With his head in his hands, God thought and thought, Till he thought: I'll make me a man!

Amsterdam was a great surprise to me. I had always thought of Venice as the city of canals; it had never entered my mind that I should find similar conditions in a Dutch town.

You are young, gifted, and Black. We must begin to tell our young, There's a world waiting for you, Yours is the quest that's just begun.

Every race and every nation should be judged by the best it has been able to produce, not by the worst.

The colored people of this country know and understand the white people better than the white people know and understand them.

My appearance was always good and my ability to play on the piano, especially ragtime, which was then at the height of its vogue, made me a welcome guest.

Lift every voice and sing Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty. Let our rejoicing rise high as the listening skies; Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.

This country can have no more democracy than it accords and guarantees to the humblest and weakest citizen.

Young man, young man, your arm's too short to box with God.

We have come over a way that with tears has been watered, We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered.

It’s no disgrace to be black, but it’s often very inconvenient.

Do you remember what you said to me once? That you could help me only by loving me? Well-you did love me for a moment and it helped me. It has always helped me.

We have too many cellphones. We've got too many internets. We have got to get rid of those machines. We have too many machines now.

Though men determine the gods do dispose: and oft times many things fall out between the cup and the lip.

Our feelings towards our friends reflect our feelings towards ourselves.

A life is a life no matter how small

It is very difficult to be learned; it seems as if people were worn out on the way to great thoughts, and can never enjoy them because they are too tired.

You dont have to eat a whole cheeseburger, just take a piece of the cheeseburger.

We salute the rank not the man

Something small and quiet, like a match being struck, lights up the gloom inside of me.

My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man.