Hooks may refer to:
- Surnames
- bell hooks, American author, feminist, and social activist
- Benjamin Hooks, American civil rights leader
- Brian Hooks, American actor, writer, and director
- Charles Hooks (1768 - 1843) was a United States Representative from North Carolina
- George Hooks, Democratic member of the Georgia Senate
- Jan Hooks, American actress and comedian
- Kevin Hooks, American actor and film director
- Lonna Hooks, the former Secretary of State of New Jersey
- Mitchell Hooks, American artist and illustrator
- Robert Hooks, American actor
- Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Olympic track and field athlete
- Fictional characters
- Laverne Hooks, of Police Academy
- Sports franchises
- The Corpus Christi Hooks, a Minor League team playing in the Texas League.
- Other
- Hooks, Texas
- Hooks (grappling) Grappling term for the use of feet and legs to control an opponent.
Famous quotes containing the word hooks:
“Why is it that many contemporary male thinkers, especially men of color, repudiate the imperialist legacy of Columbus but affirm dimensions of that legacy by their refusal to repudiate patriarchy?”
—bell hooks (b. c. 1955)
“Separatism of any kind promotes marginalization of those unwilling to grapple with the whole body of knowledge and creative works available to others. This is true of black students who do not want to read works by white writers, of female students of any race who do not want to read books by men, and of white students who only want to read works by white writers.”
—bell hooks (b. 1955)
“The moment we choose to love we begin to move against domination, against oppression. The moment we choose to love we begin to move towards freedom, to act in ways that liberate ourselves and others. That action is the testimony of love as the practice of freedom.”
—bell hooks (b. c. 1955)