Kerry Washington Quotes

Ray Charles There's some things you're not understandin'...

Della Bea Robinson Well, make me understand, Ray!

Ray Charles Baby, when I walk out that door, I walk out alone in the dark! I'm trying to do something that ain't nobody ever done in music and business. But I can't do it if I'm alone everwhere I go. I don't want to be alone here, Bea. Not in my own home. Look, Bea, if you don't understand me, then who will?

Della Bea Robinson I don't know, Ray.

Ray Charles Miss Antoine, it's been two weeks.

Della Bea Robinson It's been three.

Ray Charles Well, where's the preacher at and the wife?

Della Bea Robinson They're in Dallas till Monday.

Ray Charles Well, hallelujah!

Della Bea Robinson That stuff kills people, Ray. Now you've gotta stop it.

Ray Charles I don't have to do a GODDAMN thing!

Chenille Reynolds They call him Snooky because Fool was taken.

Chenille Reynolds Too many little boys thinkin they are thugs.

Della Bea Robinson The only thing that can help you is God, Ray!

Ray Charles Don't you talk about God! You have any idea how it feels to go blind and still be afraid of the dark? And every day, you stand and pray just for a little light, and you don't get nothing. Cause God don't listen to people like me.

Della Bea Robinson Stop talking like that, Ray.

Ray Charles As far as I'm concerned, me and God is even, and I do what I damn well please. And goddamnit, if I wanna shoot, I'm gonna shoot up.

Chenille Reynolds You can't help who you love, Derek, you're not supposed to.

Ray Charles I hear like you see. Like that hummingbird outside the window, for instance.

Della Bea Robinson I can't hear her.

Ray Charles You have to listen.

Della Bea Robinson Yes!

Ray Charles Yeah. Yes, you can... Uh-oh. Did you hear that?

Della Bea Robinson What?

Ray Charles Her heart just skipped a beat.

Principal Tom Hawkins Just to be clear, this is America and everyone gets to have an opinion... (Noticed Beverly raised her hand) Oh, just like you.

Beverly My son will not be forced to go to a homosexual prom.

Mrs. Greene Thank you, Beverly! Thank you!

Charity Adams You're not only in the Army, you're women, and you're Negros. And because you're Negros and women you don't have the luxury to be as good as the white soldiers, you have the burden to be better. Remember, you're not only representing America, you're representing the Negros of America.

Charity Adams They're already of the opinion that the Negro woman is dumb, inferior and lazy. And I'll be damned it I allow a woman in my unit to prove them correct!

Aretha Robinson Always remember your promise to me. Never let nobody or nothin turn you into no cripple.

Della Bea Robinson He isn't my gift to you, he's your son.

Della Bea Robinson You have got to stop this now.

Ray Charles No, don't say that, Bea. You know I love you more then anythin'.

Della Bea Robinson There is something that you love more then me and them boys, more then all the women you ever slept with on the road, more then all the dope you ever took.

Ray Charles What are you talkin about?

Della Bea Robinson It's your music! And if you keep usin that needle, they're gonna take away your music and put you in jail. Is that poison worth losin everything?

Della Bea Robinson If only your mama was here.

Ray Charles She's here. She ain't never left.

Mrs. Greene Let's get to it. All those in favor… All opposed. (After the PTA meeting) Well, the PTA has an accepted set of rules concerning the prom. Young ladies must wear non-revealing dresses. Young men must wear suits or tuxes. And if a student chooses to bring a date, they must be of the opposite sex.

Reporter Well, can you just ban that student?

Ray Charles I want you to promise me something. Promise me you're gonna always tell me the truth just like you did before. Don't feel sorry for me just because I'm blind.

Della Bea Robinson How can I pity someone I admire?

General Halt Are you opening and reading this man?

Charity Adams So, only in the case where we cannot locate the soldier, sir.

General Halt Are you kidding me? Y'all opening and reading the letters of these white soldiers?

Charity Adams Well, sir, sometimes that is the only way to get the clues to find out where they might be.

General Halt This is private, Major. Have you lost what little left of your mind? I tried to go over my head, get soldiers buried that he had killed. He got damn killed because you did not train them well! So now, President Roosevelt has died. This little experiment gonna be shut down immediately. I think I'm gonna have you relieved the young duties, and I'm gonna bring a white lieutenant to here to show you how to run this unit.

Charity Adams Over my dead body, sir.

General Halt What did you say?

Charity Adams Sir, with all due respect, my battalion is working day and night in horrible conditions. We have no heat most of the time. It gets so cold that the women have to put the water in helmets to wash themselves. You gave us this place to turn into a barracks with no bed and no help, and my women are harassed , and then they are befriended only to be asked if they have tails under their skirts after midnight because of the rumors of white soldiers! You sent a chaplain not to pray, but to spy on us! We just lost two soldiers to a UXB who were highly trained, and I know because I trained them and you wouldn't even give the orders for them to have a proper burial! Now, I know we are fighting a war, but our war starts with being Negro! We are fighting on every front! So as I said, sir, over my dead body, sir.