Best 3497 quotes in «black quotes» category

Because with Black Label and all the fans it's just one big family.

Becoming a junior usher at a black church was my entry into the wonder of worship.

Bedevil the devil and devil be dammed. I fear no devil and bow to no man. - Adam Black

Before we ever finished shooting, there were things going on. For instance we always had different fingers exposed in our gloves, and always latex and black. And that Versace collection that hit the runway in the spring, we went, "Oh my gosh!" and then they came out and said it was "Tron" inspired. I love it! To me, there are no insults in that whatsoever. I love that other people are inspired by the movie.

Before the 90s, black metal wasn't a selling tool [and didn't] have money behind it. Then it became a pop sensation. Now that the record industry has collapsed and started to rot, things are livening up a bit again.

Be good children, and we shall all meet in Heaven. I want to meet you all, white and black, in Heaven. Our Federal Union! It must be preserved! [Toast at a celebration of Thomas Jefferson's birthday, April 13 1830]

Being a black woman, I've often felt I've been judged by my sex and my race, and I have always known that it shouldn't hamper me.

Being a black artist, the first thing people want to talk about is your blackness, the importance of your blackness and your black presence.

Being a black rapper is like being a Southern, socialite woman: You're always worried about appearances.

Being a mathematician is a bit like being a manic depressive: you spend your life alternating between giddy elation and black despair.

Being an actor myself I realize that all actors believe they are qualified to play any role. If you showed me a script with a black woman character I would tell you that I could do it. That is what we do. We act as if we are someone else.

Being Black and poor is, I think, radically different from being anything else and poor. Poor, to most Blacks, is a state of mind. Those who accept it are poor; those who struggle are middle class.

Being black, I'm involved in the reparations movement. It's focused toward the African-American audience. We could begin to heal.

Being black only helps them. Many times they get sponsors because they are black. And they have had a lot of advantages because they can always say, 'It's racism.' They can always come back and say, 'Because we are this color, things happen.'

Being black and speaking properly are not mutually exclusive. My father was an African, and he spoke beautifully at home. Nelson Mandela speaks beautifully. Should Mandela put his hat on backwards and say, 'Yo, homey, this is Nelson. Yo, Winnie, yo, this is def'?

Being black is not a matter of pigmentation - being black is a reflection of a mental attitude.

Being gay is harder than being black. I didn't have to come out black. I didn't have to tell my parents about what its like to be black.

Being tall and big was probably more painful than being black.

Being the person I am, you know, the size I am, being a woman, being a black woman, there's not a lot of roles for us.

Being the first black Nobel laureate, and the first African, the African world considered me personal property. I lost the remaining shreds of my anonymity, even to walk a few yards in London, Paris or Frankfurt without being stopped.

Being the first person to go to college that really related to me from the movie [The Butler] because being black and going to college everyone puts so much hope into you.

Believing in things you cannot see Even with my trembling arms I want to protect someone dear to me The place my thought that proggressed up to now struggle on to To see hopes Even in a black, confined world

Be loud, be pretty and keep their black-hatin' asses in their chairs

Ben Starling, you better not have bought your token black friend a racist shirt

Better a pink bottom than a black soul.

Better have a black face than be worried about black deeds.

Between black and white there throbs the universe of chromatic phenomena.

Bet on black. Buy low-debt or no-debt companies. When the economy is in trouble, these companies usually have enough cash on hand to stay out of trouble. And they seldom need to borrow when interest rates are high.

Between the black of yesterday and the white of tomorrow is the great gray of today.

Beyond [known peoples of black West Africa] to the south there is no civilization in the proper sense. There are only humans who are closer to dumb animals than to rational beings. They live in thickets and caves, and eat herbs and unprepared grain. They frequently eat each other. They cannot be considered human beings.

Beware of self-righteousness. The black devil of licentiousness destroys his hundreds, but the white devil of self-righteousness destroys his thousands.

Big and oppressive government has long been the enemy of freedom, something black Americans know all too well.

Bitter words normally evaporate with the moisture of breath, after a quarrel. In order to become permanent, they require transcribers, reporters, complicit black hearts.

Bill Clinton did everything in opposition to Black Lives Matter and the things that animate the existence of the Democrat Party today.

Bill [Clinton] is every bit as black as Barack. He's probably gone with more black women than Barack.

Bill Cosby is one of America's most successful black performers.

Billionaires prefer Black women. They are loyal and guard your interests. Black wives are for grown ups.

Black art has always existed. It just hasn't been looked for in the right places.

Black audiences are hard. They always think they're better than you. So you got to come with a little extra to satisfy them.

Black children, white children, Latino children. America is becoming more diverse, it's becoming more tolerant as a consequence there's more interactions between groups. There are going be tensions that arise.

Black churches minister to social needs out of necessity.

Black coffee must be strong and very hot; if strong coffee does not agree with you, do not drink black coffee. And if you do not drink black coffee, do not drink any coffee at all.

Black Consciousness therefore takes cognizance of the deliberateness of God's plan in creating Black people black.

Black Court vampires. I just shortened it some." Ebenezar tsked. "Blampires. That's the problem with you young people. Shortening all the words.

Black culture is very difficult to explain to people who don't have any direct contact with it.

Black eyeliner. It’s standard. It’s all you need. It just makes the world a better place.

Black folk, a lot of us lived as victims in a certain part of our history. And we had to really erase that tape. We're not victims. We are citizens.

Black holes, we all know, are these regions where if an object falls in, it can't get out, but the puzzle that many struggled with over the decades is, what happens to the information that an object contains when it falls into a black hole. Is it simply lost?

Black illusion is all I ever see.

Black is a pearl in a woman's eye.