320 Quotes by Langston Hughes

Yet the ivory gods, And the ebony gods, And the gods of diamond-jade, Are only silly puppet gods That people themselves Have made.-.

Folks, I’m telling you, birthing is hard and dying is mean- so get yourself a little loving in between.

To create a market for your writing you have to be consistent, professional, a continuing writer – not just a one-article or a one-story or a one-book man.

A world I dream where black or white, whatever race you be, will share the bounties of the earth and every man is free.

Negroes – Sweet and docile, Meek, humble, and kind: Beware the day – They change their mind.

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

When a man starts out to build a world, He starts first with himself.

Though you may hear me holler, And you may see me cry – I’ll be dogged, sweet baby, If you gonna see me die.

The prerequisite for writing is having something to say.