It is important for us to remember that black people have been patriotic and have fought for that American dream in every American war.

You have to decide what is extraneous and what is central. There is always more to tell. If you want to have a finished product, at some point you have to say "enough."

Ultimately a historian has to put together a cohesive work. That doesn't mean that your curiosity is ever totally satisfied.

For all kinds of reasons, it is more difficult to track women's lives. Women's words have simply been considered less important, so they have been preserved less often.

Drop down someone else's shoe and run to take your own quickly. Don't hire your own to anybody, else it profits you nothing! Brighten the corner where you are. Yes, you can!

You do not need to import greatness from another; you just need to act on your own.

During the hard training phase never be afraid to take a day off. If your legs are feeling unduly stiff and sore, rest; if you are at all sluggish, rest; in fact, if in doubt, rest.

Enough is abundance to the wise.

Like billowing clouds, Like the incessant gurgle of the brook The longing of the spirit can never be stilled.

In Europe, charters of liberty have been granted by Power. In America ... charters of power [are] granted by liberty.

You can break down anything for a child, and you have to know what your child is ready for and what your child is not.

They called me the sexiest economist in America, and that was years ago, when I had hair and body mass and my teeth were shiny.

The enslaving of the other is also the enslaving of the self.

The harness of waterfalls is the most economical method known for drawing energy from the sun.