Race Quotes · Page 274

I have often said social media is a race to the bottom.

— Troy Aikman

“There is a belief advanced today, and in some cases by conservative black authors, that poor children and particularly black children should…

— Jonathan Kozol

Race doesn't mean what it used to in America anymore. It just doesn't. Obama's black, but he's not black the way people…

— Louis C. K

“In America, your ancestors don't matter so much. You're just you .”

— Lensey Namioka

The [Oregon] Journal in its head and heart will stand for the people, be truly Democratic and free from political entanglements and…

— Samuel L. Jackson

Whether we're talking about race or gender or class, popular culture is where the pedagogy is, it's where the learning is.

— Bell Hooks

No negative thoughts cross my mind on race day. When I look into their eyes, I know I'm going to beat them.

— Danny Harris

The Kenyans beat up on the American runners in every road race every weekend of the year, but we're way ahead of…

— Don Kardong

I should like the whole race of nurses to be abolished: children should be with their mother as much as possible, in…

— Lewis Carroll

Im off to race around the world - a race against time and two men. I know I can beat time. I…

— Dorothy Kilgallen

“Never to have to think of yourself as white is a luxory that makes you deeply stupid.”

— Leonard Michaels

I was aware of my race from a very young age. Not in a negative way. Coming from an interracial background, I…

— Misty Copeland

All women should inform themselves of the condition of their sex and of their own position. It must necessarily follow that the…

— Harriet Martineau

I'm not black, but there's a whole lot of times I wish I could say I'm not white.

— Frank Zappa

Running through my mind are thoughts of all the races I ran. On my chest are medals from the races I won.…

— Douglas Wakiihuri

I believe a person regardless of race should get the job.

— David Duke

Labor, like Israel, has many sorrows. Its women weep for their fallen and they lament for the future of the children of…

— John L. Lewis

The rat race is real. I was part of the rat race.

— Nuseir Yassin

I will represent all of the people of Ohio, regardless of their background. I don't care if you are a Democrat, a…

— Josh Mandel

I'm good at separating my personal life from racing. When I'm at track, it's race time; when I'm away from it, other…

— Casey Stoner

I'd take winning the championship over winning a Chase race any day of the week.

— Kyle Busch

Unless all ages and races of men have been deluded by the same mass hypnotist (who?), there seems to be such a…

— Annie Dillard

F1 goes through phases. Max had three or four years at Red Bull where he was finishing behind Lewis at every race.

— George Russell

The cliché is dead poetry. English, being the language of an imaginative race, abounds in clichés, so that English literature is always…

— Gerald Brenan

Because when an artist has to assert that her intended audience is all humans rather than those who happen to be of…

— Cheryl Strayed