Black Quotes

Black Sabbath wasn't like the Bon Jovis of the time. We were just a bunch of guys that were against the grain of society. And we sung about things that people thought back then.

Govern well thy appetite, lest Sin surprise thee, and her black attendant Death.

I wouldn't have thought that a wrong theory should lead us to understand better the ordinary quantum field theories or to have new insights about the quantum states of black holes.

Fame, if not double fac'd, is double mouth'd, And with contrary blast proclaims most deeds; On both his wings, one black, the other white, Bears greatest names in his wild aery flight.

I'm black, I don't feel burdened by it and I don't think it's a huge responsibility. It's part of who I am. It does not define me.

The most important person to thank is...my mother. She gave me four golden rules to live by: be a proud black man, take care of your family, make education a priority, and try to do the right thing.

I always knew I'd be a millionaire by age thirty-two. In fact, I am going to be the richest black woman in America.

Black culture has been a huge influence in my life.

I support any procedure that allows photographers to express themselves, whether that involves color, black and white, platinum, palladium and digital technology.

I would love to be a well-educated black, because I believe they do have an actual advantage.

[My grandfather -a miner] had black lung, and he didn't talk about it much. It's almost like a combat veteran. But he witnessed some horrific things.

A flat black bug, that is London.

In my experience I haven't met too many uptight black people. I'm sure they're out there. Like I'm some big authority and I've lived in the inner city and ghetto.

In tragedy, it's hard to find a good resolution; it's not black and white: it's a big fog of gray.

I think it's going to be great if people can buy a ticket to fly up and see black sky and the stars. I'd like to do it myself-but probably after it has flown a serious number of times first!

There has always been quite a strong black and white art tradition in Australia, with quite a large contingent of cartoonists, given the size of the population.

When you hear my records today hear a vanilla sounding artist with no black inflection, although I was trying to imitate what I heard.

I wear black for those who never read or listen to the words that Jesus said, about the road to happiness, through love and charity.

And what has become of it, where is that onetime love? Now it is the grave of a bird, a drop of black quartz, a chunk of wood eroded by the rain.

Thats what a ship is, you know. Its not a keel and a hull and a deck and sails. Thats what a ship needs. But what a ship is. What the Black Pearl really is . . . is freedom.

I like black and white films. I don't exactly know why - probably because there is a stylization which is removed from actual life, unlike a color film.

Despite popular conviction, a writer needn't wear black, be unshaven, sickly and parade around New York's East Village spewing aphorisms and scaring children.

Pure faith in the benevolece of the Divine can also degenerate into destructive forms of religion like othodoxy, fundamentalism, sectarianism, fanaticism, black magic and witchcraft.

How does the light of a star set out and plunge into black eternity in its immortal course? The star dies, but the light never dies; such also is the cry of freedom.

I feel you see every crack and bruise with black and white [pictiures] and color distracts usually from the honesty.

I can rap in a London accent, make weird faces, wear spandex, wigs, and black lipstick. I can be more creative than the average male rapper.

One of the burdens of being a black male is carrying the heavy weight of other people’s suspicions.

The most dangerous thing in American society is a self-respecting and self-loving black person, because they're on the road to freedom and that means they're gonna run up against the powers that be.

You didn't know whether Chuck Berry was black or white - it was not a concern.

Like a cartoon world, where the figures are flat and outlined in black, jerking through some kind of goofy story that might be real funny if it weren't for the cartoon figures being real guys.

My administration will tackle these issues in consultation with the black communities of London.

I think I've been writing black poems all along, wearing my white mask. I'm always the victim ... but no longer!

I have a black look I do not like. It is a mask I try on. I migrate toward it and its frog sits on my lips and defecates.

Black and white photography is truly quite a 'departure from reality', and the transition from one aspect of visual magic to another was not as complete as many imagine.

My name is Arsenio. That's a very unique name for a black man. In Greek, it means Leroy.

If you understand the Black Lives Matter movement, there's no central leadership of the movement. This is an organic, grassroots movement all around America.

When I black out, it's the happiest time of my life.

Did you know that the black suited organization that attacked the Koresh cult was a United Nations task force?

I think the most overused words in our vocabulary in the South are black and white.

I collect cars and bikes. One of my most special rides is a black 1930s Cadillac V16, and then I've got a few West Coast choppers.

I'm black, so, you know, I'm again with black folk, but it's a love that spills over to vanilla suburbs and red reservations and brown barrios and yellow slices.

Every person that steps up and commits to social change helps solidify the black movement cause. It is not easy for those who fill in the leader role.

I am Black because I come from the earth's inside now take my word for jewel in the open light.

When they kept you out it was because you were black; when they let you in, it is because you are black. That's progress?

Doing away with separate black colleges meets resistance from alumni and other blacks.

The last state to admit a black student to the college level was South Carolina

They say they don't know when but a day is gonna come. When there won't be a moon and there won't be a sun. It will just go black. It will just go back to the way it was before.

There are so many ways to be and to be black at the same time, but we're finally seeing that full range expressed much more widely than before.

going into a cave might be like going inside one's own mind, crawling around in the pitch-black, nook-and-crannied labyrinth of the human psyche.

We need to eradicate the slander that says a black youth with a book is acting white.