Top 1200 Black Pepper Quotes & Sayings - Page 8

I went to an historically black college where we're always told that there's limitation. And so I'm happy to represent for black colleges.

I'm a sponge for historical images of black people and black history on film.

You need Black [people] sometimes to understand things about Black culture.

The leading distinction in magnets is the sex, male and female, and the next great difference in them is the colour. Those of Magnesia, bordering on Macedonia, are of a reddish black; those of Breotia are more red than black; and the kind that is found in Troas is black, of the female sex, and consequently destitute of attractive power.

Better have a black face than be worried about black deeds.

Whether or not you call it Black Lives Matter, whether or not you put a hashtag in front of it, whether or not you call it the Movement for Black Lives, all of that is irrelevant. Because there was resistance before Black Lives Matter, and there will be resistance after Black Lives Matter.

It's important to be an ally. You don't have to be a black woman to think we should have more black women in tech.

It's better to be black than gay because when you're black you don't have to tell your mother.

I am not a Republican, nor a Democrat, nor an American, and got sense enough to know it. I am one of the 22 million black victims of the Democrats, and one of the 22 million black victims of the Republicans, and one of the 22 million black victims of Americanism... You and I have never seen democracy; all we've seen is hypocracy... If you go to jail, so what? If you're black, you were born in jail. If you're black, you were born in jail, in the North as well as the South. Stop talking about the South. Long as you south of the Canadian border, you're south.

I like to think my work is furthering black culture by educating and empowering black people.

There ought to be a robust, uninhibited conversation in black America with different black ideological perspectives.

Black-on-black crime is a massive human rights issue that's going on in America.

I am black, and there's no getting around that, but being black doesn't define every aspect of my life.

I think that's the core of black aesthetics: the ability to improvise. That is what has enabled our [black people's] survival.

What is being black? It's making the most of your life, not taking a single moment for granted. Taking something that's seen as a struggle and making it work for you, or you'll die inside. Not to say that my struggle is like the collective struggle of black America. But maybe my struggle is similar to one black dude's.

I am proud of my black roots and of the black blood that runs in my veins.

It's hypocritical to say Black Lives Matter' when we know Black life begins in the womb.

You can't get more racist than hating black conservatives just because they're black.

I love black because it affirms, designs and styles. A woman in a black dress is a pencil stroke.

I am admiring of my fellow peers, black filmmakers and black actors and actresses.

Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.

I've heard that Black people and Black faces don't sell magazines, but one day you're going to beg me to be on there.

When a country doesn't respect Black lives, maybe it doesn't deserve to be entertained by Black athletes.

When I walk out into the street or go to the toilet, I don't think of myself as being black. Of course, other people think of me as black when I walk into a pub. Obviously being black is a part of me.

I didn't want to write a 'black' book because black characters are a tough sell.

I've always loved black, and I realized that, from the beginning, man went into completely dark caves to paint. They painted with black too. They could have painted with white because there were white stones all over the ground, but no, they chose to paint with black in the dark.

My signature style is super uniformed. I like black pants, black blazers, and boots.

People are more afraid of black unity than black rage.

I wear black on the outside 'Cause black is how I feel on the inside.

I wear black because I'm a large lady, and I have many exact replicas of the same black outfit.

I love leather vests and jackets, black leggings, black lips.

To be black and beautiful means nothing in this world unless we are black and powerful.

In all fields black consciousness seeks to talk to the black man in a language that is his own

Color is the overpowering of black; white – the final victory over black.

It's not enough even to have one black Barbie... because black women are not a monolith.

It's a lot easier being black than gay. At least if you're black you don't have to tell your parents.

I love black. Anything black transforms lives in a profound way, particularly for women.

When I find a colour darker than black, I'll wear it. But until then, I'm wearing black!

The impact of black music and black art forms on American culture is really difficult to appreciate.

The myth of black women profiting at the expense of black men is the oldest rap around.

In black America there's such a thing as passing, the black people who are light skinned and they will pass for white.

I am a black diamond, unfaceted. Black diamonds are rare, hard to cut, and therefore uncommercial.

I don't mind being black. I'm black out loud. It's more than the people that they are, it's the condition that they represent.

I hope that audiences understand that there is a precariousness to black lives in this country that we need to address, that there has always been a precariousness to black lives in this country that we need to address. In fact, our country is built on the precariousness of black lives, the disposability of black lives.

Sometimes, you feel like, 'Am I going to be upset about this as a black person or as a woman first? Or am I gonna be both?' Because some things inherently affect black women; some things affect you as a woman and not a black person; and some things just affect you as a black person.

Tutankhamun was not black, and the portrayal of ancient Egyptian civilization as black has no element of truth to it.

The thing about black women and black hair is that you just have to experiment.

We must realise that prophetic cry of black students: Black man you are on your own!

The sky was a sparkling succession of black diamonds on black velvet made crystal clear by the blackout.

I tend to play characters that arent supposed to black or written black.

The way black people feel, especially, is if you're going to tell a black story, let it come from a real place.

We say Black lives matter, but a lot of white folks don't know Black folk.

'Roots' did show that the audience would be receptive to black talent and a black story.

One of the reasons I paint black people is because I am a black person.

In 2013, there were 6,261 black homicide victims in the US — almost all killed by black civilians.

Blackness is a state of mind, and I identify with the black community. Mainly, because I realized, early on, when I walk into a room, people see a black woman, they don't see a white woman. So out of that reason alone, I identify more with the black community.

The Black Lives Matter movement is stronger when non-black people step up for it.

In my own life, when I'm not working, I do wear a lot of black. I think I do feel very comfortable in black.

Black culture, to me, is so important and I identify with young black women.

Work for black women has been an important and valued dimension of Afrocentric definitions of black motherhood.