While on the subject of burning books, I want to congratulate librarians, not famous for their physical strength, who, all over this… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
The pornographers are not a deviation from the norm. Their presence in the mainstream shouldn't be surprising, because they represent mainstream values:… — Robert Jensen Copy Share Image
Every intelligent person whose life has been passed in a slaveholding State, and who has carefully observed the character and capacity of… — Roger B. Taney Copy Share Image
The norm is white, apparently, in the view of people who see things in that way. For them, the only reason you… — Octavia E. Butler Copy Share Image
Adventure is a path. Real adventure - self-determined, self-motivated, often risky - forces you to have firsthand encounters with the world. The… — Mark Jenkins Copy Share Image
I cooked at the White House for Easter, last year, with Michelle Obama. But it more had to do with cooking from… — Jacques Pepin Copy Share Image
No one color can describe the various and varied complexions in our group. They range from the deep black to the fairest… — Mary Church Terrell Copy Share Image
But at any rate, the point is that God is what nobody admits to being, and everybody really is. If you awaken… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
NASA works for the White House. There are many at NASA that wish they were building a modern replacement for the Shuttle.… — Burt Rutan Copy Share Image
The vision of Christ that thou dost see is my vision's greatest enemy . Both read the Bible day and night, but… — William Blake Copy Share Image
It seems that our politicians see the world in black and white, so why not our artists? Did Woody Allen's 'Manhattan' have… — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
In my writing, I'm often describing a universal situation. A situation in which human beings often choose to violate each other. Sometimes… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
In 2014, when Hillary Clinton was not yet running for president, I stated that I was not in agreement with her politics.… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
There are millions of white Americans today who still can barely bring themselves to acknowledge that the Civil War, with its twin… — Steve Erickson Copy Share Image
If a lady comes up to you and tells you that your dear mama is lying in a faint on the pavement… — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
I don't want to know about the constitution of the rapist--I want to kill him! I don't care if he is white… — Diamanda Galas Copy Share Image
The laws of spiritual physics will not allow you to lead somebody that you don't love, that you don't care about, that… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
“In the dim light of the closed bar, he thought at first it was silver, but as he reached inside and held… — Michael Montoure Copy Share Image
Instead of squirreling away your earnings early in your career, spend on experiences that will enrich your life - like diving with… — Blake Mycoskie Copy Share Image
I eat a huge breakfast every morning - it's what I look forward to. I'll do steel-cut oatmeal with blueberries and strawberries,… — Heather Mitts Copy Share Image
Samba rhythm is a great one to sing on, but it's also got some other suggestions in it, an undercurrent of being… — Mick Jagger Copy Share Image
People of all kinds are waking up. Even people passionate for Obama realize even that knight on a white horse isn't enough… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
White and shining virgin of all human virtues, ark of the covenant between earth and heaven, tender and strong companion partaking of… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
I am thankful, however, that some of our white brothers have grasped the meaning of this social revolution and committed themselves to… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I have conceived a higher opinion of the natural capacities of the black race than I had ever before entertained. Their apprehension… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Sir, pay no attention to the people who say the glass is half empty, because 32% means it's 2/3 empty. There's still… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
Most American Hispanics don't belong to one race, either. I keep telling kids that, when filling out forms, they should put "yes"… — Richard Rodriguez Copy Share Image
For the sake of one soul. For one loved one. For one life." I called power into my blasting rod, and its… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
I can honestly say that in my time in America, I have not encountered any racism. When Jim Thorpe and I make… — Vijay Singh Copy Share Image
And what would help minority workers are the same things that would help white workers: the opportunity to earn a living wage,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Will Young. He's a great white soul singer. But he was slightly disappointing when I met him - not that friendly. Perhaps… — Tony Blackburn Copy Share Image
Question: Does it frost Jackson, Jesse Jackson, that someone like Obama, who fits the stereotype blacks once labeled as an Oreo --… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
All the signals that the Democratic Party is a party that tolerates snobbery and bigotry against, frankly, a lot of traditional Christians,… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
“She thought of the cake that she was going to make for Solange's confirmation. She and Jeanne d'Arc had agreed on a… — Gaile Parkin Copy Share Image
President Obama spent Election Day away from any press coverage, attending closed-door meetings inside the White House. But on the bright side,… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
I never, with my eyes, saw the mistreatment of any black person. Not once. Where we lived was all farmers. The blacks… — Phil Robertson Copy Share Image
I have friends who are black, white, purple, gay, straight, Martian, yellow, old, and young. I have friends who are animals and… — Tracy Morgan Copy Share Image
I was able to look out the window to see this incredible sight of the whole circle of the Earth. Oceans were… — Charles Duke Copy Share Image
Experts kill me. Economic experts, that is. Corporations, foundations, publications and governments pay them by the bucketful, and they fill buckets with… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
The celebrated Aboriginal painter Albert Namatjira loved the Ghost Gums of the Northern Territory... They are evocatively Australian, their white trunks contrasting… — Richard Allen Copy Share Image
