Black Quotes

• I think people assume that because I talk the way that I talk that I grew up with money, and then I've had to say, 'No, I grew up poor.' And then I was like, 'Why do I have to play this game where the only black experience that's authentic is the one where you grew up in poverty?' I mean, it's ridiculous.

  

  Aisha Tyler
  • People
  • Up
  • Money

• Living under the perpetual and pervasive threat of racism seems, for black men and black women, to quite literally reduce lifespans.

  

  Clint Smith
  • Men
  • Women
  • Racism

• There’s one thing about Black Sabbath which should not be understated: If Black Sabbath is missing any one of its members it’s no longer Black Sabbath.

  

  Henry Rollins Black Flag
  • Black
  • Missing
  • Sabbath

• It's important to be able to have representation for black queer women, because I feel like there's not much representation for them in the mainstream.

  

  Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman
  • Important
  • Women
  • Black

• Thankfully, I already have a mogul I can pattern myself after: Oprah. We're a lot alike. I'm black, I love to relate things people talk about to myself, and people think my best friend and I are lesbians! My strength is that I'm more relatable.

  

  Jessica Williams
  • People
  • Black
  • Friend

• Six of my 12 grandchildren are black.

  

  Agnes Gund
  • Black
  • Grandchildren

• The film 'Black Orpheus' is one of my favorite films of all time, which is set in Carnival in Brazil.

  

  Win Butler
  • Time
  • Black

• I think that in any family - black, white, Chinese, Spanish, whatever - family is family. You know that there's dysfunction, and that there's this cousin who doesn't like this auntie. But, at the end of the day, like I say, love brings everybody together.

  

  Lauren London
  • Family
  • Together
  • Chinese

• You take a poor black child. Give him a good education, tell him he's somebody, that God didn't create junk when he created him, and that black child will create his own affirmative action.

  

  J. C. Watts
  • Good
  • God
  • Children

• I spend a lot on shoes, but my favourite shoes I've had for 16 years: a pair of black Michel Perry ankle boots with gold lining.

  

  Anna Mouglalis
  • Black
  • Gold
  • Shoes

• Write. No amount of self-inflicted misery, altered states, black pullovers or being publicly obnoxious will ever add up to your being a writer. Writers write. On you go.

  

  Alison Louise Kennedy
  • Up
  • Black

• Some days, I do feel that pressure of, 'What do I mean as a black woman? What am I representing?' It honestly just gives me anxiety.

  

  Jessica Williams
  • Black
  • Anxiety

• Black or white good parts are hard to come by. A good actor with a good opportunity has a shot; without the opportunity it doesn't matter how good you are.

  

  Denzel Washington
  • Good
  • Black
  • Opportunity

• I have a bee in my bonnet as to how few black historical figures one sees on film; incredible stories, stories from which we are living the legacy and which just don't get made.

  

  David Oyelowo
  • Black
  • Legacy
  • Bee

• I think that's the best thing about being black is that we find a way to make our own communities and always give room for people to pull up to our tables. We always provide a way for other people from different walks of life to come into the communities that we have built because we're so used to being excluded.

  

  Brian Tyree Henry
  • People
  • Life
  • Up

• More often than not, we think of ourselves as black, white, Asian, or Hispanic pretty much in this country, but the real America is much more than that.

  

  Don Lemon
  • Country
  • Real
  • America

• I am black, and there's no getting around that, but being black doesn't define every aspect of my life.

  

  Aisha Tyler
  • Life
  • Black

• Being an openly gay black man, unfortunately I've had experiences working with individuals who've tried to exploit my blackness or my gayness in a way that doesn't make me feel comfortable, or they try to manipulate me into being a caricature of myself.

  

  Karamo Brown
  • Black
  • Gay

• I don't have a lot of time for television because I am making it, so it's really hard for me to sit down. But when I do get a chance, I try to catch up on 'Scandal,' 'Empire' and 'black-ish.'

  

  Loni Love
  • Up
  • Time
  • Black

• You are young, gifted, and Black. We must begin to tell our young, There's a world waiting for you, Yours is the quest that's just begun.

  

  James Weldon Johnson
  • World
  • Black
  • Waiting

• These collages were static symmetrical constructions, portico's with pathetic vegetation, the gateway to the realm of dreams. They were done with colored paper in black, orange or blue dye plates. Although cubist painting interested me very much, not a trace of their influence was to be found in my collages.

  

  Jean Arp
  • Done
  • Painting
  • Blue

• Stain my eyes as I may, on all sides all is black.

  

  Helen Hunt
  • Black
  • Sides
  • Stain

• Perhaps, despite my objections, the success of films like: 'The Help,' 'Django,' 'The Butler,' or '12 Years a Slave,' will further persuade Hollywood to widen its view and edit its erroneous perception of what a commercial black film can look like.

  

  Joe Morton
  • Help
  • Success
  • Perception

• I have always made my own jewelry. I particulary love emeralds and black diamonds, and I'm always wearing large cocktail rings.

  

  Jade Jagger
  • Black
  • Jewelry

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