Quotes by Lorraine Hansberry

“I'm just tired of hearing about God all the time. What has He got to do with anything?... I'm not going to be immoral or commit crimes because I don't believe. I don't even think about that. I just...”

“Child, when do you think is the time to love somebody the most? When hes done good and made things easy for everybody? That aint the time at all. Its when hes at his lowestand he cant believe in hi...”

“A woman who is willing to be herself and pursue her own potential runs not so much the risk of loneliness as the challenge of exposure to more interesting men and people in general.”

“Cause sometimes it's hard to let the future begin!”

“MAMA: You must not dislike people cause they well off, honey.BENEATHA: Why not? It makes just as much sense as disliking people cause they are poor, and lots of people do that.”

“The Murchisons are honest-to-God-real-foe-rich colored people, and the only people in the world who are more snobbish than rich white people are rich colored people. I though everybody knew that.”

“I know he's rich. He knows he's rich, too.”

“Write if you will: but write about the world as it is and as you think it ought to be and must beif there is to be a world. Write about all the things that men have written about since the beginnin...”

“...I am the first to say that ours is a complex and difficult country and some of our complexities are indeed grotesque. We who are Negro Americans can offer that last remark with unwavering insist...”

“[Beneatha Younger:]... He said everybody ought to learn how to sit down and hate each other with good Chrisitan fellowship. [excerpt from Act II, Scene 3]”

“There is always something left to love. And if you ain't learned that, you ain't learned nothing.”

“Never be afraid to sit a while and think.”

“Take away the violence and who will hear the men of peace?”

“Mama, you dont understand. Its all a matter of ideas, and God is just one idea I dont acept. Its not important. I am not going out and commit crimes or be immoral because I dont believe in God. I d...”

“Seems like God don't see fit to give the black man nothing but dreams - but He did give us children to make them dreams seem worthwhile.”

“Child, when do you think is the time to love somebody the most? When he’s done good and made things easy for everybody? That ain’t the time at all. It’s when he’s at his lowest……and he can’t believ...”

“MAMA: You must not dislike people ’cause they well off, honey.BENEATHA: Why not? It makes just as much sense as disliking people ’cause they are poor, and lots of people do that.”

“Mama, you don’t understand. It’s all a matter of ideas, and God is just one idea I don’t acept. It’s not important. I am not going out and commit crimes or be immoral because I don’t believe in God...”

“I look at you and I see the final triumph of stupidity in the world!”

“Children see things very well sometimes — and idealists even better.”