Uncle Tom Quotes
17 quotes by 14 authors
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Today's Uncle Tom doesn't wear a handkerchief on his head. This modern, twentieth-century Uncle Thomas now often wears a top hat. He's usually well-dressed and…
— Malcolm X
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Since I learned the truth in Mecca, my dearest friends have come to include all kinds -- some Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, agnostics, and even…
— Malcolm X
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However, the daily life of the slaves in the South, as observed by many travelers, was obscured for all time by the relentless promotion of…
— Eustace Mullins
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They said that I had sold out and (am an) Uncle Tom. And I said well, they deserve to have that view. But I have…
— J C Watts
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I Hated Duke. I Felt Like They Only Recruited Black Players That Were Uncle Toms.
— Jalen Rose
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For me, Duke was personal. I hated Duke. And I hated everything I felt Duke stood for. Schools like Duke didn't recruit players like me.…
— Jalen Rose
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At this point I feel like I could go out and accomplish anything. I'd just love to see Will Smith's face if he found out…
— Zach Braff
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I'm not an Uncle Tom. . .. I'm going to be here for 40 years. For those who don't like it, get over it.
— Clarence Thomas
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IT is mere coincidence that Cooper was born in the year which produced The Power of Sympathy and that when he died Uncle Tom's Cabin…
— Carl Clinton Van Doren
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Jazz is an Uncle Tom word. They should stop using that word for selling. I told George Wein the other day that he should stop…
— Miles Davis
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I don't like to be described as a Southern writer. The danger is, if you're described as a Southern writer, you might be thought of…
— Walker Percy
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I did not write it (Uncle Tom's Cabin). God wrote it. I merely did his dictation.
— Harriet Beecher Stowe
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If I could write a story that would do for the Indian one-hundredth part what 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' did for the Negro, I would be…
— Helen Hunt Jackson
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A handful of works in history have had a direct impact on social policy: one or two works of Dickens, some of Zola, 'Uncle Tom's…
— Tony Kushner
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What I'm worrying about is what Tom is going to say when he starts talking." "Uncle Tom?" "I wish there was something else you could…
— P.G. Wodehouse
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I am one of the sort that lives by throwing stones at other people's glass houses, but I never mean to put up one for…
— Harriet Beecher Stowe
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But met this knucklehead, thought he want a order, Came and asked me stop pitching to his daughter, Tell me it's the man, can't be,…
— Camron
Who Wrote These Uncle Tom Quotes
14 authors contributed a total of 17 Uncle Tom Quotes as follows: