Barbara Smith Quotes (19 Quotes)

This invisibility, however, means that the opportunities for creative research are infinite.

This ballot referendum is a chance for voters to go in and give their opinion on the current policy. It is a chance to say we want to change the war policy.

Those are a set of custom cabinets, with a beautiful finish. Some folks bought a house and had them installed and then decided to change the whole color scheme, so they dropped them off here.

One of the greatest gifts of Black feminism to ourselves has been to make it a little easier simply to be Black and female.

They will be doing interviews if they go directly into the job market and for summer jobs. And for those going to college, they might have to interview to get into a specific major or for a scholarship.

You can only paint through your experience and sub-consciousness.

Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn't afford to be.

Well, he went to prison. I guess the thought of maybe going back to prison scared him.

Trust is to human relationships what faith is to gospel living. It is the beginning place, the foundation upon which more can be built. Where trust is, love can flourish.

I think it's obvious that the person most in danger is Jeremy himself. He is a person who simply cannot drink or take drugs.

There is a lot of confusion right now, and this just makes it worse.

The chief advantage I see is it puts the responsibility and flexibility for managing time off in the hands of the employee.

We opened in August, but now we're really ready to get the word out.

We've always been struggling with obesity in medicine. We've all recognized it will take a community effort to tackle the problem.

Black women, whose experience is unique, are seldom recognized as a particular social-cultural entity and are seldom thought to be important enough for serious scholarly consideration.

A major problem for Black women, and all people of color, when we are challenged to oppose anti-Semitism, is our profound scepticism that white people can actually be oppressed.

It'll probably bring it to the attention of more people. They seem to think we don't have a museum, even though we used to have it in the paper every week starting with 1972.

We would like for every kid in northeast Ohio to receive a letter. It can be left on a pillow, mailed, stuck in a lunch box, e-mailed, or read over the phone. It doesn't have to be long. We just want parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, neighbors, mentor

I just can't understand why something like this would happen in the neighborhood. It makes you want to get more locks on the doors.