Black Classic Quotes

#1. I'm sorry that I did not become the world's first black classic pianist. I think I would have been happier.

Nina Simone

#2. You wear classic black Chanel with frightening aplomb. When you're not wearing those catastrophic muumuus.

Thea Harrison

#3. The only enduring influence we have to offer others is the influence God has in our own lives.

Mel Lawrenz

#4. People consider Black Star a great album, and I think it's a classic album. But the fact is, both me and Mos Def have made better albums since Black Star.

Talib Kweli

#5. It infuriates me that the work of white American writers can be universal and lay claim to classic texts, while black and female authors are ghetto-ized as 'other.'

Jesmyn Ward

#6. Nothing is set in concrete the way it typically is when one is, for example, pouring concrete.

Matthew B. Crawford

#7. Every living thing is a masterpiece, written by nature and edited by evolution.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson

#8. My fashion icons are Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly and Ava Gardner. Their classic looks and clean lines should be the cornerstones of your wardrobe - white cotton shirts, black Capri pants, pencil skirts and ballerina skirts.

Marie Helvin

#9. Personally, I'm very classic. If I'm going to wear a suit, it's going to be classic, black, and fit very well. There's nothing like it.

Michael Pitt

#10. Skills and achievement come through commitment and effort.

Carol S. Dweck

#11. I think Nouveau Gloaming is a classic black metal record and I would hate to be a band that kept trying to recapture the same essence, but failing, for the rest of its days.

Mat McNerney

#12. I like stories of the classic hero, of good versus evil, the ones in which the good guys wear white and the bad guys wear black ... and I love a good sword fight.

Simon Sinek

#13. When I was studying ... there weren't any black concert pianists. My choices were intuitive, and I had the technique to do it. People have heard my music and heard the classic in it, so I have become known as a black classical pianist.

Nina Simone

#14. You can't go wrong mixing classic graphics in black and white. It's very Parisienne.

Brad Goreski

#15. He defied her notions of how she imagined most supernaturals dressed; she would have expected him to be clad in black leather and chains. Instead, he struck her as classic, masterly, sensual.

Kym Grosso

#16. Sometimes it gets talked about as if life is all about the individual, and I don't think it is. I'm really interested in what writing can contribute to a kind of cultural intelligence.

Alison Hawthorne Deming

#17. All culture must have arisen from cult.

Alan Moore

#18. I like edgy but classic looks - like Chanel mixed with Alexander McQueen. My personal style is edgier. My closet is just black, gray, and white. I'm more comfortable in darker colors and leather jackets.

Ashley Benson

#19. Penguin Classic, with the orange bands at the top and bottom; and the Gill Sans thirty-sixpoint title, all caps, centered and medium weight, in black on the white band in the middle. One of the designer Tschichold's prouder moments, when he finally woke the hell up and joined the twentieth century.

Chip Kidd

#20. I did a film called 'Black Dynamite' that was very, very funny. That seems to be a film that's kind of a cult classic.

Kevin Chapman

#21. For me black is not dark, it's poetic. I don't think of gothic I think of classic - it's a big difference.

Ann Demeulemeester

#22. A stronghold is any way the devil tries to presume authority in our lives. If we belong to Christ, Satan has no right to exercise authority over us, but he hopes we're too ignorant regarding Scripture to know it.

Beth Moore

#23. I love to unwind and watch movies, especially those from the classic black-and-white era.

Fred Savage

#24. My favorite part of dreams. Clothing is optional. (V'Aiden)

Sherrilyn Kenyon

#25. The 'classic' pig is inspired by northern Italy. It is made up of meat and fat, rosemary and garlic, salt and lots of black pepper.

Bill Buford

#26. Ranger was definitely wow. He stood half a head taller than me. He was perfectly toned muscle, and he had classic Latino good looks. He always smelled great. He dressed only in black. His eyes were dark. His hair was dark. His life was dark. Ranger had lots of secrets.

Janet Evanovich

#27. A black suit can be classic and timeless and certainly for most occasions. But remember, it's not so much the color of suit as it is about the fit, cut, style, and, of course, attitude you have when wearing it.

John Varvatos

#28. This impeccably researched study of the classic black insult game may be the funniest work of serious scholarship ever published.

Terry Teachout

#29. He reached into the bag and drew out an odd array of manga, ripped paperbacks of books both classic and modern, and a small stack of crumpled magazines. See, I even brought some things to read aloud. I wasn't sure what you'd like, so there's a bit of everything.

Holly Black

#30. I always carry my classic black-and-white tux and custom-made George Esquivel saddle shoes.

Janelle Monae

#31. A black Mercedes Benz 450 SL pulled up. It was your classic hood auto beloved of terrorists, pimps and African dictators.

Adrian McKinty

#32. You don't have to paint your walls lime green just to try to have your home feel decorated. If you're a classic dresser or preppy dresser or a modern dresser, you wear a lot of black - whatever it is - your home should reflect that as well.

Nate Berkus

#33. I didn't like The Wiz and it wasn't because black people were doing it. I didn't like The Wiz because it was a badly made movie off a classic. Why are you remaking something unless you have something better in mind?

Harry Belafonte

#34. My primary phone is the iPhone. I love the beauty of it. But I wish it did all the things my Android does, I really do.

Steve Wozniak