Anything I have ever learned of any consequence, I have learned from Black people. I have never been bored by any Black person, ever.
If we have an honest discussion on whether the war on poverty should be fought with welfare or with economic growth in the private sector, Democrats will lose black votes.
I think the best comedy is tragicomic. Yeah, I suppose if you were to look at everything I've done, there is a bit of a black streak through all of it. It's not deliberate: it's what makes me laugh, and there's a fine tradition of it, especially in Ireland.
Take these," said the old man, holding out a white stone and a black stone that had been embedded at the center of the breastplate. "They are called Urim and Thummim. The black signifies 'yes,' and the white 'no. ' When you are unable to read the omens, they will help you to do so. Always ask an objective question.
I was a black singer with a white voice, a perfect pop voice.
One great thing about being a black man is that if you put on a hat, you can move around unnoticed.
People think that everyone wears black in France; in fact they all wear grey.
George W. Bush doesn't care about black people.
There will never be another Black Messiah unless we create him
Black art has always existed. It just hasn't been looked for in the right places.
People imagine I am always in a Bentley with pearls and diamonds and black glasses and Karl Lagerfeld next to me.
We can never know. . . But maybe it's because no black actors merited being nominated. Why put people into categories?
I was a black center in the middle of all the nature. I was nothing, but I could do anything.
We're looking at a story we want to call "Am I Black enough for you?" That's that whole question of who determines what "Black enough" is. Is it color? And if it's color, then are you telling me that Clarence Thomas is Blacker than Louis Farrakhan? If it's not color then what's the line that determines whether you are?
Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
Beauty has always been an element of discussion for black women, whether or not we were the ones having the conversation. Out of necessity, black women have always had to consider others' perceptions of a certain beauty ideal, just starting with the skin color.
The more I ponder some of the boneheaded decisions GOP candidates have made of late, I can't bring myself to believe that they are serious about capturing more than about 8 percent of the black vote.
Black Friday is a media trap, an orchestrated mass hallucination based on herd dynamics and the media cycle.
When something so unjust as the black list happened, [Dalton Trumbo] would come to life in a certain way.
When people meet me in person, they're usually surprised at how petite I am because there's just [an] idea that because I'm black I just look a certain way.