“People think of black English as ungrammatical, but it bears the same ...” — John McWhorter Quote

“People think of black English as ungrammatical, but it bears the same relationship to standard English as contemporary Hebrew does to ancient Hebrew.”

“Loving your language means a command of its vocabulary beyond the level of the everyday.”

“Ebonics - or black English, as I prefer to call it - is one of a great many dialects of English. And so English comes in a great many varieties, and black English is one of them.”

“The earliest sensation at the onset of illness, often preceding the recognition of identifiable symptoms, is apprehension. Something has gone wrong, and a glimpse of mortality shifts somewhere deep in the mind. It is the most ancient of our fears.”

“It is an ancient need to be told stories. But the story needs a great storyteller. Thanks for all of it, Jo.”

“In ancient times, we were users; we used the commodities in accordance to our needs. Using is not sufficient for the modern market; it needs consumers. Consuming means consuming things much more than the natural need of humanity or of any living being.”