Black Quotes

• 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.

  

  Nancy Dunnan
  • High
  • Hand
  • Hands

• I think that the dialogue between police officers and the black community has to get better, but not better in a way where, 'Oh, let's talk about it when something horrible happens.' The dialogue has to be going on consistently, every day.

  

  Antoine Fuqua
  • Black
  • Community
  • Police

• The Republican Party just isn't held in high repute in the black community. Under Bill Brock we were reaching out to broaden the base of the party. We have to go back to that.

  

  Charles H. Percy
  • High
  • Community
  • Party

• I've hidden behind my hair more than clothes. Sometimes having long hair with a fringe is very useful when you don't want to look at people. I used to have very short hair, but long hair is my thing - a black nocturnal shield.

  

  Bat for Lashes
  • People
  • Long
  • Hair

• Humans tend to start the process of change by acknowledging themselves-thus blacks asserted black pride and black is beautiful; women declared I am woman, I am strong ; men are saying I am man, I am okay. After a quarter of a century of male bashing, that’s not a bad start.

  

  Warren Farrell
  • Men
  • Women
  • Bad

• The reason why 'Black Lives Matter' is a chant is because a lot of people feel, myself included, that sometimes they don't matter.

  

  Benjamin Watson
  • People
  • Why
  • Black

• I have a very extreme state of mind. Things are very black or very white.

  

  Martin Freeman
  • Mind
  • Black

• She's not my type,' Carter says. 'So what is your type?' 'Tall, skinny, black hair, blue eyes, freckly nose. Blue tinsel wig and snowflakes optional.' 'Skinny?' I squeal. 'Definitely. Pretending to be shy, sensible and stand-offish when really you're mad about me.' 'You sure about that?' 'No, but I'm hoping.

  

  Cathy Cassidy
  • Mad
  • Shy
  • Pretending

• There are very few really stark black and white stories.

  

  Jim Lehrer
  • Black

• Never mind what you've heard. Halle Berry was not the first black woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress. She was actually the 74th white one. And never mind all this talk about America electing its first black President; Barack Obama is actually the 44th white man to hold the job.

  

  Jeffrey Kluger
  • Mind
  • She
  • Job

• Most of the black women who lived in the lower end of Vrededorp came from the countryside and were there to be near their menfolk who worked in the mines. They spoke neither English nor Afrikaans.

  

  Peter Abrahams
  • Women
  • Black
  • English

• It isn't that black people are protected in America by the left; it's that black liberals are protected just as female liberals are protected, not conservatives.

  

  Andrew Breitbart
  • People
  • America
  • Female

• With 'City of Black & White,' I wanted a record that would make you feel good, that would sort of take you up in its hand and sweep you along.

  

  Mat Kearney
  • Up
  • Good
  • City

• I am pretty standard, the way I dress, but matching the belt to the shoe - you know, brown belt, brown shoe, black belt black shoe - that's completely out of the window! I had no idea.

  

  Mark Consuelos
  • Pretty
  • Black

• While Donald Trump is busy insulting one group after another, Hillary Clinton understands that our diversity is one of our greatest strengths. Yes. We become stronger when black and white, Latino, Asian-American, Native American - when all of us stand together.

  

  Bernie Sanders
  • American
  • Together
  • Trump

• If you read the memoirs of slave-owning families, you'd be hard pressed to find evidence of black people in the lives of the whites, even though for most of the time on the plantations black people outnumbered whites by a ratio of seven to one.

  

  Edward Ball
  • People
  • Time
  • Black

• Sheriff Bart waking up a drunk Jim in jail: Are we awake?Jim 'The Waco Kid': We don't know. Are we black?Sheriff Bart: Yes we are.Jim 'The Waco Kid': Then we're awake, but we're very puzzled.

  

  Mel Brooks
  • Up
  • Black
  • Drunk

• The idea that American producers and directors are choosing black British talent to save themselves a buck or two is ridiculous - it's because we're damn good.

  

  David Harewood
  • Good
  • American
  • Black

• Slashing its way to the finish line, 'Black Swan' is the first ballet movie for highbrow horror fans for whom ballet itself signifies little to nothing. Those of us who know and love ballet can only look on it with a different kind of horror.

  

  James Wolcott
  • Different
  • Movie
  • Ballet

• One thing to avoid is trendy stuff, though - you gotta go timeless. Even if you want a little luxury in your life and you want to splurge on a Gucci bag, pick a great black one you can wear all the time.

  

  NeNe Leakes
  • Life
  • Time
  • Great

• In my early days I was a sepia Hedy Lamarr. Now I'm black and a woman, singing my own way.

  

  Lena Horne
  • Way
  • Woman
  • Singing

• I believe very strongly that when it comes to desire, when it comes to attraction, that things are never black and white, things are very much shades of grey.

  

  Brian Molko Placebo
  • Believe
  • Black
  • Desire

• Not to know vice at all, and keep true state, Is virtue, and not fate: Next to that virtue is to know vice well, And her black spite expel.

  

  Ben Jonson
  • True
  • Black
  • Fate

• My mom was concerned that us four little black girls have a really well-balanced life. She wanted us to be around people like us, but we also went to private school and traveled all the time. Now I fit in most places because I've been most places.

  

  Kelis Rogers
  • People
  • Life
  • Time

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