Quotes by Langston Hughes

About Langston Hughes:

James Mercer Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri.
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I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong. Tomorrow, I'll be at the table When company comes. Nobody'll dare Say to me, "Eat in the kitchen," Then....

Langston Hughes

My old man's a white old man And my old mother's black. If ever I cursed my white old man I take my curses back. If ever I cursed my black old mother And wished she were in hell, I'm sorry for that evil wish And now i wish her well My old man died in...

Langston Hughes

Freedom Is a strong seed Planted In a great need. I live here, too. I want freedom Just as you.

Langston Hughes

Oh, God of Dust and Rainbows, Help us to see That without the dust the rainbow Would not be.

Langston Hughes

God in his infinite wisdom Did not make me very wise- So when my actions are stupid They hardly take God by surprise.

Langston Hughes

I stay cool, and dig all jive, That's the way I stay alive. My motto, as I live and learn, is Dig and be dug In return.

Langston Hughes

I like to work, read, learn, and understand life.

Langston Hughes

Well, I like to eat, sleep, drink, and be in love. I like to work, read, learn, and understand life.

Langston Hughes

Well, son, I'll tell you: Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. It's had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And places with no carpet on the floor -- Bare. But all the time I'se been a-climbin' on, And reachin' landin's, And turnin' c...

Langston Hughes

Sometimes a crumb falls From the tables of joy, Sometimes a bone Is flung. To some people Love is given, To others Only heaven.

Langston Hughes

Pleasured equally In seeking as in finding, Each detail minding, Old Walt went seeking And finding.

Langston Hughes

Beauty for some provides escape, who gain a happiness in eyeing the gorgeous buttocks of the ape or Autumn sunsets exquisitely dying.

Langston Hughes

Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you.

Langston Hughes

Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it.

Langston Hughes

Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.

Langston Hughes

Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow.

Langston Hughes

I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.

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Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.

Langston Hughes

Author Bio

  • NameLangston Hughes
  • DescriptionAmerican writer and social activist
  • BornFebruary 1, 1902
  • DiedMay 22, 1967
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPoet; Novelist; Playwright; Essayist; Writer
  • WorksThe Negro Speaks Of Rivers
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; Spingarn Medal; Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards; William E. Harmon Foundation Award For Distinguished Achievement Among Negroes