Pearl Cleage Quotes

“I really love writing comedy. Writing romantic comedy is even nicer because you get to write about how insane we all act when we're falling in love.”

“I've always loved the '40s romantic comedies and the idea of those mistaken identities and lovers' misunderstandings.”

“...freedom can be a full-time job if you let it.”

“Any time your life is at stake and you can't find even one woman to come forward and say, 'This is a good man,' your problem isn't what kind of woman THEY are. Your problem is what kind of men YOU are.”

“...no woman can love a weak man hard enough to make him strong.”

“If it supports the liberation struggle of Black people then it is good. If it is in opposition to the liberation struggle of Black people then it is bad. If it supports the liberation struggle of Black people then it is moral. If it opposes the liberation struggle, then it is immoral. If it supports the liberation struggle of Black people, then it is the will of GOD. If it opposes the liberation struggle of Black people, then it is satanic. With this simple key to the mysteries of life both events and institutions can be judged.”

“Coco Chanel used to talk about wearing more than one string of pearls. Why wear one if you can wear two, or something to that effect. I think that one string of pearls is just fine. But that's because my pearls are black, hers were white.”

“Life is made up of a few moments all strung together like pearls. Each moment is a pearl, and it is up to us to pick the ones with the highest luster. If we do not have time to do great things, take a few gentle moments and do small things in a great way.”

“There's pearl of the orient seas but it happens to be also a pearl of orient corruptions.”

“Let those who love me follow me'Cora Pearl, on being the very first person to dye her hair red in 1864”