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We should remember that the pictures we are looking at, these Ur-images of blacks, are a testament to the failure of the imagination (and often of empathy, too, and tell us nothing about black people but everything about what white audiences approved and felt comfortable with in pop culture until the 1950s.

Charles Johnson (Discussing the history of Black characters in comics)

Some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.

Alfred Pennyworth

I got that 'thing'—that drive. I want more. The goal post go back... "Oh, we're in the endzone?" Move 'em back again. There's another level. How am I doing? I woke up,  so now everybody else is f*cked... because I woke up. That’s how I look at it. You all had a chance until I woke up. Today is mine. That’s just what it is.

Roman Reigns

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Nelson Mandela

From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel. I aspired to the purity of the blessed machine. Your kind cling to your flesh as if it will not decay and fail you. One day the crude biomass you call a temple will wither and you will beg my kind to save you. But I am already saved. For the Machine is Immortal.

Warhammer 40,000

One of the greatest human failings is to prefer to be right than to be effective.

Stephen Fry

The so-called cancel culture on the Internet, the extremism that sometimes flares up on university campuses and newsrooms, and the exaggerated claims of those who practice identity politics are a political and cultural problem that will require real bravery to fight.

Anne Applebaum

We should not be ashamed of not having answers to all questions yet…I’m perfectly happy staring somebody in the face saying, I don’t know yet, and we’ve got top people working on it. The moment you feel compelled to provide an answer, then you’re doing the same thing that the religious community does: providing answers to every possible question.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

There's a need for pop. There's a need for radio. There's also a need to understand the brilliance and the depth of jazz and soul - and what hip-hop can be at its most brilliant and what hip-hop can be at its most simplistic.

Pharoahe Monch