I swear to the Lord, I still can't see, why Democracy means, everybody but me.

Quote by Langston Hughes

Topics: Humor Quotes

But there are certain very practical things American Negro writers can do. And must do....

But there are certain very practical things American Negro writers can do. And must do....

It's such a Bore Being always Poor.

It's such a Bore Being always Poor.

An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also...

An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also...

Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it.

Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it.

Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot...

Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot...

Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid...

Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid...

Hold fast to your dreams, for without them life is a broken winged bird that...

Hold fast to your dreams, for without them life is a broken winged bird that...

We Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives....

We Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives....

I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want...

I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want...

When peoples care for you and cry for you, they can straighten out your soul.

When peoples care for you and cry for you, they can straighten out your soul.

America never was America to me And yet I swear this oath- America will be!

America never was America to me And yet I swear this oath- America will be!

Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air...

Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air...

Beauty for some provides escape, who gain a happiness in eyeing the gorgeous buttocks of...

Beauty for some provides escape, who gain a happiness in eyeing the gorgeous buttocks of...

What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the...

What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the...

Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air...

Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air...

Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that...

Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that...

Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it.

Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it.

The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and that's why he would rather destroy himself than...

The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and that's why he would rather destroy himself than...

Black people dominate sports in the United States. 20% of the population and 90% of...

Black people dominate sports in the United States. 20% of the population and 90% of...

African nationalism is meaningless, dangerous, anachronistic, if it is not, at the same time, pan-Africanism

African nationalism is meaningless, dangerous, anachronistic, if it is not, at the same time, pan-Africanism

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it...

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it...

When I have been unhappy, I have heard an opera... and it seemed the shrieking...

When I have been unhappy, I have heard an opera... and it seemed the shrieking...

An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists...

An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists...