Quotes tagged ‘Black’

(50 total)

“Do you know how difficult it is to be black and Jewish in the hood?”

“Paula: I messed up. I fucked it all the way up. I know that. But your heart ain’t gotta be black like mine, baby. I love you, Chiron. I do. I love you, baby. I mean, you ain’t gotta love me. Lord knows I did not have love for you when you needed it, I know that. So you ain’t gotta love me; but you g…”

— Barry Jenkins, Tarell Alvin McCraney, Paula, Naomie Harris, imdb.com

“I was saying last night that nobody loves like children, they don’t know if you’re black, white, or poor.”

— Toni Morrison, lithub.com

“I don't know how it works across the pond, but I am black. There is literally no place in American history that'll be awesome for me.”

— Eric Kripke, Shawn Ryan, Rufus Carlin, Malcolm Barrett, imdb.com

“I'm wearing all black. Outlaws wear black. Fags and cocaine dealers wear white.”

— David Gordon Green, Kenny Powers, Danny McBride, imdb.com

“[referring to Shug] She black as tar, nappy-headed, got legs like baseball bats, and I hear she got that nasty women's disease.”

— Menno Meyjes, Old Mister, Adolph Caesar, imdb.com

“[on leaving the farm in Shug's car, shouting to Albert] I'm poor, black, I might even be ugly, but dear God, I'm here. I'm here.”

— Menno Meyjes, Celie, Whoopi Goldberg, imdb.com

“Celie: [lunging towards Albert with a knife] I curse you. Until you do right by me everything you think about is gonna crumble! Sofia: Don't do it, Mrs. Celie. Don't trade places with what I been through. Shug: Come on, Celie, let's go to the car. Sofia: He ain't worth it, he ain't worth it. Albert:…”

— Menno Meyjes, Sofia, Oprah Winfrey, imdb.com

“And blood-black nothingness began to spin... A system of cells interlinked within cells interlinked within cells interlinked within one stem...And dreadfully distinct against the dark, a tall white fountain played.”

— Hampton Fancher, Michael Green, K, Ryan Gosling, imdb.com

“I am one more black gay kid getting punched in the face away from a nervous breakdown.”

— Michael Bacall, Principal Dadier, Jake Johnson, imdb.com

“I know what you're thinking: angry, black captain. Well guess what? I'm black, and I worked my ASS off to be the captain. And sometimes, I get a little angry, so suck a dick!”

— Michael Bacall, Captain Dickson, Ice Cube, imdb.com

“Captain Dickson: He's white, that means people actually give shit. Schmidt: Um, I would just like to say that I would give a shit if he were black.”

— Michael Bacall, Captain Dickson, Ice Cube, imdb.com

“Black don't crack.”

— David Hollander, Mickey Donovan, Jon Voight, imdb.com

“They say the ocean’s blue but it’s black right now, in the dark, on the sand, looking out at my crowd. Depression and drowning singing now, the full parts of lightning reveals where the ocean stops and the sky starts. I’ve been told by the sky that the ocean I shall win, but it’s hard for me to see…”

— Tyler Joseph, Future Of The Purple, open.spotify.com

“I wish I could eat your cancer when you turn black.”

— Nirvana, open.spotify.com

“I look inside myself and see my heart is black.”

— The Rolling Stones, open.spotify.com

“It’s not my favourite colour. It has nothing to do with whether I like it or not, but I just feel that black is the strongest colour.”

— Rei Kawakubo, system-magazine.com

“Larry: So your last name is 'Black?' Loretta Black: Yes. Larry: That's like if my last name was 'Jew,' like Larry Jew”

— Larry David, Larry David, Larry David, imdb.com

“Let me ask you a question. You've slept with a lot of white men, a lot of black men, I'm sure? Is there any discernible difference?”

— Larry David, Larry David, Larry David, imdb.com

“Ken: Why don’t more of them swim? Issa: Slavery.”

— Dayna Lynne North, Issa Dee, Issa Rae, imdb.com