• Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted. - Sammy Davis, Jr., Yes I Can, 1965

• Every people should be originators of their own destiny. - Martin Delany, 1852

• A serpent is a serpent, and none the less a viper, because it is nestled in the bosom of an honest-hearted man. - Martin Delany, 1852

• Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet. - Sarah Louise Delany, 1993

• In our dreams we are always young. - Sarah Louise Delany, 1993

• When you get real old, honey, you realize there are certain things that just don't matter anymore. You lay it all on the table. There's a saying: Only little children and old folks tell the truth. - Sarah Louise Delany, 1993

• It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake. - Frederick Douglass, 1852