320 Quotes by Langston Hughes

My boss is white," said Simple. "Most bosses are," I said.

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

So since I'm still here livin',I guess I will live on.I could've died for love--But for livin' I was born.

When a woman wants to get ahead, she cannot tie a millstone to her feet. Most men is millstones.

Bartender, tell this man to vacate my person.

Don't you believe in nonviolence?' I asked."'Yes,' said Miss Minnie, 'when the other parties are nonviolent, too. But when I have just come out of a funeral parlor from looking at a little small black boy shot three times by a full-grown cop, I think it is about time I raised my pocketbook and strike at least one blow for freedom.

The black women of America have as much right to all rights as white women have, without putting on any foreign robes to get them. I love Africa, but I was born in Florida, U.S.A., America. Of my African blood I am proud, but I want American rights. Of my black face I have no shame, therefore I have the right to want the right to show my face anyplace in America any other folks show their face.

Union :Not me alone--I know now--But all the whole oppressedPoor world,White and black,Must put their hands with mineTo shake the pillars of those templesWherein the false gods dwellAnd worn-out altars standToo well defended,And the rule of greed's upheld-That must be ended.

Adventure is a great thing," said Simple, "which should be in everybody's life. According to 'The Late Late Show' on TV, in the old days when Americans headed West in covered wagons, they was almost sure to run into adventure--at the very least a battle with the Red Skins. Nowadays, if you want to run into adventure, go to Alabama or Mississippi, where you can battle with the White Skins.