“Some girls like to say one thing and mean another. And me being who I am, I’m very straightforward. Everything is very black and white for me. I don’t really like playing mind games.”

Get on with life because life gets on without you.

I do believe in love at first sight. I’m experiencing it everyday.

Loving someone who doesn’t love you is like waiting for a ship at the airport.

In life, we always fall for the person who will never fall for us, always want things we can’t have, and say things we shouldn’t.

I thought I had a type but I don’t really have a type anymore. I just look for a girl who doesn’t take herself too seriously.

Everyone happens for a reason, learn it and move on. Don’t be bitter about what happened, be happy about what will.

I’m very attracted to a girl’s eyes. I think you can tell a lot by a girl’s eyes

There comes a day when you realize turning the page is the best feeling in the world.

When we were on ‘The X Factor,’ we didn’t realize how overnight the fame thing was. We didn’t really understand it until we went on a shopping trip. It was like Week 7 or 8 of the show. We went with a few other contestants and there were loads of people, packed.

Never look back, reminising on yesterday, smile for the future, tomorrow’s a new day.

I can’t swim but if my girlfriend was drowning, I’d still dive in to save her.

Just because you don’t have a prince, doesn’t mean your not a princess.

One Direction is the main thing I’m doing and I’m 100 per cent dedicated to the group.

I love the fact I grew up wanting a brother and now I have four.

It’s pretty strange because you have images of people in your head when you left, then you just think they’re going to be the same when you come back, like time freezes. I have sisters and from the ages of 11 to 13 – it’s a big change for girls.

Two years ago, if anyone had told me I’d be doing half the stuff I’m doing, I wouldn’t have believed it.

It would be very heard, for example, a basketball owner, no matter how racist he was, to try to operate without Blacks. It would be suicidal.

I was a person with dignity and self-respect, and I should not set my sights lower than anybody else just because I was black.

I did not get on the bus to get arrested. I got on the bus to go home.

Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.

Since this is an era when many people are concerned about ‘fairness’ and ‘social justice,’ what is your ‘fair share’ of what someone else has worked for?

If a black cat crosses your path, it signifies that the animal is going somewhere.

There are restroom facilities for white ladies and colored women, white men and colored men. We stand outside after being served at the same ticket counter instead of sitting on the inside.

Black care rarely sits behind a rider whose pace is fast enough.