It's no use of talking unless people understand what you say.

Quote by Zora Neale Hurston

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It would be against all nature for all the Negroes to be either at the...

It would be against all nature for all the Negroes to be either at the...

I do not weep at the world I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.

I do not weep at the world I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.

But for the national welfare, it is urgent to realize that the minorities do think,...

But for the national welfare, it is urgent to realize that the minorities do think,...

A thing is mighty big when time and distance cannot shrink it.

A thing is mighty big when time and distance cannot shrink it.

There is something about poverty that smells like death.

There is something about poverty that smells like death.

It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear...

It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear...

I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have...

I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have...

Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board.

Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board.

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place

If you want that good feeling that comes from doing things for other folks then...

If you want that good feeling that comes from doing things for other folks then...

If you want that good feeling that comes from doing things for other folks then...

If you want that good feeling that comes from doing things for other folks then...

When one is too old for love, one finds great comfort in good dinners.

When one is too old for love, one finds great comfort in good dinners.

The man who interprets Nature is always held in great honor.

The man who interprets Nature is always held in great honor.

When a man keeps beating me to the draw mentally, he begins to get glamorous.

When a man keeps beating me to the draw mentally, he begins to get glamorous.

Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to 'jump at the sun.' We might not...

Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to 'jump at the sun.' We might not...

I did not just fall in love. I made a parachute jump.

I did not just fall in love. I made a parachute jump.

So the brother in black offers to these United States the source of courage that...

So the brother in black offers to these United States the source of courage that...

Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes...

Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes...

The present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside its...

The present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside its...

Gods always behave like the people who make them.

Gods always behave like the people who make them.