Allen West Quotes

You had 42 blacks that ran on the Republican ticket this Cycle, 14 made of them made it to the general election and two of us made it to the House of Representatives. So I think that there is a new movement that needs to have a voice in the Congressional Black Caucus.

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• The only thing that's going to free Huey is gun powder.

  

  H. Rap Brown
  • Free
  • Gun
  • Going

• I believe in the Prince of Peace. I believe that War is Murder. I believe that armies and navies are at bottom the tinsel and braggadocio of oppression and wrong, and I believe that the wicked conquest of weaker and darker nations by nations whiter and stronger but foreshadows the death of that strength.

  

  W. E. B. Du Bois
  • Believe
  • War
  • Death

• I know all the critics.

  

  Dana Hill
  • Know
  • Critics

• It's nice not to be too boring.

  

  Barry Pepper
  • Nice
  • Boring
  • Too

• If you're a thinking person, the liver is interesting, but nothing is more intriguing than the brain.

  

  Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
  • Thinking
  • Interesting
  • Brain

• Creating a character and living truthfully through her is a whole different ball game. It's all part of the same person but it's a much newer medium for me.

  

  Taylor Dane
  • Different
  • Character
  • Game

• The more we learn about life, the less plausible is any evolutionary theory that relies on blind, undirected, piece-by-piece change.

  

  Nancy Pearcey
  • Life
  • Change
  • Blind

• Our leaders must hear us speaking on behalf of our brothers and sisters in South Sudan. If the moral duty to save lives and work toward peace is not compelling enough to drive decision-makers, we must remind them that we care and will hold them accountable.

  

  Forest Whitaker
  • Work
  • Peace
  • Decision

• There are so many figures in our history that did not believe they could make a change, and they did.

  

  Malala Yousafzai
  • Believe
  • History
  • Change

• I really love Miami, but I don't think the architecture matches the city. It's a bit too commercial.

  

  Zaha Hadid
  • Love
  • City
  • Architecture

• I grew up on Don Knotts and Jerry Lewis and all the guys from Second City.

  

  Harland Williams
  • Up
  • City
  • Second

• I'll give you my worst nightmare. I'm dreaming that I'm onstage, the curtain goes up, and I have no idea what my lines are or what's going on. I think I should know, I kind of know, I remember rehearsing... and the audience is there waiting.

  

  Jackie Earle Haley
  • Up
  • Remember
  • Think

• Did any artist ever bring more pure joy to more people than Fred Astaire?

  

  Jack Kroll
  • People
  • Joy
  • Artist

• I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.

  

  Samuel Goldwyn
  • Morning
  • Like
  • Idea

• I think that life in Israel is sometimes bigger than the movies.

  

  Yitzhak Rabin
  • Life
  • Think
  • Movies

• There's a lot of activism that doesn't deal with empowerment, and you have to empower yourself in order to be relevant to any type of struggle.

  

  Talib Kweli Black Star
  • You
  • Struggle
  • Yourself

• Well, put it like this, if you're not a kid, you're a wizard.

  

  Ian Hart
  • You
  • Like
  • Well

• There's a really easy way of just kind of wearing make-up but looking like there's nothing on your face... I'm still not very good at it, and I'm learning slowly.

  

  Cara Delevingne
  • Up
  • Good
  • Learning

• I am thrilled to return as Honorary Captain of the GREEKs for HBCUs Team. I reflect fondly on my days at Florida A&M University, and how visible and active all of the sororities and fraternities were. Membership in Black Greek letter organizations on college campuses is preparation for a lifetime of service.

  

  T'Keyah Crystal Keymah
  • Black
  • Team
  • College

• That's one of those questions, whether human beings are really capable of change, or if all seeming changes are really a matter of framing the existing character in a different moral situation.

  

  Orson Scott Card
  • Different
  • Character
  • Moral

• I have retired, but if there's anything that would kill me it is to wake up in the morning not knowing what to do.

  

  Nelson Mandela
  • Up
  • Morning

• A lot of those early indie movies - 'Smoke Signals,' 'Eat Drink Man Woman,' 'Boyz n the Hood' - there was a different aesthetic; everyone was telling stories that were like, 'This is new and different. Let's do it.'

  

  Chris Doubek
  • Different
  • Aesthetic
  • Hood

• When I was hitching, I'd be completely decked out. I used to wear this custom-made black jumpsuit, these, like, pink, knee-high platform boots, all kinds of rhinestones, lots of dangling belts and gloves.

  

  Jeffrey Ross Hyman Ramones
  • High
  • Black
  • Pink

• You had 42 blacks that ran on the Republican ticket this Cycle, 14 made of them made it to the general election and two of us made it to the House of Representatives. So I think that there is a new movement that needs to have a voice in the Congressional Black Caucus.

  

  Allen West
  • House
  • Black