A biography for Clarence Thomashasn’t been written yet.
“Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.”
“It would seem that some black people want to say that when you, as a black, become successful, you cease to be black. That's ridiculous.”
“I have to admit that I'm one of those people that thinks the dishwasher is a miracle.”
“My grandfather could barely read. My grandmother had a sixth-grade education. They were people who were industrious. They were frugal.”
“I was Catholic. You talk about a minority within a minority within a minority: a black Catholic in Savannah, GA.”
“There are so many people who have this idea of who I am because I'm black.”
“There's a difference between someone who's 'harsh' and someone who is 'hard.' Life was hard. You lived in the South, as my grandparents did, and you had to survive. That is hard.”
“If I were a black liberal, I would be hailed, I guess. But I'm not. I mean, I think for myself. I want to make my own decisions.”
“My grandparents had died in 1983, and suddenly my brother is out jogging before Mass, and he dies.”