“I look at some of the great novelists, and I think the reason they are great is that they're telling the truth. The fact is they're using made-up names, made-up people, made-up places, and made-up times, but they're telling the truth about the human being- what we are capable of, what makes us lose, laugh, weep, fall down, and gnash our teeth and wring our hands and kill each other and love each other.” PeopleThinkingHumansLooksMadeReasonFactsHandsFallNamesLosesHuman BeingsInspiringLaughingCapableAnd LoveDown AndTeethNovelistsThoughtfulTelling The TruthFalling DownLove Each OtherLoving LifeThoughts On Life Author:Maya Angelou
“In the past, yes, I have made sweeping indictments of all white people. I never will be guilty of that again - as I know now that some white people are truly sincere, that some truly are capable of being brotherly toward a black man. The true Islam has shown me that a blanket indictment of all white people is as wrong as when whites made blanket indictments against blacks.” PeopleKnowsMenMadePastBlackWhiteCapableIslamGuiltySincereBlanketSweepingBrotherlyIndictment Book:The Autobiography of Malcolm X Source: The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“This revelation of the secrets of nature, long mercifully withheld from man, should arouse the most solemn reflections in the mind and conscience of every human being capable of comprehension. We must indeed pray that these awful agencies will be made to conduce to peace among the nations, and that instead of wreaking measureless havoc upon the entire globe, may become a perennial fountain of world prosperity.” MenWorldShouldMindHumansMayLongMadeScienceNationsNatureHuman BeingsSecretPrayingCapableReflectionConscienceProsperityAwfulAgencyRevelationsGlobesFountainSolemnComprehensionHavoc Book:War Speeches: From September 11, 1943 to August 16, 1945 Source: War Speeches: From September 11, 1943 to August 16, 1945
“We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made.” PeopleMayMadeCareFunnyPoliticsMistakeCapableFakeEnlighteningGoreFake PeopleMy MistakesBushismI Have Made MistakesWe Make Mistakes Author:Al Gore