the community could relate to... people who mean something special… — James de la Vega
I look around me and I donâ€™t see any rockâ€™nâ€™roll at the moment. Instead itâ€™s all choreography and stylists and wigs and stuff. Itâ€™s like… — Ronnie Spector
My grandfather taught me generosity. He sold snow cones in Harlem. I went with him at 5 and he let me hand out the change… — Erik Estrada
As a Latino growing up in Spanish harlem, it's not easy trying not to be hot-headed. — Erik Estrada

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