Quotes of: Black-history Keyword

I feel kind of like the black sheep in Congress, but here I am.

Sonny Bono

Of my two handicaps, being female put many more obstacles in my path than being black.

Shirley Chisholm

To be black and an intellectual in America is to live in a box. On the box is a label, not of my own choosing.

Stephen Carter

The object of China's strategy is inexorably to supplant the United States as the world's premier economic power, and if necessary, to defeat us militarily.

Frank Gaffney

Watching television in those days was not the same experience as it is today. After years of listening to radio, we found the black-and-white images mesmerizing.

Annette Funicello

I speak to the black experience, but I am always talking about the human condition.

Maya Angelou

Usually, cheap food is not nutritious. You're feeding people, but you're not really feeding people something that is good for them.

Alice Waters

Everywhere the sky is blue. There are a multitude of cuisines and dishes. I think of them as the languages and dialects of food.

Ferran Adria

The highlight of my childhood was making my brother laugh so hard that food came out of his nose.

Garrison Keillor

Here's how it is: I feel guilty about every single bite of food that goes into my mouth.

Marian Keyes

Monks will have three begging bowls for their food: one for water, one for liquid food, one for dry food.

Satish Kumar

The natural sweetness of leeks, with their soft, oniony aroma, makes them the perfect winter comfort food.

Yotam Ottolenghi

When I was a kid, there was always food to be had on the street in Jerusalem, but anything above a falafel stand was mediocre or worse.

Yotam Ottolenghi

The smells of slow cooking spread around the house and impart a unique warmth matched only by the flavour of the food.

Yotam Ottolenghi

One man's trash is another man's treasure, and the by-product from one food can be perfect for making another.

Yotam Ottolenghi

A food processor, or even one of those small bowls that fit on a stick blender, is a real treasure. No, that's not an overstatement.

Yotam Ottolenghi

Big and oppressive government has long been the enemy of freedom, something black Americans know all too well.

Rand Paul

People may say I developed an iron will, but what really happened is that I made myself much fitter. I think an iron will is always supported by fitness.

Ivan Lendl

I wasn't young, I wasn't pretty, and I was a black woman looking for success in a business where those attributes were certainly not in demand in the 1960s.

Isabel Sanford

By regulating marijuana, we can put black market drug dealers out of business and eliminate the rebellious allure that attracts young people.

Sal Albanese

My parents were vegetarians. I'd show up at school, this giant black kid, with none of the cool clothes and a tofu sandwich and celery sticks.

Aisha Tyler