Zitat des Tages von Nikki Giovanni:
I think one of the nicest things that we created as a generation was just the fact that we could say, 'Hey, I don't like white people.'
If you don't understand yourself you don't understand anybody else.
There're two people in the world that are not likeable: a master and a slave.
White people really deal more with God and black people with Jesus.
Art is not for the cultivated taste. It is to cultivate taste.
Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.
You must invent your own games and teach us old ones how to play.
Poetry and music are very good friends. Like mommies and daddies and strawberries and cream - they go together.
We write because we believe the human spirit cannot be tamed and should not be trained.
Some say we are responsible for those we love. Others know we are responsible for those who love us.
We believe 'Peter Rabbit' because Beatrix Potter believes it. You have to.
Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.
Favorite poems are like favorite children. We definitely have them but we never tell as the others would have their feelings hurt.
A lot of people refuse to do things because they don't want to go naked, don't want to go without guarantee. But that's what's got to happen. You go naked until you die.
We love because it's the only true adventure.
There are things you stand up for because it's right.
I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don't mind the failure but I can't imagine that I'd forgive myself if I didn't try.
Hip-hop is a cultural expression - it's embracing.
If now isn't a good time for the truth I don't see when we'll get to it.
Sacred cows make very poor gladiators.
I appreciate and enjoy my age.
We eat up artists like there's going to be a famine at the end.
A lot of people resist transition and therefore never allow themselves to enjoy who they are. Embrace the change, no matter what it is; once you do, you can learn about the new world you're in and take advantage of it.
Follow your image as far as you can no matter how useless you think it is. Push yourself.
When you are skinning your customers, you should leave some skin on to grow again so that you can skin them again.
The poet Melvin B. Tolson once said, 'A civilization is judged only in its decline.' That made sense to me. I would imagine the same is true for poets and tennis players.
I spend a lot of time learning about bird watching.
I am totally fascinated by people and our history as I understand and continue to explore it. People have so much to give and so far to go and yet we have given and gone a great distance. It's really just interesting to ask: why not? And see where that takes me.
If you know what you're talking about, or if you feel that you do, the reader will believe you.