Famous Quotes & Sayings

You get to hear the true African harmony. It shows the richness in our voices.

Michael Nutter

I think there is a big difference between expressing the pain and anger that many African Americans and other people of color may feel versus language that I think now crosses the line and goes into hate.

Bernie Sanders

The police killings of unarmed African Americans has got to stop.

We wanted to create an awareness that African Americans have been in McLean County for a long time and have very much contributed to the well being of the community through their work and their involvement in the political, social and economic structure of this community.

We wanted to create a dialogue between Picasso and African art.

E. B. White

We've got 80 minutes and it could be the best 80 minutes of South Africa's rugby history for a long time. You can't make it any bigger than it is. To win tomorrow you win the Tri-Nations, you win back-to-back Tri-Nations, you go to number one in the world, you beat the All Blacks three times in succession, you can't try to make it any bigger. No South African side has won here (in Dunedin) since 1921. The more you talk about it the more you appreciate just how big this fixture is.

We also have a great prospect in educational cooperation as there have been many students from African countries in China.

We all have histories. A lot of people think that the mixing of racial groups is a relatively new thing, but what we have found in doing our research is that we are all closely related. The African and Native American histories are left out of conventional histories.

I've read many books of blacks who grew up in a white family, and the majority acknowledge that they had opportunities they may not have had with their birth families. The less successful families appeared to be those who didn't integrate more with African Americans.

Johnnie Cochran

It was time in America for African Americans to take retribution for the legal crimes that had been committed against them for almost three centuries.

Damon Galgut

I should confess that I'm woefully under-read in South African fiction.

Carolyn See

Ishmael Beah was born and spent his childhood in Sierra Leone as that sad but beautiful West African country was ravaged by a civil war that left some 50,000 dead between 1991 and 2002. He was a child soldier for a while, then, through extraordinary circumstances, was set free of that life.

Ernie Els

I use a 1994 South African 5 rand coin to mark my ball. It reminds me of my '94 U.S. Open win at Oakmont.

David Nabarro

The virus now has very definitely found its way into the African subcontinent, and we have a different situation that has emerged with even more H5N1 in our world.

Thabo Mbeki

Throwing money at African governments is not the answer,

What is unique and different about this is that for the first time we are going to do a multi-continental television hook-up led by persons in the African diaspora who love the music.

We will work with our African friends to come out with a common document. By the end of this year, we should move ahead on the crucial issue of UN Security Council reforms,

We felt that the best way to reach the community is to start during a month where you focus on African American achievements and progress. We're trying to make modern history. We're trying to keep kids in our communities off the streets.

Michael White

We feel the pulse ...You can't fake it. Even if the music is not actually on - people of New Orleans actually hear and feel what is called the second line parade rhythm. And really, that is a continuation of the African rhythm that has existed in New Orleans since the beginning. All the rhythms that went through Congo Square and came to the streets in the jazz, those rhythms sort of govern our lives.

Jesse Jackson

The tallest tree in the history of African American journalism has fallen, but has fallen gracefully. The tree that stood tall for over 60 years and a tree that planted a forest, a tree with widespread limbs and full of fruit. He connected to Africa and African Americans. He shared the pain of Emmett Till, the development of Martin Luther King Jr., and was a source of information and inspiration. He was the number one black publisher for 60 years. His impact had been felt through the whole world of journalism.

The tide of mega-gatherings among African American families is high and rising. The more threats that are posed to families by dislocation and other social issues, the stronger the effort to preserve certain rituals like reunions.

The South African team that plays in the four-nations tournament will be more or less the team that will be selected for the Commonwealth Games, with one or two extra players.

Tokyo Sexwale

The South African flag flew high today and we again showed the world that we can perform at the highest levels of international sport,

Sarah Thompson

The South African connection which turned out not to exist, was only one of a large number of possibilities being investigated in the case.

Malcolm D. Lee

I've made it my mission to make movies starring African American actors and about the African American experience and put them in the mainstream. They're very universal stories I've told - every movie I've done.

Jack Bruce

I've always been interested in any kind of great music, and African music is, I think, the source of it all.

The fears are very high because many African countries are not in a very good position to respond to this kind of crisis, ... If there is no more support for veterinary services in Africa, then we may face a very, very severe problem.

Paul Kagame

The continental bodies like New Partnership for Africa's Development and the African Union need to be hailed for their tireless efforts in reuniting the people of Burundi,

Dontrelle Willis

I'm dumbfounded ... ecstatic. It's historic. I never thought I'd be in this situation. (I feel) fortunate, and I hope African American players are proud of me.

John Smit

We will also contribute to the cause of the South African Players Association (SARPA), as they will benefit financially from the game.

Grant Wilson

Those two players, Ernie Els and Retief Goosen, learned and honed their skills on our tour and hopefully the tour provided them the opportunity to graduate and become important members of the world professional golf community. Certainly for South African Airways it enhances the event, it gives it stature.

Christopher Dodd

Rosa Parks is not just a national hero, she is the embodiment of our social and human conscience and the spark that lit the flame of liberty and equality for African Americans and minority groups in this country and around the globe.

Richard Daley

Rosa Parks changed the course of history, not only for African Americans, but for all of America.  Her life was a testament to the power of one.  For that she will forever be honored.