Africa Quotes

You see, Africa makes a fool of our idea of justice. It makes a farce of our idea of equality. It mocks our pieties. It doubts our concern. It questions our commitment. Because there is no way we can look at what's happening in Africa, and if we're honest, conclude that it would ever be allowed to happen anywhere else. - Bono

You saw every strata of the African American community... the doctor, the janitor, the guy who just got out of prison. So you got a sort of panorama. - Barry Shabaka Henley

You saw a lot of African-American faces. But what you really see is povertyevery one, white or Asian or Hispanic, can be in that position. This administration has done nothing about it. - Bob Filner

You may imagine the joy manifested by these poor Africans, when they heard one of their own color address them in a friendly manner, and in a language they could comprehend! - Lewis Tappan

You know, we're missing so much as African-Americans and we should be concerned about what's going on in Africa. - Chris Tucker

You know what's interesting? There is a much higher percentage of African-Americans at the speed positions than there is in society as a whole. I wonder if that's genetic, or mostly genetic. - Fisher DeBerry

You hope with playing South Africa first, you can start well and get on a roll. This has the potential to become a big thing in our country and pick up steam. We're not just sending a bunch of guys into it. We've got proven major leaguers on this roster. - Larry Walker

You hear a lot about Africa, but it's right here in our own home. - Garrett Gravesen

You have to think of Latin food as a couple of culinary superpowers: the Caribbean-African influence and the Central American corn, rice and beans. And from South America comes fresh seafood; Peru, the birthplace of potatoes; and in Chile and Argentina, you see the European influence. - Aaron Sanchez