"You are alone with the Alone, and it is His move." — Robert Penn Warren, American poet and novelist, born April 24, 1905
"Everything seems an echo of something else." — Robert Penn Warren, American poet, died September 15, 1989
"Dust does rise, doesn't it? And so can I." — Dionne Warwick, American singer, born December 12, 1940
"A fool will lose tomorrow reaching back for yesterday." — Dionne Warwick, American singer, born December 12, 1940
"Years ago I learned to be totally responsible for Dionne Warwick. I will not wait for opportunities. I will create them." — Dionne Warwick, American singer, born December 12, 1940
"No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem." — Booker T. Washington, African-American educator, died November 14, 1915
"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 April 5, 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, author, orator, born April 5, 1856
"You can't hold a man down without staying down with him." — Booker T. Washington, African-American educator, author, orator, died November 14, 1915
"Acting is just a way of making a living, the family is life." — Denzel Washington, American actor, born December 28, 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 December 28, 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 December 28, 1954
"You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That's a part of it." — Denzel Washington, American actor, born December 28, 1954
"There is only one heaven, one earth and one queen (me). Queen Elizabeth is an impostor." — Dinah Washington, American singer, born August 29, 1924