B Quotes
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“Black cat or white cat: If it can catch mice, it's a good cat”
“Black cat, white cat, what does it matter as long as the cat catches mice?”
“Black cats can do that to some people: They make them go all shivery and scared and remind them of dark.”
Source: Practical magic
“Black chaos comes, and the fettered gods of the earth say, Let there be light.”
Source: Return of the Native: Works of Hardy
“Black child poverty is higher. As I write in the epilogue, "Yes we can. No he didn't. President [Barack] Obama didn't push black people backward, but he missed the opportunity to move us forward."”
“Black Child, you are the walking-on-of-water
Without the need of an approving master.
You are in a beautiful language.
You are what lies beyond this kingdom
And the next and the next and fire. Fire, Black Child.”
“Black children have to lose their innocence before white children do. They can't afford the luxury of just reading about the impact of racism and white supremacy in a book, because they're living it every day. Because oftentimes it means life or death.”
Source: The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person
“Black children in the United States... are much more likely to report high self-esteem and have the smallest gender gap. By twelfth grade, African American students are the only subgroup in which girls have higher self-esteem than boys do... What matters appears to be parental support for a girl's staying true, first and foremost, to herself, and community honesty about discrimination and building resilience to that discrimination.”
Source: Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger
“Black children in the United States exhibit a different pattern. They are much more likely to report high self-esteem and have the smallest gender gap. By twelfth grade, African American students are the only subgroup in which girls have higher self-esteem than boys do. The difference extends to adulthood, where fewer than 50 percent of white women strongly agree with the statement, 'I see myself as someone who has high self-esteem,' compared with 66 percent of black women.
What matters appears to be parental support for a girl's staying true, first and foremost, to herself, and community honesty about discrimination and building resilience to that discrimination.”
Source: Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger
“Black children need to see their lives reflected in the books they read. If they don't, they won't feel welcome in the world of literature. The lives of African-Americans are rich and diverse, and the books our children read should reflect that.”
“Black children, white children, Latino children. America is becoming more diverse, it's becoming more tolerant as a consequence there's more interactions between groups. There are going be tensions that arise.”
“Black churches are very powerful forces in the African American community and always have been. Because religion has been that one place where you have an imagination that no one can control. And so, as long as you know that you are a human being and nobody can take that away from you, then God is that reality in your life that enables you to know that.”
“Black churches minister to social needs out of necessity.”
“Black churches viewed education and litercay as paramount to the success of the African American community...."the vast majorities of HBCUs were founded to be seminaries and divinity schools...schools in church basements evolved into HBCUs: Morehouse College arose from the basement of Springfield Baptist Church in Augusta Georgia; Selman College, from the basement of Friendship Baptist Church in Atlanta; and Tuskegee Institute, out of a room near the local AME Zion church.”
Source: The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song
“Black coffee is the latest fad I have picked up. Then there are my endless cups of chai! I'm trying to cut down and keep it to no more than three cups a day.”
“Black coffee must be strong and very hot; if strong coffee does not agree with you, do not drink black coffee. And if you do not drink black coffee, do not drink any coffee at all.”
“Black coffee’s a lot like whiskey, you know? All devil and no trimmin’s. Always liked my sins pure and take it as it comes.”
Source: Off season: the unexpurgated edition
“Black college-educated people got to where they are on the backs of domestic help, meaning their parents and grandparents. So people should not forget how they got to where they are.”
“Black Comedy is a farce that is played in the dark, as you know, with the lights full on. It's the Chinese convention of reversing light and dark, and exactly where anybody is at any given moment is the play.”
“Black comics, they only watch Black comedians. You're a comedian; you're not just a Black comedian. You're a comedian. I try to get that through to everybody.”
“Black community, I think as a whole America is dealing with the issue of homophobia. We got to be really honest about whether we believe in civil rights for all people or not. As Black people we need to remember the moment that we say it's okay to disenfranchise one segment of society, we're opening the door to move backward on ourselves.”
“Black Consciousness is an attitude of the mind and a way of life, the most positive call to emanate from the black world for a long time.”
“Black Consciousness is an attitude of the mind and a way of life, the most positive call to emanate from the black world for a long time. Its essence is the realisation by the black man of the need to rally together with his brothers around the cause of their oppression - the blackness of their skin - and to operate as a group to rid themselves of the shackles that bind them to perpetual servitude.”
