Kunta's Quotes

#1. You know how Mexican restaurants always have "border" in the name: Border Grill, Border Cafe. You wouldn't do that to black people: Kunta's Kitchen or Shackles. They don't do it to white people. You don't see the Honkey Grill, the Cracker Barrel ... oh, nevermind.

George Lopez

#2. when I ran mortgages, I religiously took people from the back office. At first I did it for moral reasons. But it worked. They appreciated it. They didn't feel like the world owed them a living. They were more loyal.

Michael Lewis

#3. These days, all I ask of Fate is that the people she hurls into my life, whether they are evil or good, or morally bipolar, should be amusing to one degree or another ... Most good people have a sense of humor. The problem is finding smile-inducing evil people, because the evil are mostly humorless.

Dean Koontz

#4. What would you do if you were me? she said.
If I were you-you, or if I were you-me?
If you were me-me.
If I were you-you, he said, I'd do exactly
what you're doing.

Robert Hass

#5. Carrying little Kunta in his strong arms, he walked to the edge of the village, lifted his baby up with his face to the heavens, and said softly, "Fend kiling dorong leh warrata ka iteh tee." (Behold - the only thing greater than yourself.)

Alex Haley

#6. My dad had a very difficult life, a hard struggle all the time at work. I've always felt like I'm seeking his revenge.

Bruce Springsteen

#7. I love a lot of these older actresses, like Cicely Tyson, who played Kunta Kinte's mother in 'Roots.' She was really great, and I like seeing her because every movie she plays, she plays a strong character. As a kid, she was really inspiring to me.

Keke Palmer

#8. That was the trouble with working the doors, too many crybabies; you were always in a 'no win' situation.

Stephen Richards

#9. Where would the shout of love begin, if not from the summit of sacrifice?

Victor Hugo

#10. Do what is best for you--no matter what others think.

Debasish Mridha

#11. I've found you don't have to know why someone is trying to kill you; you just have to know that they are.

Douglas Hulick

#12. If we got caught being in grandma's smaller room without her or without another adult being there, we were surely in for a good old-fashioned ass whipping, Kunta Kinte style. Grandma Bertha didn't play that shit.

Amina

#13. Live your life with love and bravery and you shall lead a life uncommon.

Jewel

#14. I try to find 15 minutes a day to just be alone without any distractions just for headspace to meditate and get my Zen on. I think that helps me get through the hecticness of the day on tour with the interviews, the sound check, the meet and greets, the show and the post-show meet and greets.

G-Eazy

#15. Keep me warm. I have no warmth of my own- only what the sun brings me, and the sun is halfway around the world. Keep me warm.

Neal Shusterman

#16. You're the only girl I've seen for a long time that actually did look like something blooming.

F Scott Fitzgerald