Famous Quotes & Sayings

Keith Richards

Before Elvis, everything was in black and white. Then came Elvis. Zoom, glorious Technicolor.

He also had a lot of knowledge about the black bears. He knew about waterfowl and deer, just a well-balanced individual.

Greater emphasis should be paid to expanding employment and improving education, for these are the only factors that guarantee the success of black South Africans in the long run.

Isaiah Washington

Becoming a junior usher at a black church was my entry into the wonder of worship.

Ishmael Reed

My generation of writers has been prone to premature illness and death, especially the women. When Black male writers meet it's like a session of the American Diabetic Association.

Idris Elba

I'd rather a young black actor read about success as opposed to how tough it was. I get these roles because I can act and that's it. Hopefully that's it.

Idris Elba

I'm not interested in making all-black films - I come from a very diverse culture; I want to work with every type of person. I work a lot with women executives because they seem to be a lot more open minded about that and a lot more progressive in that way.

Idris Elba

The less I talk about being black, the better.

J. M. W. Turner

If I could find anything blacker than black, I'd use it.

J. K. Rowling

Everything went pitch-black and the next thing I knew, I was being hurled headfirst out of the room!” “And you didn’t see that coming?” said Harry, unable to help himself. “No, I did not, as I say, it was pitch —” Professor Trelawny stopped and glared at him suspiciously.

J. K. Rowling

You don’t understand — there are things worth dying for!

J. K. Rowling

Nasty temper he's got, that Sirius Black.

J. K. Rowling

I am not trying to influence anyone into black magic. That is the very last thing I'd want to do.

Guillermo del Toro

For horror to work, you have to be afraid. You have to keep the monster in a black and white light.

Greg Lake

I would like to involve myself in some black music. I would like to do some blues and some gospel music. I want to try stuff from other genres and try to widen my musical base.

Georgia O'Keeffe

There's something about black. You feel hidden away in it.

If he (Lawson) is saying they would do the same thing over again, is he saying the same woman who died on the ramp because she couldn't get over the bridge, is he saying he would let that woman die again? ... I don't think he's thinking that. I think he's talking political. He's just trying to make white folks in Gretna think he's protecting them from all those poor black people from New Orleans.

J. August Richards

I feel like my life experience is that of an outsider. Let me explain: my parents are from Panama, and they moved to the United States the year after I was born. They moved into an all-white neighborhood, where the previous black family had a cross burned on their lawn.

I can't trust a white person on my hair because they don't know how to do black hair. They have to prove that they can do black hair or have different races in the salon so people can feel comfortable.

I don't see any black clouds on the horizon.

I don't think Gary Black saw himself as a perennial No. 2. I think he took the job hoping to be No. 1 at some point.

Abraham Lincoln

I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races - I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office,

I am a black woman/ the music of my song/ some sweet arpeggio of tears/ is written in a minor key/ and I/ can be heard humming in the night/ Can be heard/ humming/ in the night

He's got a special talent, whether he's skiing black diamonds, or running back kicks.

He's (McKie) not going to wave a magic wand and find a loose-head prop that's going to demolish the All Blacks or pull out a winger that will put Rockokoko to shame. That's not his role. There is no quick fix,

Steve Shaw

I can confirm that the black boxes have been recovered.

I call it the BlackBerry prayer. You know, your head is bowed and your hands are in your lap.

Ann Taylor

I don't mean to offend, ... but whites just didn't see that blacks should be included in the history.

I do have personal pride. That's the one black mark. I'm not perfect, and it shows I have room to improve. It doesn't get at me at all. There are no hard feelings.

Come into the garden, Maud, For the black bat, night, has flown

Hunter S. Thompson

Richard Nixon was a criminally insane Monster - Bill Clinton is a black-hearted Swine of a friend.

Hunter S. Thompson

I may sound a little black, but I'm really pretty well adjusted.

Jamaica Kincaid

A piece of cloth that is called "linen" has more validity than calling you and me "black" or "negro." "Cotton" has more validity as cotton than yours and my being "black."