A'Lelia Bundles Quotes

A lot of people think Oprah is channeling for Madam Walker, and there are lots of parallels.

A filmmaker can never be distant from his roots.

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests, and mines, and stone quarries; and every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.

I think that everything I've ever done at some point is part of someone else's legacy.

I have no idea what will become of my work in the future, the future folk will not be aware of our influence over them, as we are unaware of how our dead influence us.

It's good to pass on stories.

Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones you want to have as ancestors. You create yourself out of those values.

I always wanted to play Joan of Arc. I've always wanted to do that. Now I'm thinking, 'Maybe there's a story in Joan of Arc's mother!' If I don't hurry up, her grandmother!

Tradition does not mean that the living are dead, it means that the dead are living.

We pay homage to the people who came before, doing satires, like Mel Brooks; we're just carrying the torch.

You never realise how much of your background is sewn into the lining of your clothes.

… the whole earth is the sepulcher of famous men; and their story is not graven only on stone over their native earth, but lives on far away, without visible symbol, woven into the stuff of other men's lives.

I am intrigued by the way secrets move through a family and how events and perceptions from decades earlier continue to influence the way relatives view each other. Homes shape family histories as well.

Anyone who writes anything on any subject is standing on the shoulders of 900 people who've come before you.

For many years Madam Walker was just a little footnote in history. As a woman who made haircare products, she was really consigned to something trivial.

Madam Walker's legacy lives in her philanthropy as well as in an amazing line of hair care products.

History matters.

Many people have told me that once they learn of Madam Walker's accomplishments they are surprised, even embarrassed, that they have never heard of her. But they shouldn't be. Her extraordinary story was simply omitted from the history books.

I know a lot of kids following in my footsteps, not only from my heritage, but there's younger generations trying to follow in my footsteps, so it's really cool just to be the start of something pretty special for our culture.

I've found that once people are introduced to Madam Walker's story, they are inspired but also perplexed about why she was omitted from their history lessons.

We want every generation to know a little something about TLC.

I feel I have a responsibility to carry out the immigrant story, since it's one that I hold very dear to my heart, since my story is similar in a lot of ways.

I wrote my first report about Madam Walker when I was a senior in high school in 1970.

My father's legacy is going to be talked about for hundreds and hundreds of years.

Whatever you are is because of what your ancestors have done.