We made it clear that we were different. We said that we would not tak — Barbara Gardner Proctor

"I think blacks have a different acceptance of reality than white people. Were more realistic."

"It became quite apparent to me that if I did not begin to control my own destiny, I was going to have it changed about every five minutes. So I took the time, energy, and expense to start my own agency."

"I couldnt spell, which was a job handicap."

"You can only do it when you don’t know you can’t do it."

"The only thing you could train for if you were a black girl in the South, rural, poor, was a teacher or hairdresser, and a nurse."

"There was never any reason for me to succeed. I had no business experience, I had no capital, I had absolutely nothing but a strong gut feeling that I had something to say in this business, and nobody was going to tell me how to do it."