Henry Louis Gates Quotes & Sayings (Page 6)

“My brother and I had a really privileged relationship with my parents... They treated us like adults.”

“My father lived to be 97 and played bridge every day up to the end, so I've got a 50 percent chance of living a long life like him.”

“My grandfather was coloured, my father was Negro, and I am Black.”

“It's important to debunk the myths of Africa being this benighted continent civilized only when white people arrived. In fact, Africans had been creators of culture for thousands of years before. These were very intelligent, subtle and sophisticated people, with organized societies and great art.”

“Dr. King's Nobel Prize had a more powerful transforming effect on him than I think he realized at the time.”

“My father and I made genetics history. We were the first African-Americans and the first father and son anywhere to have their genomes sequenced.”

“Patriotism is best exemplified through auto-critique.”

“What's fascinated me from the time I was a little kid was the way we construct our lives through stories.”

“Lincoln had a tremendous capacity for personal growth - more than any other American President.”

“Lincoln would love the fact that Obama is such a great conciliator, trying to transcend ideology.”