Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jeffrey Robinson

Russia has become an enormous black hole for our money,

Studs Terkel

Race: How Blacks & Whites Think & Feel About the American Obsession.

Keenen Wayans

Pryor started it all. He made the blueprint for the progressive thinking of black comedians, unlocking that irreverent style.

Andre Previn

People who don't do jazz think it's black magic. But really, it's just a matter of getting used to it. It's fun to gamble. The trick is not to fall back on the things you've done before.

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Thomas Moore

As soon as (the searchers) identified them as two black guys, they left. They were looking for two white guys and one black guy from Philadelphia, and that's the way it's been for 41 years.

Thomas Moore

As soon as (the searchers) identified them as two black guys, they left, ... They were looking for two white guys and one black guy from Philadelphia, and that's the way it's been for 41 years.

A stoppage of BlackBerry would cause major havoc. CEOs use them, doctors use them, Wall Street guys use them.

At pivotal moments throughout history, there have always been grey areas, and there likely will be in the future. Courage now lies not in the black and white, as in the past, but in the grey.

James Williams

At that time, I knew that there were no blacks in the Marine Corps; and the only thing a black did in the Navy - he was a mess attendant.

At that time, 1970, not many white people had seen black gospel in its full glory. Gospel was not common at blues festivals or jazz festivals. So, you know, we got on kind of a mission there to bring gospel on down to the front of the bus, as we called it.

At the time I thought I was the first black to make All-High in baseball, but I understand that back in the '30s or '40s there was one other black who had made All-High in baseball.

Conrad Black asserts his innocence without qualification with respect to each and every one of the charges set forth in the indictment,

Does a country support a religion or not? It's not black and white. Look at the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia, for example. Both have official state religions, but should they really be classified in the same category?

Culturally, the black community has always embraced family and church as a source of strength. But technology is a factor in mobility today. You can stay in communication with friends through Palm Pilots and emails.

coupled with the black ice on the roadway caused cars to spin out of control. Those factors spelled nothing but trouble.

And the third picture is a picture of a Negro Leagues game in Kansas City. The unique thing about the picture is that while there are black players on the field, there are blacks and whites together in the stands.

The upper part of the Clarion River was pretty polluted about 15 years ago. It has since been cleaned up and now there's a black fly problem.

The way the consent decree is currently written, thousands of black farmers will not be able to receive their fair due compensation for the simple fact the they don't have the information,

George Clooney

This group of people gave Hattie McDaniel an Oscar in 1939 when blacks were still sitting in the back of theatres.

Keith Boykin

This could signal a turning point in our community. We are seeing an unprecedented discussion about sexuality in the black community. I'm confident that 20 to 30 years from now we will look at homophobia in the same light that we now look at racism.

This certainly removes some of the stain. They have carried into the future all the ghosts of the Black Sox and this whole Second City thing. They have been in the shadow of all of that forever.

Donatella Versace

this fabric existed, but in different colors, darker, masculine -- like black and yellow. So we decided to reprint it in lilac and pink for me.

They set me down at this big board table with big black leather chairs and they put me at the head. It was pretty intimidating, but it was a good experience.

Bruce Bochy

This is a black eye for baseball, no question. It would be nice to get rid of it and move on.

This is a black day. In effect, the Americans have won.

This is a black day for this court. This is injustice. This verdict is a political decision and not a judicial ruling. We will appeal.

This is a black day for this court ... This is injustice.

This is a man who has been held for a long time after the indictment was withdrawn. I think it is a terrible black eye for the Chinese justice system. It's a terrible black eye because there is no transparency, there is no accountability.

This has been a whirlwind, big time. After that Black Friday, we weren't seeing this coming.

E. B. White

They've definitely learned more about Black historical figures this year because of Lewis coming.

They took the largest, wealthiest black county and reduced it to a stereotype of a poor, dangerous black neighborhood. And the irony is the neighborhood isn't even a poor black neighborhood.

Chris Doyle

They said, 'What have you got? We just unloaded an entire load of clothing in black lawn bags. None of it was sorted,' ... Our load was put on pallets. It was put in boxes with labels, shrink-wrapped. All they had to do was unload it, take it down on the street.