Author Profile
Ruby Dee
1922 – 2014 • American • Actress
60
Total Quotes
Collected Meditations
Showing 60 quotesBlack History Month is fine, but we need more months of the year to celebrate all the people on this earth. After all, we're all creatures of the same God.— Ruby Dee
I don't think the arts would have been as meaningful to me if I hadn't grown up in Harlem.— Ruby Dee
Racism is a very insidious thing. It's dangerous to the psyche, to mind and body. It erodes the self-confidence. And I don't know how we get through it.— Ruby Dee
I pray with my whole soul that the divide-and-conquerers among us will not triumph over us. We need each other in this world so desperately.— Ruby Dee
One reason I didn't trust my writing for so long was that I always considered myself a serious dramatic actor. But people would always laugh when I shared my writing with them. It took my husband to help me see that I really am part humorist.— Ruby Dee
I learned that having great sensitivity is important. But being strong is just as important.— Ruby Dee
I do remember the numbers runners, I do remember the poverty and bread lines. Harlem stays with you forever.— Ruby Dee
Well, I didn't grow up with that word 'retirement' as part of my consciousness. I didn't grow up with professionals that retired. I thought retiring was when you are tired and go to bed.— Ruby Dee
I think you mustn't tell your body, you mustn't tell your soul, 'I'm going to retire.' You may be changing your life emphasis, but there's still things that you have in mind to do that now seems the right time to do.— Ruby Dee