August Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I think the play offers (white Americans) a different way to look at black Americans For instance, in 'Fences' they see a garbageman, a…

— August Wilson

I think race has been a burden for black Americans. Being Muslim has also been a challenge because so many people do not understand…

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

“Regarding faith, my adherence to Islam had not diminished over the years since my conversion, but I had modified it from the intense orthodoxy…

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

The thing that happens is that politicians run on tough-on-crime rhetoric. You appeal to the public and say, 'Let's put more money into taller…

— Eugene Jarecki

“Have you ever noticed how many fences there're getting to be? And the signs they got on them: no hunting, no hiking, no admission,…

— Dalton Trumbo

“Just as “good fences make good neighbors,” clear delineations of responsibility can prevent the kind of turf battles that break down staff relationships.”

— Duffy Robbins

“The one who breaks fences believes in freedom, no boundaries and universal browsing. Those who build them believe in setting rules for others and…

— Sameh Elsayed

For me, that was a hard scene [in "Fences"] to do twenty-something times, which (laughing), I counted. That was difficult, but once I did…

— Viola Davis

One can't build little white picket fences to keep nightmares out.

— Anne Sexton

Safety is a fence, and fences are for sheep.

— Karen Marie Moning

In a world without fences, who needs Gates?

— Scott McNealy

Israel is becoming a fortress. Fences along the borders with Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria.

— Richard Engel

“He was guarded behind a hundred fences of reserve and anger.”

— Marion Zimmer Bradley