Black Poets should live--not leap From steel bridges, like the white boys do.

I died in 1960 from a prison sentence and poetry brought me back to life.

We dreamed of doing but could not bring ourselves to do.

Each Fall the graves of my grandfathers call me, the brown hills and red gullies of mississippi send out their electric messages, galvanizing my genes.

Love is a rock against the wind. Not soft like silk and lace.

To write a blues song is to regiment riots and pluck gems from graves.

I boil my tears in a twisted spoon And dance like an angel on the point of a needle.

Let all Black Poets die as trumpets, And be buried in the dust of marching feet.

Peace is an innocent child hated by some deviant and those who hate him will find no peace ever in their lives!

You may slip but God isn't going to let you down. His loving arms will always be there to catch you.

Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.

I have no hesitation in putting a name to the embodiment of all that I think is best about football. It's Paul Scholes. In so many ways Scholes is my favourite.

I don't really know why I'm such an emotional person, that's just how I was born. It's a problem. It's not easy to be married to me.

Chicago has disappointed her enemies and astonished the world

It is one thing to impose drastic measures and harsh economic penalties when an environmental problem is clear-cut and severe...

Higher than "thou shalt" stands "I will" (the heroes), and higher than "I will" stands "I am" (the Greek gods).

To be a good detective you must also think like a crook, an immoral, unethical or unlawful person

Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem.