Lorraine Hansberry - Man Quotes

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When a man knows that the abstraction ten exists — nothing on earth can stop him from looking for the fact of eleven.

Lorraine Hansberry

Big Walter used to say, he'd get right wet in the eyes sometimes, lean his head back with the water standing in his eyes and say, 'Seem like God didn't see fit to give the black man nothing but dreams - but He did give us children to make them dreams seem worth while.'

Lorraine Hansberry

I'm just tired of hearing about God all the time. What has He got to do with anything?... I'm not going to be immoral or commit crimes because I don't believe. I don't even think about that. I just get so tired of Him getting the credit for things the human race achieves through its own effort. Now, there simply is no God. There's only man. And it's he who makes miracles.

Lorraine Hansberry

Seems like God don't see fit to give the black man nothing but dreams — but He did give us children to make them dreams seem worthwhile.

Lorraine Hansberry