Barbara Smith Quotations

Trust is to human relationships what faith is to gospel living. It is the beginning place, the foundation upon which more can be built. Where trust is, love can flourish.

Black women, whose experience is unique, are seldom recognized as a particular social-cultural entity and are seldom thought to be important enough for serious scholarly consideration.

One of the greatest gifts of Black feminism to ourselves has been to make it a little easier simply to be Black and female.

This invisibility, however, means that the opportunities for creative research are infinite.

Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn't afford to be.

A major problem for Black women, and all people of color, when we are challenged to oppose anti-Semitism, is our profound scepticism that white people can actually be oppressed.

You can only paint through your experience and sub-consciousness.

We've always been struggling with obesity in medicine. We've all recognized it will take a community effort to tackle the problem.

We would run a road, we would create a pad and we would run a pipe, so if we ever did need a treatment system and did need to hook up, we would be ready.

There is a lot of confusion right now, and this just makes it worse.

I'd like to see the developers' response to the neighborhood's concerns.

Habitat is not a give-away program. It's a hand-up, not a handout, for hard-working families. Each family is selected on the basis of their present living conditions and their ability to pay a monthly mortgage payment. It is for low-income families not qualified for other traditional low-income mortgage programs.

He's here for the Soldiers. He came in here running. He knew we had some problems, and he jumped on them so we could get a handle.

Those are a set of custom cabinets, with a beautiful finish. Some folks bought a house and had them installed and then decided to change the whole color scheme, so they dropped them off here.

We would like for every kid in northeast Ohio to receive a letter. It can be left on a pillow, mailed, stuck in a lunch box, e-mailed, or read over the phone. It doesn't have to be long. We just want parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, neighbors, mentors, and all adults to participate. It is a simple act that sticks with a child for a long time.

We opened in August, but now we're really ready to get the word out.

There have been so many donations from people who didn't want to see these valuable things just go to the landfill, and we get to support our projects and help cover overhead. It all ties together really well.

Well, he went to prison. I guess the thought of maybe going back to prison scared him.

We've never lost money. We always at least cover our expenses.

One day was too long. We didn't support it at all.

This ballot referendum is a chance for voters to go in and give their opinion on the current policy. It is a chance to say we want to change the war policy.

They're the law and if they're running around, you'd think they'd be telling people. I had no clue what was out there. There's so much rumor in this town.

It makes sense for some things, but it doesn't make sense for others.

It's unreal. I don't know how to explain it. He should be alive.

It'll probably bring it to the attention of more people. They seem to think we don't have a museum, even though we used to have it in the paper every week starting with 1972.

They will be doing interviews if they go directly into the job market and for summer jobs. And for those going to college, they might have to interview to get into a specific major or for a scholarship.

I'm really shocked something like this would happen.

I just can't understand why something like this would happen in the neighborhood. It makes you want to get more locks on the doors.

This helps (the students) in getting over their shyness of talking to adults and (shows them) how they need to open up.

The home was originally owned by the Phelps family. Guy Phelps, who originally owned it, was a veterinarian in Montgomery. Actually he was more like the veterinarian for Montgomery.

The chief advantage I see is it puts the responsibility and flexibility for managing time off in the hands of the employee.