Black Quotes

• There has always been quite a strong black and white art tradition in Australia, with quite a large contingent of cartoonists, given the size of the population.

  

  Pat Oliphant
  • Art
  • Strong
  • Black-and-white

• It's good to play something that's black and white, and a guy that sees right and wrong. I've never played a character like that.

  

  David Lyons
  • Good
  • Character
  • Guy

• Are the great spiritual teachings really advocating that we fight evil because we are on the side of light, the side of peace? Are they telling us to fight against that other 'undesirable' side, the bad and the black. That is a big question. If there is wisdom in the sacred teachings, there should not be any war. As long as a person is involved with warfare, trying to defend or attack, then his action is not sacred; it is mundane, dualistic, a battlefield situation.

  

  Chogyam Trungpa
  • Great
  • Long
  • Trying

• The roles that I feel I get, or handed to me, or whatever, are not that interesting. I don't think it's a problem that's specific to black women. I think it's a problem that's specific to movie-making in America.

  

  Aunjanue Ellis
  • Women
  • America
  • Movie

• Sometimes black people really want to hold onto our oppression - 'This is ours! This belongs to us.' You can't just talk about equality for somebody else. Let's pass it on. Let's pass it on to somebody else. At the end of the day, it is all about inequality.

  

  Wanda Sykes
  • People
  • Day
  • End

• The Negro revolution is controlled by foxy white liberals, by the Government itself. But the Black Revolution is controlled only by God.

  

  Malcolm X
  • God
  • Government
  • Revolution

• People hear the soul, black influence in my voice. I grew up listening to CKLW and all the black stations like WLBS.

  

  Madonna Breakfast Club
  • People
  • Up
  • Soul

• We want to see a world where black lives matter in order for us to get to a world where all of our humanity is respected.

  

  Alicia Garza
  • World
  • Black
  • Humanity

• If the KKK was smart enough, they would've created gangsta rap because it's such a caricature of black culture and black masculinity.

  

  Jackson Katz
  • Culture
  • Smart
  • Rap

• I like to think that Junie B. looks at the world - and this isn't a negative comment on her - from the lowest common denominator. It's not all gray to her; it's all black and white.

  

  Barbara Park
  • World
  • Black
  • Black-and-white

• Wearing baggy clothes makes me look shorter. I just don't know anything about fashion. I know what I like wearing. I'm always accused that I wear too much black. I love wearing black.

  

  Kit Harington
  • Black
  • Fashion

• Lewis Black taught me stand-up.

  

  Nate Corddry
  • Me
  • Stand
  • Taught

• As black folks we're always sensitive. As a black person it's always racial.

  

  Jamie Foxx
  • Black

• There are certain tuxes you can get away with a black tie, but with others, you'd be dishonoring the workmanship if you didn't wear a full bow tie.

  

  Luke Evans
  • Black

• There is no hard and fast rule as to what makes a successful state-owned enterprise. Therefore, when it comes to SOE management, we need a pragmatic attitude in the spirit of the famous remark by China’s former leader Deng Xiao-ping: 'it does not matter whether the cat is white or black as long as it catches mice.'

  

  Ha-Joon Chang
  • Long
  • Attitude
  • Famous

• I grew up with KTSU, and that station gave me so much info about the pantheon of black sounds: reggae, gospel, blues, soul, hip hop, and mostly they played jazz. That was a major part of how I understood music.

  

  Jason Moran
  • Up
  • Music
  • Soul

• In movies we tend make things black and white: you're either this, or you're that.

  

  Bill Skarsgard
  • Black

• For Black Label Special Opps, adversity is what you thrive on. General Patton is a huge fan favorite in Black Label.

  

  Zakk Wylde Black Label Society
  • Black
  • Adversity
  • Thrive

• You don't see a lot of black rock stars. The music industry tends to be segregated stylistically. It's hard for a black artist to cross over to rock music.

  

  Lance Reddick
  • Music
  • Rock
  • Stars

• Conrad Black is a picture of a man hugely enjoying himself.

  

  Kate Reardon
  • Man
  • Black
  • Picture

• You can change the look of an outfit so easily by changing the kind of jewellery you wear. If you have a basic outfit on - a black sweater and skirt or a simple black dress - you can go from the office to a cocktail party at night just by changing your jewellery. It helps if you change your shoes as well.

  

  Iris Apfel
  • Night
  • Change
  • Party

• At first, my bedroom had flowers and yellow walls and huge furniture in plastic that was orange and green - and furry green bed cover and everything. Then, I think the day I turned 13, I painted the walls black and put Kurt Cobain on the wall and just changed everything into a dark theme.

  

  Tove Lo
  • Dark
  • Wall
  • Green

• I remember when I first came to America, nobody had a clue what a black Englishman was. I was either South African or Australian to them.

  

  Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
  • Remember
  • America
  • Black

• For a black student to work in southwest Mississippi for example - or in the Delta in 1960, 1961, 1962 - was high-risk work.

  

  John Doar
  • Work
  • High
  • Risk

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