Cathy Hughes Quotes

“Create your own space. For too long, we have educated young Black kids to get a good job. On their own, they have decided they want to have a nice business. They want to be entrepreneurs. It's the same thing with media.”

“It's critical for us to tell our story from our perspective. When the company is Black-owned, you have Black decision makers, a Black perspective and Black employees.”

“Not to let anyone convince you that your dream, your vision to be an entrepreneur is something that you shouldn't do. What often happens is that people who are well meaning, who really care for us are afraid for us and talk us out of it.”

“It's interesting how God arranges your schedule. When you're helping someone else, you never run out of time, when you're just interested in helping yourself, time is real short.”

“I wish that every African American could come here and spend a week and merge in the essence of quality that the city offers, and in my opinion, it offers that because we have a majority of African Americans in this city. The essence of excellence exists in a lot of places, but in DC it's the whole city.”

“You should be learning everything you can about your craft. And read everything you can get your hands on about individuals who are accomplished. I probably know as much about Oprah as her staff because I read every single solitary thing.”

“I am so tired of Black women being misrepresented and us allowing it and participating in the misrepresentation of who we are in the media.”

“Create your own space. For too long, we have educated young Black kids to get a good job. On their own, they have decided they want to have a nice business. They want to be entrepreneurs. It's the same thing with media.”

“It's critical for us to tell our story from our perspective. When the company is Black-owned, you have Black decision makers, a Black perspective and Black employees.”

“Not to let anyone convince you that your dream, your vision to be an entrepreneur is something that you shouldn't do. What often happens is that people who are well meaning, who really care for us are afraid for us and talk us out of it.”

“It's interesting how God arranges your schedule. When you're helping someone else, you never run out of time, when you're just interested in helping yourself, time is real short.”

“I wish that every African American could come here and spend a week and merge in the essence of quality that the city offers, and in my opinion, it offers that because we have a majority of African Americans in this city. The essence of excellence exists in a lot of places, but in DC it's the whole city.”

“You should be learning everything you can about your craft. And read everything you can get your hands on about individuals who are accomplished. I probably know as much about Oprah as her staff because I read every single solitary thing.”

“I am so tired of Black women being misrepresented and us allowing it and participating in the misrepresentation of who we are in the media.”