Henry Louis Gates Quotes

Wherever you go in the history of America, there have been Black people making contributions, but their contributions have been obscured, lost, buried.

Henry Louis Gates

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

HistoryPeopleBlackAmericaYouGo

We learn by our problems. We correct our deficiencies if there are any.

Joe Arpaio

ProblemsLearnOurCorrectAny

But I do know this: that the two and a half years that I've been at HUD, I am absolutely convinced that some of the best workers in the world are in Federal Government.

Alphonso Jackson

BestGovernmentI AmWorldKnowTwo

The Americans have their way of talking, their way of dressing, their way of doing things, and we have ours. That's why this whole U.K. underground thing has become sick, because everyone has finally said, 'Yeah, yeah, Drake is sick - but hang on, we are too.'

Stormzy

SickDoingTalkingSaidWhyBecome

The only time I think I've ever gotten sick of playing Guns and Roses songs really was during - after having played them in Guns and Roses, and then in Snakepit, and then playing 'It's So Easy' and 'Brownstone' in Velvet Revolver.

Slash

TimeSickThinkRosesEasyGuns

My music is inspired by where I am and what I'm feeling at the time. Traveling and meeting new people is also incredibly inspiring to me.

Mija

MusicTimeI AmPeopleMeMeeting

Lying, stealing, and cheating are commonplace.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

CheatingLyingStealingCommonplace

It is absolutely unacceptable to single out any political group - right, left, or center - and say we're going to target them. That is unthinkable.

Dick Durbin

PoliticalTargetSayGroupRight

Let's learn from our peers and then beat them at their own game.

Doug Ducey

GameLearnOwnBeatPeersOur

I love Miami: great town, always loved it, a great place to play basketball.

Chris Bosh

LoveGreatBasketballLovedMiami

Be careful with the man jewelry. A little goes a long way.

Ashton Kutcher

ManJewelryLongWayBe Careful

A year from now, you're gonna weigh more or less than what you do right now.

Phil McGraw

New Year'sYearYouNowMoreRight

People in Shanghai make a lot more money than the farmers in the rice paddies. The rice-paddy farmers are not buying Louis Vuitton bags, but the upwardly mobile ones in Shanghai, who are all working in Wall Street-type firms, are infinitely better-dressed than people in the West. Their women take this fashion thing seriously.

Peter Marino

WomenMoneyPeopleFashionWall

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Henry Louis Gates