Reed

Famous quotes containing the word reed:

    The Afrocentric exploration of the black past only scratches the surface. A full examination of the ancestry of those who are referred to in the newspapers as blacks and African Americans must include Europe and Native America.
    —Ishmael Reed (b. 1938)

    And pray for me also under the draughty stair.
    As we get older we do not get any younger.

    And pray for Kharma under the holy mountain.
    —Henry Reed (1914–1986)

    They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge.
    —Thomas Brackett Reed (1839–1902)