"What are they doing, examining last month's costs with a microscope when they should be surveying the horizon with a telescope?"

“The appeal to the white man's pocket has ever been more effectual than all the appeals ever made to his conscience.”

Source : Ida B. Wells-Barnett (2014). “On Lynchings”, p.26, Courier Corporation

“My philosophy in life... is to prove myself to myself and not to others. I tried to teach my children that, that I have to respect myself, to prove to myself that I can do the best I can.”

“The same ***** I ball with, I fall with”

“Finally, in conclusion, let me say just this.”

“There's nothing harder than making a mellow, clean record. It's really scary. I can see why people would never want to do it.”

“People who drink to drown their sorrow should be told that sorrow knows how to swim.”

“Bring out... The Comfy Chair!!!!”

“The winger resembles Mother Brown, running with a high knee-lift and sometimes not progressing far from the spot where he started.”