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Black Quotes

Insofar as we, critics of the black tradition, master our craft, we serve both to preserve our own traditions and to shape their direction. All great writers demand great critics Picture Quote #1

Speaking honestly is a fundamental principle of today’s black artist. He has given up the futile practice of speaking to whites, and has begun to speak to his brothers Picture Quote #1

I’ve always maintained that black people and women suffer from a presumption of incompetence. The burdens of proof are different. It just gets so tiresome Picture Quote #1

My soul, like to a ship in a black storm, is driven, I know not whither Picture Quote #1

While black with storms the ruffled ocean rolls, and from the fisher’s art defends her finny shoals Picture Quote #1

When chaste people need body or mind to resort to action or thought, they find steel in their muscles or knowledge in their intelligence. Theirs the diabolic vigor or the black magic of will power Picture Quote #1

Silver, though white, yet it draws black lines; it shall not rule my palm there to mark forth its base corruption Picture Quote #1

The very best thing we can do for the black man or for the white, is to strive with all our might to promote and secure the establishment of his inalienable rights Picture Quote #1

Here’s a health to the lass with the merry black eyes! Here’s a health to the lad with the blue ones! Picture Quote #1

When there is love in the heart there are rainbows in the eyes, which cover every black cloud with gorgeous hues Picture Quote #1

It is hard to understand how this infinitely dense singularity can evaporate into nothing. For matter inside the black hole leak out into the universe requires that it travel faster than the speed of light Picture Quote #1

Just when you think that at least the outlook is so black that it can grow no blacker, it worsens, and that is why I do not like the news, because there has never been an era when so many things were going so right for so many of the wrong persons Picture Quote #1

If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together Picture Quote #1

Black people must address itself to the causes of poverty. That’s oppression in this country Picture Quote #1

The process of delving into the black abyss is to me the keenest form of fascination Picture Quote #1

The myth of black women profiting at the expense of black men is the oldest rap around Picture Quote #1

Black and unblossomed were the ways he knew, dark was the glass through which his fire eye shined Picture Quote #1

This day’s black fate on more days doth depend; This but begins the woe, others must end Picture Quote #1

But sometimes it’s the sunshine that frightens us more than the big black shadows Picture Quote #1

Whatever it means to be a friend, taking a black eye for someone has to be in it Picture Quote #1

And all was black and still, and black and cold, and black and dead, and black Picture Quote #1

I’m nothing you can catch now. I am black powder, I am singe, I am the bomb that bursts the night Picture Quote #1

Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain Picture Quote #1

All I want is to know things. The black gulph of the infinite is before me Picture Quote #1

I’m a prodigal son. The black sheep of a white flock. I shall die on the gallows Picture Quote #1

The greater the penalties laid on sellers in the black market... the higher the black market price Picture Quote #1

As another has well said, to handicap a student by teaching him that his black face is a curse and that his struggle to change his condition is hopeless is the worst sort of lynching Picture Quote #1

But what of black women?... I most sincerely doubt if any other race of women could have brought its fineness up through so devilish a fire Picture Quote #1

The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world’s definitions Picture Quote #1

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats Picture Quote #1

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Insofar as we, critics of the black tradition, master our craft, we serve both to preserve our own traditions and to shape their direction. All great writers demand great critics (Black Quotes) Speaking honestly is a fundamental principle of today’s black artist. He has given up the futile practice of speaking to whites, and has begun to speak to his brothers (Black Quotes) I’ve always maintained that black people and women suffer from a presumption of incompetence. The burdens of proof are different. It just gets so tiresome (Black Quotes) My soul, like to a ship in a black storm, is driven, I know not whither (Black Quotes) While black with storms the ruffled ocean rolls, and from the fisher’s art defends her finny shoals (Black Quotes) When chaste people need body or mind to resort to action or thought, they find steel in their muscles or knowledge in their intelligence. Theirs the diabolic vigor or the black magic of will power (Black Quotes) Silver, though white, yet it draws black lines; it shall not rule my palm there to mark forth its base corruption (Black Quotes) The very best thing we can do for the black man or for the white, is to strive with all our might to promote and secure the establishment of his inalienable rights (Black Quotes) Here’s a health to the lass with the merry black eyes! Here’s a health to the lad with the blue ones! (Black Quotes) When there is love in the heart there are rainbows in the eyes, which cover every black cloud with gorgeous hues (Black Quotes) It is hard to understand how this infinitely dense singularity can evaporate into nothing. For matter inside the black hole leak out into the universe requires that it travel faster than the speed of light (Black Quotes) Just when you think that at least the outlook is so black that it can grow no blacker, it worsens, and that is why I do not like the news, because there has never been an era when so many things were going so right for so many of the wrong persons (Black Quotes) If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together (Black Quotes) Black people must address itself to the causes of poverty. That’s oppression in this country (Black Quotes) The process of delving into the black abyss is to me the keenest form of fascination (Black Quotes) The myth of black women profiting at the expense of black men is the oldest rap around (Black Quotes) Black and unblossomed were the ways he knew, dark was the glass through which his fire eye shined (Black Quotes) This day’s black fate on more days doth depend; This but begins the woe, others must end (Black Quotes) But sometimes it’s the sunshine that frightens us more than the big black shadows (Black Quotes) Whatever it means to be a friend, taking a black eye for someone has to be in it (Black Quotes) And all was black and still, and black and cold, and black and dead, and black (Black Quotes) I’m nothing you can catch now. I am black powder, I am singe, I am the bomb that bursts the night (Black Quotes) Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain (Black Quotes) All I want is to know things. The black gulph of the infinite is before me (Black Quotes) I’m a prodigal son. The black sheep of a white flock. I shall die on the gallows (Black Quotes) The greater the penalties laid on sellers in the black market... the higher the black market price (Black Quotes) As another has well said, to handicap a student by teaching him that his black face is a curse and that his struggle to change his condition is hopeless is the worst sort of lynching (Black Quotes) But what of black women?... I most sincerely doubt if any other race of women could have brought its fineness up through so devilish a fire (Black Quotes) The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world’s definitions (Black Quotes) Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats (Black Quotes)

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