Benjamin Banneker Quotes

The colour of the skin is in no way connected with strength of the mind or intellectual powers.

Benjamin Banneker

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 9, 1731 - October 9, 1806

Topics

StrengthMindSkinIntellectualWay

I am the poster boy for brick-by-brick foundation building. Play a club. Put on a good show for 35 people. Come back. Build your market. Have people talk about you.

Joe Bonamassa

GoodI AmPeopleBuildingFoundation

My favorite movies are gory horror films. I love Faulkner. I wanted to see the most painful things possible.

John Darnielle

LoveMoviesHorrorPossibleSee

'Fine dining.' I'd love to know who coined the term and whether they meant it to be as offputting as it is. The words evoke an idea of phoney refinement, of needless flummery, snooty waiters, and an atmosphere designed to intimidate the customer.

John Lanchester

LoveWordsCustomerKnowDiningWho

No club that wins a pennant once is an outstanding club. One which bunches two pennants is a good club. But a team which can win three in a row really achieves greatness.

John McGraw

GoodGreatnessTeamWinThreeClub

You need not go back four thousand years for heroines. The world is filled with them today. They do not belong to any nation, nor to any religion, nor exclusively to any race. Wherever woman is found, they are found.

Robert Green Ingersoll

TodayWomanReligionWorldYouBack

Communities don't have rights. Only individuals in the community have rights.

Michael Badnarik

CommunityRightsOnlyIndividuals

My grandma loves beauty pageants, like most of Latin American culture, but it's not for me.

Stephanie Sigman

BeautyCultureMeAmericanLike

Anger is an emotion, not a compass.

Tom Tancredo

AngerCompassEmotion

I'm obsessed with neon sneakers.

Rob Kardashian

SneakersObsessed

I believe in the imperative to explore, so any project that I can be involved with that celebrates that, and expands people's imagination around that idea of pushing out, is one of the most positive things that I think I could be involved with.

Ron Howard

PositiveImaginationPeopleBelieve

There were many times my pants were so thin I could sit on a dime and tell if it was heads or tails.

Jonathan Swift

PantsTellSitDimeManyThin

That old black magic has me in its spell, That old black magic that you weave so well; Icy fingers up and down my spine, The same old witchcraft when your eyes meet mine.

Johnny Mercer

EyesMeBlackMagicYouDown

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