We are the wrong people of the wrong skin in the wrong continent and what in the hell is everybody being reasonable about? – June Jordan Category: Black History
Wherever there is a human being, I see God-given rights inherent in that being, whatever may be the sex or complexion. – William Lloyd Garrison Category: Black History
I am working for the time when unqualified blacks, browns, and women join the unqualified men in running our government. – Cissy Farenthold Category: Black History
We black men seem the sole oasis of simple faith and reverence in a dusty desert of dollars and smartness. – W.E.B. DuBois Category: Black History
Its hard for childrens authors to be accepted when they try to write adult books. J.K. Rowling is the exception because people are so eager to read anything by her, but it took Judy Blume three or four tries before she had a success. – R. L. Stine Category: Success
To die for an idea it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true! – H. L. Mencken Category: Men
We were promised a simpler life, and technology has only complicated our lives. – Freeman Thomas Category: Technology
Many good qualities are not sufficient to balance a single want – the want of money. – Johann Georg Zimmermann Category: Money