"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
"To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float." — Alan Watts, English-American philosopher, born 1915