American Quotes

Now, then, in order to understand white supremacy we must dismiss the fallacious notion that white people can give anybody their freedom.

Leaders in Africa are so corrupt that we are certain if we put dogs in uniforms and put guns on their shoulders, we'd be hard put to distinguish them.

I maintain that every civil rights bill in this country was passed for white people, not for black people.

I also know that while I am black I am a human being, and therefore I have the right to go into any public place. White people didn't know that.Every time I tried to go into a place they stopped me.

Capitalism is a stupid system, a backward system.

Black power can be clearly defined for those who do not attach the fears of white America to their questions about it.

I usually say I did the best I could with what I had. I have no major regrets.

Our grandfathers had to run, run, run. My generation's out of breath. We ain't running no more.

Integration is a man's ability to want to move in there by himself. If someone wants to live in a white neighborhood and he is black, that is his choice. It should be his rights. It is not because white people will not allow him.

We were aware of the fact that death walks hand in hand with struggle.

The masses don't shed their blood for the benefit of a few individuals.

The knowledge I have now is not the knowledge I had then.

There is a higher law than the law of government. That's the law of conscience.

The secret of life is to have no fear; it's the only way to function.

I knew that I could vote and that that wasn't a privilege; it was my right. Every time I tried I was shot, killed or jailed, beaten or economically deprived.

This exploded in me almost more music than I could consume.

The recollection of how, when and where it all happened became vague as the lingering strains hung in the rafters of the studio. I wanted to shout back at it, Maybe I didn't write you, but I found you.

Ragtime was my lullaby.

Never play anything that don't sound right. You might not make any money, but at least you won't get hostile with yourself.

In Hollywood, the rainbow hits the ground for composers.

I'm singing the music publisher's theme song - it ain't a commercial.

I know Mother named me after a railroad man, but it's too late now, I'm afraid. Much, much too late.

I don't think I'll ever be president of anything.

The Xbox 360 is the first console that I've ever worked with that actually has development tools that are better for games than what we've had on PC.

Rocket science has been mythologized all out of proportion to its true difficulty.

Programming is not a zero-sum game. Teaching something to a fellow programmer doesn't take it away from you. I'm happy to share what I can, because I'm in it for the love of programming.

Low-level programming is good for the programmer's soul.

It's nice to have a game that sells a million copies.

I'd rather have a search engine or a compiler on a deserted island than a game.

Everybody's saturated with the marketing hype of next-generation consoles. They are wonderful, but the truth is that they are as powerful as a high end PC is right now.