The biggest compliment that I receive is when other black folks come up to me and say, ‘You changed the way that I thought about Chris Darden.’ – Sterling K. Brown
The first dress that I wore in the Spice Girls, which everybody thought was a little black Gucci dress, was actually from Miss Selfridge – it wasn’t a little black Gucci dress. – Victoria Beckham
I want a lot of people to see my movies. More black people. More white people. I want to make that connection. – Tyler Perry
Black boys became criminalized. I was in constant dread for their lives, because they were targets everywhere. They still are. – Toni Morrison
Although almost every theoretical physicist agrees with my prediction that a black hole should glow like a hot body, it would be very difficult to verify experimentally because the temperature of a macroscopic black hole is so low. – Stephen Hawking
Black was not the universal hue of mourning in Europe. In Castile, white obtained on the death of its princes. – Sabine Baring-Gould
One time I got dressed in all black, Rambo-style, and took a massive pair of bolt-cutters and nicked a military bike. – Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Somehow, I realized I could write books about black characters who reflected my own experiences or otherworldly experiences – not just stories of history, poverty and oppression. – Tananarive Due
I have my favourite black knife with me all the time. It’s a switchblade. It relaxes me to flick it. – Taylor Momsen
Honestly, six months before getting ‘Orange Is the New Black,’ I remember telling my manager I was done. – Selenis Leyva
There are no black holes in the sense of regimes from which light can’t escape to infinity. – Stephen Hawking
My perspective comes in part from being a New York black lady, in part from being an engineer. I know I’m smart and have opinions worth being heard. – Ursula Burns
I think the best comedy is tragicomic. Yeah, I suppose if you were to look at everything I’ve done, there is a bit of a black streak through all of it. It’s not deliberate: it’s what makes me laugh, and there’s a fine tradition of it, especially in Ireland. – Sharon Horgan
What we’re doing with Band of Brothers is trying to put it into human terms, so it is not just a flickering, black and white myth on a screen, it is a resonant story. I want the audience to recognize themselves in these men. They’re not just mythic heroes. – Tom Hanks
As a kid I didn’t see black cowboys on the screen. What that said to me was that there were things I couldn’t do or be because of my color. What we see others like us do gives us permission to expand our own horizons. – Walter Dean Myers
It is a call for black people in this country to unite, to recognize their heritage, to build a sense of community. It is a call for black people to define their own goals, to lead their own organizations. – Stokely Carmichael
As a child, I experienced black culture as many people did in America: on the TV, radio, and stages. – Shawn Amos
One of my favorite stories was Black Orchid, because it was so different from all the others. I especially enjoyed dancing the Charleston. I have always been keen on dancing. – Sarah Sutton
A lot of joblessness in the black community doesn’t seem to be reachable through fiscal and monetary policies. People have not been drawn into the labor market even during periods of economic recovery. – William Julius Wilson
Black women don’t have the same body image problems as white women. They are proud of their bodies. – Tyra Banks
Even in 2012, if there’s a black character in the movies or on television that’s a professional, if we even hear about their backgrounds they’re always ‘up from the streets.’ – Stephen Carter
To be black and an intellectual in America is to live in a box. On the box is a label, not of my own choosing. – Stephen Carter
I used to think information was destroyed in black hole. This was my biggest blunder, or at least my biggest blunder in science. – Stephen Hawking
Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective. – William S. Burroughs
The minute I’m off that stage, I try to get as ‘me’ as possible. I do that by piling on my black eyeliner, and I put on my ripped tights. Dressing like myself again helps. – Troian Bellisario
It comes down to this: black people were stripped of our identities when we were brought here, and it’s been a quest since then to define who we are. – Spike Lee