"America never was America to me And..." - Quote by Langston Hughes

“I know how to handle women who act like ladies, but my landlady ain't no lady. Sometimes I even wish I was living with my wife again so I could have my own place and not have no landladies.”

“Looks like what drives me crazy Don't have no effect on you-- But I'm gonna keep on at it Till it drives you crazy, too.”

“The only way to get a thing done is to start to do it, then keep on doing it, and finally you'll finish it.”

“The IQ and the life expectancy of the average American recently passed each other in opposite directions.”

“We remain more than a collection of red states and blue states. We are and forever will be the United States of America.”

“America has a terrible educational problem in the sense that we have too many youngsters not finishing school. A third of our kids don't finish high school, 50 percent of minorities don't finish high school.”

“We honor those who walked so we could run. We must run so our children soar. And we will not grow weary.”

“The flower-girl's prayer to buy roses and pinks, held out in the smoke, like stars by day.”

“With high hope for the future, no prediction is ventured.”