320 Quotes by Langston Hughes

A dream deferred is a dream denied.

I got the Weary Blues And I can't be satisfied.

Most musicians remain poor. But the music that they make, even if it does not bring them millions, gives millions of people happiness.

Good evening, daddy! Ain't you heard The boogie-woogie rumble Of a dream deferred? Trilling the treble And twining the bass Into midnight ruffles Of cat-gut lace.

I will not take 'but' for an answer. Negroes have been looking at democracy's 'but' too long.

Both of them were very good and kind - the one who went to church and the one who didn't. And no doubt from them I learned to like both Christians and sinners equally well.

Whiskey just naturally likes me but beer likes me better.

When you turn the corner And you run into yourself Then you know that you have turned All the corners that are left.

I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen when company comes, but I laugh, and eat well, and grow strong.