Henry Louis Gates Quotes

The sad truth is that the civil rights movement cannot be reborn until we identify the causes of black suffering, some of them self-inflicted. Why can't black leaders organize rallies around responsible sexuality, birth within marriage, parents reading to their children and students staying in school and doing homework?

Henry Louis Gates

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 16, 1950

Topics

MarriageTruthSadChildrenSchool

Scores of studies support the power of certain natural foods to prevent cancer.

Joel Fuhrman

PowerSupportCancerNaturalPrevent

I like crazy people, especially those who don't see the risk.

John Lydon

PeopleCrazyRiskCrazy PeopleSee

The only way to kill militancy, to reduce it, is to provide opportunities to people who have no opportunities. I've always told my American friends that.

Mian Muhammad Mansha

PeopleOpportunitiesAmericanFriends

I had my share of issues, but now, it's something that's made me who I am and no complaints.

Tony Oller

I AmMeNowShareSomethingMade

At the University of Miami in the U.S., people thought I was there only because I was Bob Marley's son. I had to prove myself on the football field and soon earned the respect of my peers.

Rohan Marley

SonRespectMyselfFootballPeople

I've been told I miss every pass made at me! It would be wonderful to have a partner, but in my mind, it has to be like making a product. The product has to be meaningful, impact people - it has to be a great product.

Joy Mangano

GreatPeopleMindMePartnerImpact

I want the people to be able to see me and be able to see a great performance.

Deontay Wilder

GreatPeopleMePerformanceWant

I was a lone duck in a swan-filled pond who criticized everyone.

Chris Colfer

DuckEveryonePondWhoLone

I like jokes, but Ray and I, we never did jokes. We weren't in that line of humor. We each contributed our own kind of observations. I'm glad to have people look at and laugh at and respect and get some creative juice out of what we did by observing.

Bob Elliott

RespectHumorCreativePeopleLaugh

I write because it's my way of finding cool ideas, thinking through hard problems and things I don't understand, and getting better at something.

Atul Gawande

IdeasCoolProblemsThinkingBetter

The objective of producing useful devices has strongly influenced the choice of the research projects with which I have been associated.

William Shockley

ResearchChoiceUsefulBeenDevices

A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age.

William Shakespeare

AgeManYouthEndureMeatCannot

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