“I would have artists be convinced that the supreme skill and art in painting consists in knowing how to use black and white... because it is light and shade that make objects appear in relief.” ArtUseLightArtistBlackWhiteKnowingObjectsPaintingSkillsConvincedSupremeReliefShadeBlack And White Author:Leon Battista Alberti
“The black players at this club lend the side a lot of skill and flair, but you also need white players to balance things up and give the team some brains and common sense.” NeedsGivingSidesBlackWhiteCommonBrainPlayerTeamFootballBalanceSkillsClubsCommon SenseManagersSoccerChairmanFlair Author:Ron Noades
“The world used to think we are a land of snake charmers and black magic. But our youth has surprised the world with its IT [information technology] skills. I dream of a digital India.” ThinkingWorldDreamUsedBlackPowerfulMagicLandYouthSkillsIndiaDigitalSnakesBlack MagicCharmersDigital India Author:Narendra Modi
“You have a white guy as an announcer and sportscaster. Me, I'm black. I do it and I've already done some stuff in the past. We're more expressive than the white guys. You look at the skill players. We're the ones that get into the end zone. We get in the end zone more than they do.” LooksEndsDonePastGuyStuffBlackWhitePlayerSkillsZoneExpressiveWhite GuysAnnouncers Author:Terrell Owens
“Jews, black people - any people who are hated or who have suffered, either as individuals or as a people - use humour. It is a survival skill.” PeopleUseIndividualBlackHumourSkillsSurvivalJewHatedBlack PeopleSurvival Skills Author:Sarah Silverman
“The need of black conservatives to gain the respect of their white peers deeply shapes certain elements of their conservatism. In this regard, they simply want what most people want, to be judged by the quality of their skills, not by the color of their skin. But the black conservatives overlook the fact that affirmative action policies were political responses to the pervasive refusal of most white Americans to judge black Americans on that basis.” PeopleWantNeedsFactsActionPoliticalCertainBlackWhiteQualityPolicyColorJudgingShapesSkillsElementsGainsSkinsBasesRegardResponseJudgedPeersConservatismRefusalAffirmative ActionAffirmative Author:Cornel West
“Those of us who stand outside the circle of this society's definition of acceptable women; those of us who have been forged in the crucibles of difference - those of us who are poor, who are lesbians, who are black, who are older - know that survival is not an academic skill...For the master's tools will not dismantle the master's house. They will never allow us to bring about genuine change.” KnowsHas BeensHouseBlackDifferencesPoorMastersSkillsSurvivalToolsDefinitionsCirclesGenuineAcademicAcceptableThis SocietyForgedCrucible Author:Audre Lorde
“Now what happens?" asked the man in black. "We face each other as God intended," Fezzik said. "No tricks, no weapons, skill against skill alone." "You mean you'll put down your rock and I'll put down my sword and we'll try to kill each other like civilized people, is that it?” PeopleMenTryingMeanSaidHappensFacesBlackRocksSkillsWeaponsTricksCivilizedFezzik Book:The Princess Bride Source: The Princess Bride