"Yet the ivory gods, And the ebony gods, And the gods of diamond-jade, Are only silly puppet gods That people themselves Have made.-"
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Langston Hughes
25 quotes
Quotes by Langston Hughes
"Hold fast to dreams,For if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged bird,That cannot fly."
"Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly."
"Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly."
"Hold fast to dreams,For if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged bird,That cannot fly."
"Though you may hear me holler,And you may see me cry--I'll be dogged, sweet baby,If you gonna see me die."
"Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you."
"Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it."
"I've known rivers:I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins.My soul has grown deep like the rivers."
"Yet the ivory gods, And the ebony gods, And the gods of diamond-jade, Are only silly puppet gods That people themselves Have made.-"
"Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it."
"Oh, God of Dust and Rainbows,Help us to seeThat without the dust the rainbowWould not be."
"Cheap little rhymesA cheap little tuneAre sometimes as dangerousAs a sliver of the moon."
"I went down to the river,I set down on the bank.I tried to think but couldn't,So I jumped in and sank."
"Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby."
"An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose."
"Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly."
"I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go."
"Oh, God of Dust and Rainbows,Help us to seeThat without the dust the rainbowWould not be."
"Hold fast to dreams,For if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged bird,That cannot fly."