"There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up." — Booker T. Washington, African-American educator, born 1856
"I would not permit no man, no matter what his color might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him." — Booker T. Washington, African-American educator, born 1856
"You can't hold a man down without staying down with him." — Booker T. Washington, African-American educator, born 1856
"Acting is just a way of making a living, the family is life." — Denzel Washington, American actor, born 1954
"My mother used to tell me man gives the award, God gives the reward. I don't need another plaque." — Denzel Washington, American actor, born 1954
"My mother never gave up one me. I messed up in school so much they were sending me home, but my mother sent me right back." — Denzel Washington, American actor, born 1954
"You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That's a part of it." — Denzel Washington, American actor, born 1954
"There is only one heaven, one earth and one queen (me). Queen Elizabeth is an impostor." — Dinah Washington, American singer, born 1924
"Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble." — George Washington, 1st President of the United States, born 1732
"I'm not afraid to die. I'm looking forward to it. I know the Lord has His arms wrapped around this big sparrow." — Ethel Waters, American blues jazz singer, born 1896
"I'd think learning to play the guitar would be very confusing for sighted people." — Doc Watson, American bluegrass singer, born 1923
"That's the problem with nature. Something's always stinging you or oozing mucus on you. Let's go watch TV." — Bill Watterson, American cartoonist, born 1958
"The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us." — Bill Watterson, American cartoonist, born 1958
"The point is that God is what nobody admits to being, and everybody really is." — Alan Watts, English-American philosopher, born 1915