“Black Consciousness is in essence the realization by the black man of the need to rally together with his brothers around the cause of their oppression.”
“Black Consciousness therefore takes cognizance of the deliberateness of God's plan in creating Black people black.”
“Black conservatives have a right to exist, but why would I want to walk around with a swastika on my shirt after the way Hitler done messed it up?”
“Black considered shooting him here. That idea lasted about a second. Thought about pushing the barrel through the man’s skull. That lasted a couple more.”
Source: Black Fire
“Black Court vampires. I just shortened it some." Ebenezar tsked. "Blampires. That's the problem with you young people. Shortening all the words.”
Source: Blood Rites: Book six of The Dresden Files
“Black Creek Burning:
“It was a polite, white lie,” Brie whispered.
“I’ll have to remember you think that way,” Nathan said.”
“Black crime rates fell more steeply than white crime rates, and now black incarceration is falling more steeply than white incarceration.”
“Black culture has been a huge influence in my life.”
“Black culture is a fight. We want to hold on to what we are, but sometimes the things that we are can be totally negative. You have to think: can't we try something new and not be seen as suspect?”
“Black culture is cool, but black issues sure aren't, huh?”
“Black culture is something I don't relate to much at all.”
“Black culture is very difficult to explain to people who don't have any direct contact with it.”
“Black detraction will find faults where they are not.”
Source: The Plays and Poems of Philip Massinger:
“Black Diamonds
Black gemstones pillaged from Mother Earth and mined from Kemet,
Crystallized into rare gems under
centuries of pressure.
Yet, clarity remains pure under the
brutal heat of history
And the alluvial mining along the
coastlines of black beaches.
Whitewashing while extracting Nubian gems from sable sands,
Twelve million carats separated from
the soil of black lands.”
Source: Black Lives, Lines, and Lyrics
“Black does not appear in the rainbow of hope.”
“Black does not signify the darkness related to death or nothingness, but a darkness that combines everything and holds the possibility of creation, a temporary death that embraces rebirth.”
“Black doesn't mean dangerous, white doesn't mean trash, brown doesn't mean smuggler, muslim doesn't mean terrorist, woman doesn't mean weak, and lgbt doesn't mean sick. These are the fundamentals that we must realize if we are to build a just and humane society.”
Source: Boldly Comes Justice: Sentient Not Silent
“Black doves and white crows flew to her, for she was mother to the outcasts.”
Source: The Priory of the Orange Tree
“Black employers are just as negative as the white employers concerning inner-city workers.”
“Black eyeliner says 'You've been through stuff, you know things'.”
“Black eyeliner. It’s standard. It’s all you need. It just makes the world a better place.”
“Black Fatherhood is an incomparable gift to Black men that truly comprehend what it means to be called dad, daddy, father, or pops. What a privilege it is to raise a child with patience, understanding, communication, support, encouragement, friendship, guidance, and unconditional love. It is an absolute honor!”
“Black female entrepreneurs don’t make excuses, we find solutions. We’re leaders, resourceful, ambitious, hardworking, and creative. We’re powerful, unstoppable, confident, smart, and fearless. We’re Exquisite Black Queens that represent Black Excellence… We are success! There’s no denying it… Black female entrepreneurs are resilient and we rock!”
“Black females, for the most part, know by the time they are ten years old that the world is not much concerned with the quality of their lives or even their lives at all. When politicians and salespeople start being kind to black women, seeking them out, offering them largesse, the women accept the soft voices, the simpering statements, the often idle promises, because those are likely to be the only flattering behavior directed to them that day. Behind the women's eyes, however, there is a wisdom that does not pretend to be unaware; nor does it permit gullibility.”
Source: A Song Flung Up to Heaven
“Black fire orchid
Meaning: Desire to possess
Pyrorchis nig'ricans|Western Australia
Needs fire to flower. Sprouts from bulbs that may have lain dormant. Deep crimson streaks on pale flesh. Turns black after flowering, as if charred.”
Source: The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
“Black Flag was formed in 1977. We first recorded in 1978.”
“Black flies, no-see-ums, deer flies, gnats and mosquitoes were instituted by the devil to force people to live in cities where he could get at them better. If it weren't for them everybody would live in the bush and he would be out of work. It was a rather successful invention.”
Source: Camping Out