Benjamin L Hooks Quotes & Sayings

I bet you never heard of a playa with no game,
Told the truth to get what I want, but shot it with no shame.
Take this music dead serious while others entertain.
I see they makin' they paper so I guess I can't complain ... or can I?
I feel they disrespectin' the whole thang.
Them hooks like sellin' dope to black folks,
And I choke when the food they serve ain't tastin' right,
My stomach can't digest it even when I bless it ... — Andre Benjamin

A good history covers not only what was done, but the thought that went into the action. You can read the history of a country through its actions. — Benjamin Hooks

The most enduring contributions made to civilization have not been made by brawn, they have been made by brain. — Benjamin Hooks

Black men who have succeeded have an obligation to serve as role models for young men entrapped by a vicious cycle of poverty, despair, and hopelessness. — Benjamin Hooks

We're no longer arguing about riding in the back of the bus, but being the bus driver or the president of the bus company. We're not pushing for the right to buy the hot dog, but selling the hot dog and the right to own the hot dog franchise. — Benjamin Hooks

If you think you are leading and turn around to see no one following, then you are just taking a walk. — Benjamin Hooks