Black Quotes - page 100

There are no more white linen sofas in my house. We have a rule here: Anything below 36 inches has to be brown or black - the color of chocolate or peanut butter! (Candice Olson)
It's great to know that young black girls are seeing themselves on TV as leading ladies, and I'm part of that. It's just such an honor. View quote
Candice Patton
I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color. View quote
Colin Kaepernick
I was always the only black in the movie theater, the only black in class, the only black in the library, the only black in the discotheque. I always felt observed and judged. View quote
Concha Buika
We were the only black family in an estate with 1,000 white families. Liverpool being quite racist in the Sixties, it was a bit grim growing up. View quote
Craig Charles
I believe that when it comes to major foreign policy issues, many prefer to have black people seen and not heard. View quote
Cynthia McKinney
Growing up in London, with a hippie mom, I don't know that I'm most people's definition of what a black person is. I'm mixed, yes, but in the world I'm defined as black before I'm defined white. I've never been called white. View quote
Carmen Ejogo
I like men. I like the sound of their voices, the way they think. They're more sensitive than women. With a woman, everything is either this or that, black or white. But a man can see shades of gray. That's what I call being sensitive. View quote
Carolyn Jones
With Rock Band, you can play along to Black Sabbath or Nirvana and possibly find new ways of appreciating their artistry by being allowed to perform parallel to it. Rock Band puts you inside the guts of a song. View quote
Carrie Brownstein
My mother is black and my father is Filipino. I got the best of both worlds. View quote
Cassie Ventura
That Loor's a handful, she is." - Spader (Black Water) (D. J. MacHale)
I wanted to be a leading man - the black lawyer, the black doctor, the black policeman. View quote
David Alan Grier
I couldn't wait to be, you know, a Black Panther. Of course they wouldn't let me join. View quote
David Alan Grier
I think until Britain acknowledges just how much of a presence black people had here before the Sixties, then there are certain stories that are not going to be inclusive of what I have to offer. View quote
David Oyelowo
One of the things I have an allergic reaction to playing, especially as a black actor, is the mandatory kind of best friend/cop/detective type. You will never see me in that movie. View quote
David Oyelowo
I love that as a black person I've experienced not being a minority. I think that's helped me to combat the minority mentality people can have here, which can stop them scaling the heights. View quote
David Oyelowo
I have a bee in my bonnet as to how few black historical figures one sees on film; incredible stories, stories from which we are living the legacy and which just don't get made. View quote
David Oyelowo
I consider myself a human being, a Christian, a father, a husband, so many things, before being a black person. View quote
David Oyelowo
Ninety-nine percent of the music that was of any interest to me when I was growing up came out of the black community. View quote
David Sanborn
A world of contradictions, wherein everything is gray and almost nothing is black and white. View quote
David Sheff
It was the Michael Jordan/Nike phenomenon that really let people see that athletes were OK, and black athletes were OK. Defying a previous wisdom - not only that black athletes wouldn't sell in white America, but that the NBA as a predominantly black sport could not sell in white America. (David Stern)
I earned a black belt when I was in high school. And I did a lot of boxing and full contact karate in college. View quote
Dean Norris
I did not want to be the best black man of the year; I wanted to be the best man of the year. View quote
Daley Thompson
The Black Keys is just a band that wants to get on stage and rock it. View quote
Dan Auerbach
Color is the overpowering of black; white – the final victory over black. View quote
Dejan Stojanovic