African american Quote by Martha Ward

“Dipped in chocolate, bronzed in elegance, enameled with grace, toasted with beauty. My lord, she's a black woman.”

— Yosef Ben-Jochannan

“It took a while to shoot the scene by the coconut stall at the fun fair, so Michelle (Mary) and I had a competition.…

— Jessica Fellowes

“I have written this because it may have escaped the notice of many who have admired her [Marie Tempest] brilliant performances that they are…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“She is Black Girl Excellence. She is Me.”

— Stephanie Lahart

“Not only was she the most beautiful woman in any room, but she was the kindest, smartest, most talented, and toughest person I ever…

— Johan Twiss

“WHEN I WAS LITTLE, I was so girlie and ambitious, I was practically a drag queen. I wanted to be everything at once: a…

— Susan Jane Gilman

“She did not like bigots or brilliant bores or academicians who wore their honors, or scholars who wore their doctorates, like dogtags. But she…

— Langston Hughes

“She was white, wore perfume and smiled openly with the Negro customers, so I knew she was sophisticated. Other people's sophistication tended to make…

— Maya Angelou

Blanche talks about aging, and why should she be considered poor, because physical beauty is transitory and fading and she has such richness of…

— Delta Burke

“Marie as a novice”

— Joseph-Marie Perrin

“The Lady ... The lady is a humble thing Made of death and water The fashion is to dress it plain And use the…

— Elise Cowen

“Anna Blanc was the most beautiful woman ever to barrel down Long Beach Strand with the severed head of a Chinese man.”

— Jennifer Kincheloe