South African Invitation

Famous quotes containing the words south, african and/or invitation:

    “The Great South Beach of Long Island,... though wild and desolate, as it wants the bold bank,... possesses but half the grandeur of Cape Cod in my eyes, nor is the imagination contented with its southern aspect.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “I think it’s unfair for people to try to make successful blacks feel guilty for not feeling guilty.... We’re unique in that we’re not supposed to enjoy the things we’ve worked so hard for.”
    —Patricia Grayson, African American administrator. As quoted in Time magazine, p. 59 (March 13, 1989)

    “Postmodernism entices us with the siren call of liberation and creativity, but it may be an invitation to intellectual and moral suicide.”
    —Gertrude Himmelfarb (b. 1922)