#oft

So often when Black men have to play roles on TV, we're either the noble savage or we're completely a savage, and there's no nuance. ↗

— Don Cheadle

#completely #either #men #noble #nuance

Those thinkers who cannot believe in any gods often assert that the love of humanity would be in itself sufficient for them; and so, perhaps, it would, if they had it. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#assert #believe #cannot #gods #had

The often cruel behavior of Christians toward unbelievers and even toward dissenters among themselves is shocking evidence of the function of that image in relation to values and behavior. ↗

— Carol P. Christ

#behavior #christians #cruel #dissenters #even

I am very much aware of the visual side of things. I do a lot of photography. I often take Polaroids of things that strike me as visually interesting, just to remember them and perhaps use later. ↗

— Helena Christensen

#aware #i #i am #i do #interesting

Pride works frequently under a dense mask, and will often assume the garb of humility. ↗

— Adam Clarke

#dense #frequently #garb #humility #mask

Reading computer manuals without the hardware is as frustrating as reading manuals without the software. ↗

— Arthur C. Clarke

#computer #frustrating #hardware #manuals #reading

Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating. ↗

— Karl Von Clausewitz

#always #certainty #clarity #fascinating #finds

These are matters of external history. They are indeed prominent objects, often changing and giving a new direction to the current; but they tell us not why it flows onward and will ever flow. ↗

— Jones Very

#current #direction #ever #external #flow

To get away from one's working environment is, in a sense, to get away from one's self; and this is often the chief advantage of travel and change. ↗

— Charles Horton Cooley

#away #change #chief #environment #get

I often wonder whether Negroes like myself who are pretty well known help out at all in breaking down barriers. ↗

— Nat King Cole

#breaking #down #help #i #known