I'd become sort of involved in things that were happening…

I got started in Oklahoma. That's where I was born. Population down there is one-third Indians, one-third Negroes and one-third white people.

— Woody Guthrie

“And rich white people were not so hard on Negroes; it was the poor whites who hated Negroes.”

— Anonymous

There have been several movies that I've done over the years that have got a bad shake - 'Speed Racer' was one of them.…

— Michael Giacchino

We have to concentrate back on: Where is the money going? Where's it been going for the last thirty years? How do we start…

— Irvine Welsh

Rich, poor, white, people of colour, are all equally irreplaceable.

— Gavin Esler

I'm poor white trash from the state of Washington.

— Chuck Close

All the poor white people, all the poor black people, all the Hispanics, they're in the same boat. They've got no economic opportunities.

— Charles Barkley

America's soldiery, like its war dead, comes disproportionately from its southern states and from its aspiring poor - both white and black.

— Linda Colley

A poor white woman from the South is different than a poor black woman from the South, and has a completely different experience.

— Bryan Fuller

If you're a poor white person and your life sucks, it's easy for you to blame Hispanics cos you don't want to look in…

— Charles Barkley

“I always wanted this - to come to restaurants that raise their own cows and mortgage bottles of wine. But, it makes me feel…

— Tarryn Fisher

I was poor white trash, no glitter, no glamour, but I'm not ashamed of anything.

— Eminem

We have to think about affirmative action and craft it in such a way where some of our children, who are advantaged, aren't getting…

— Barack Obama

You're not more than one generation from poor white trash, are you, Agent Starling?

— Anthony Hopkins

...funny how people want a return to the good ole days. Of coarse the good ole days of being a rich white plantation owner.…

— Rita Mae Brown