Logo
Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I did a book in 1996, an overview of black history. In that proces

I did a book in 1996, an overview of black history. In that process I became more aware of a lot of the black inventors of the 19th century. – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Other quotes by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing. – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Category:
Time
Author
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Read Quote

You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go… Dont ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body. – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Category:
Competition
Author
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Read Quote

My mother had to send me to the movies with my birth certificate, so that I wouldnt have to pay the extra fifty cents that the adults had to pay. – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Category:
movies
Author
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
History
category

My father and I made genetics history. We were the first African-Americans and the first father and son anywhere to have their genomes sequenced. – Henry Louis Gates

Category:
History

The day before yesterday always has been a glamour day. The present is sordid and prosaic. Time colors history as it does a meerschaum pipe. – Vincent Starrett, Buried Caesars

Category:
History

A nation that forgets its past can function no better than an individual with amnesia. – David McCullough

Category:
History

It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk. – Rebecca West

Category:
History

Random Quotes

Pearl Harbor caused our Nation to wholeheartedly commit to winning World War II, changing the course of our Nations history and the worlds future. – Joe Baca

Category:
Future

Knowledge is the most democratic source of power. – Alvin Toffler

Category:
Knowledge

Music is essentially useless, as is life. – George Santayana

Category:
Music

And Im not as young as I once was. At my age, I dont have time to be bored. – Lev Grossman

Category:
Age