Black Quote by Laurence Fishburne Download Open image “A smart black guy is confronting for most people. But that's on them, not on me.” — Laurence Fishburne ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Black Me Most People Smart
As a black man, so often you grow up suppressing your emotions and sensitivity. — Russell Hornsby Copy Share Image
Whenever any black man in america shows signs of an uncompromising attitude, against the injustices that he experiences daily, and shows no tendency whatsoever… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
The issues that black men face oftentimes are the issues that everyone faces. Do you have the ability to be present? Are you working… — Malik Yoba Copy Share Image
It is hard for a black man to just be himself. We spend so much time in defense of something that is indefensible because… — Kevin Eubanks Copy Share Image
If you're a black man, they really call you out and have you deal with them. — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
You're not a Black man. You're a human being in God's eyes. So when you sit down to talk to someone and you talk… — James McBride Copy Share Image
I think, as a black man, I have a responsibility to have knowledge and have an opinion. — Chance The Rapper Copy Share Image
A lot of times, we talk about black people as if being black is all they are. They get up, go to work... and… — Margot Lee Shetterly Copy Share Image
A lot of black men have problems being emotionally vulnerable because of the boundaries and parameters that have been put onto them by society. — Daniel Kaluuya Copy Share Image
I think Black intellectuals see too deeply. That's the problem. It's a cause of anxiety, because we see things differently. — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
When you see a black guy on TV, he's always a thug or always portrayed as someone that's in trouble. It spreads the message… — Thomas Jones Copy Share Image
There's a lot of stuff that's not good that's touted as being good. — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
I've been around long enough now and have learned to be flexible enough to know that every movie isn't going to be Apocalypse Now… — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
It's funny, a lot of people think I take myself seriously because I come off so serious sometimes. But it's not that I take… — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
Some characters need to be more performance-orientated; some, you have to be still. — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
After 'Othello,' it was, like, 'I can stop acting. I have played one of the great characters in the English language. I feel I… — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
I've been a fan of Mads since the “Casino Royale” movie. I really sat up and paid attention to him. I was like, “Who… — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
Blacks have been in the position of having to rebel since day one. It's only natural. Black people are the lowest on the totem… — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
As a man of colour, I've spent my life asking people to see me for who I am. With Obama in the White House,… — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
It's nice to get the feedback from a theater audience. It's a gas. — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
Projects don't need to be special for me to sign up, but I do need them to have something that speaks to me in… — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
I certainly believe that being in contact with one's spirit and nurturing one's spirit is as important as nurturing one's body and mind. — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
I wanted to write about voodoo tradition that I feel has been very important to survival of black people here: people of the African… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
When you go to a club it's not about being black or white or heavy or thick. I'm shaking my ass because I want… — Miley Cyrus Copy Share Image
The vision of the left, full of envy and resentment, takes its worst toll on those at the bottom - whether black or white… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
When you're scared - and I mean really scared, not just hearing a noise in the night, or standing toe to toe with someone… — Alexander Gordon Smith Copy Share Image
The term "black metal" has become a lot looser, or can include a larger range of sounds and extra-musical aesthetics, not just Satan and… — Colin Marston Copy Share Image
We have to build our own power. We have to win every single political office we can, where we have a majority of black… — Fannie Lou Hamer Copy Share Image
There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party...and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat. Republicans are a bit… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Black music has always known, and not been afraid to acknowledge just how high the stakes of Black thought are. To summarize the final… — Frank B. Wilderson III Copy Share Image
Hollywood is so fixated on keeping it that way because it's generating the buzz, but that representation isn't right. I definitely feel like it's… — John Boyega Copy Share Image
