Quotes of: Black-history Keyword

Where radio is different than fiction is that even mediocre fiction needs purpose, a driving question.

Ira Glass

Any story that I can consider worth telling is one that you could tell in words.

Ira Glass

When I was in college, I was a semiotics major, which is this hopelessly pretentious body of French literary theory.

Ira Glass

What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.

Ignatius of Loyola

There's so many, 'no, black people aren't like that' barriers in mainstream media.

Issa Rae

The reason people think it's important to be white is that they think it's important not to be black.

James Baldwin

Never drink black coffee at lunch; it will keep you awake all afternoon.

Jilly Cooper

I consider myself a human being, a Christian, a father, a husband, so many things, before being a black person.

David Oyelowo

Pay your utilities, gas and other basic needs before paying on your debts.

Dave Ramsey

What is black empowerment when it seems to benefit not the vast majority but an elite that tends to be recycled?

Desmond Tutu

What I like about Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium is that it's an understated scent that's somehow familiar.

Edie Campbell

It's also a more personal medium. It seems to go directly to one's brain. There are no pictures to distract.

Bob Edwards

If you want anything done well, do it yourself. This is why most people laugh at their own jokes.

Bob Edwards

If you wear a white polka dot on your legs, you're going to want to wear a black polka dot on top.

Brad Goreski

I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.

bell hooks

Watching television is like taking black spray paint to your third eye.

Bill Hicks

Black audiences are hard. They always think they're better than you. So you got to come with a little extra to satisfy them.

Bernie Mac

There is no country in the world with the diversity, confidence and talent and black pride like Nigeria.

Binyavanga Wainaina

Illinois has less than a 12 percent black population and I won with 55 percent of the vote.

Carol Moseley Braun

If you're an American kid, you can't help but be influenced by Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and the Rolling Stones because they're always on the radio.

Chris Cornell

Most of today's black convicts have come to understand that they are the most abused victims of an unrighteous order.

George Jackson