Akili King Quotes & Sayings

It's great to be black in Hollywood. When a black actor does something, it seems new and different just by virtue of the fact that he's black. — Will Smith

You're the most open girl in our whole school."
"I don't think she meant that in a good way. — Gwen Hayes

The ultimate function of prophecy is not to tell the future, but to make it. Your successful past will block your visions of the future. — Joel A. Barker

How can you imagine what particular region of the first ages a man's untrammelled feet may take him into by the way of solitude-utter solitude without a policeman-by the way of silence-utter silence, where no warning voice of a kind neighbor can be heard whispering of public opinion? These little things make all the great difference. When they are gone you must fall back upon your own innate strength, upon your own capacity for faithfulness. — Joseph Conrad

Each marriage is a living thing, just as complex as the two individuals within it. — Penny Reid

Petchenegs versus Byzantium, said Jimmy, one memorable day. — Margaret Atwood

It cannot be defeated: Just when a gardener thinks he has won and eradicated it from his lawn, a rain would bring the yellow florets right back. Yet it's never arrogant: Its color and fragrance never overwhelm those of another. Immensely practical, its leaves are delicious and medicinal, while its roots loosen hard soils, so that it acts as a pioneer for other more delicate flowers. But best of all, it's a flower that lives in the soil but dreams of the skies. When its seeds take to the wind, it will go farther and see more than any pampered rose, tulip, or marigold. — Ken Liu

He didn't love me because I'm valuable. Because He loved me, I became valuable. — R.C. Sproul Jr.

If they had offered me James Bond, I probably couldn't have gone to England anymore in my life. James Bond with an accent? That would have been something. — Antonio Banderas

She tried to make friends, but her peers immersed themselves in frivolities that held no interest to her. She tried to respect her elders, but most adults seemed like nothing more than aging children, lacking — Dan Brown

If you can find one good thing to say about her I'll turn vegetarian! — L.J.Smith