[W]e need to talk over not only those things which are of vital importance to us as women, but also the things that are of especial interest to us as colored women.

We need to feel the cheer and inspiration of meeting each other, we need to gain the courage and fresh life that comes from the mingling of congenial souls, of those working for the same ends.

If laws are unjust, they must be continually broken until they are altered.

Too long have we been silent under unjust and unholy charges; we cannot expect to have them removed until we disprove them through ourselves.

Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.

To me, atonality is against nature. There is a center to everything that exists. The planets have the sun, the earth, the moon.

If my daughter wants to get into this business, I would support that decision. She's going to have a hard time not being in it. She loves food and she's around it all the time.

Everybody has a need for speed and you actually make your product, or service, or services more attractive when you do them fast.

I'm not very glamorous.

It is an excellent rule to be observed in all disputes, that men should give soft words and hard arguments; that they should not so much strive to vex as to convince each other.

Thrift is an attractive idea until you get down to specifics.

The great achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus.

Some girl asked me for an autograph and I asked her why, she said because she admires me. I said she should see a shrink. Then she started crying and I started laughing.

A good action is never lost; it is a treasure laid up and guarded for the doer's need.