White Quotes · Page 50

I never hear white writers get asked, 'Do you worry about how you represent white people?'

— Junot Diaz

When you come out of the NBA, you get a hundred million-dollar contract and a white woman!

— Eddie Griffin

My limo driver's white, my attorney black... 'Show me some love' like I'm Bernie Mac.

— Masta Ace

Actually, my wine was served at the White House twice. Reagan must have been asleep when he ordered it.

— Pat Paulsen

They [the blacks] had no rights which the white man was bound to respect.

— Roger Brooke Taney

I can't tell a story in the white man's language, so I say what I want to say with my paintings.

— Allen Sapp

“So, what brings you to this wonderful world of white?”

— Hannah McCoy

Here's a helpful life tip. Stand by things that are white cuz it makes you look less white.

— Jenna Marbles

And light has no weight, / Yet one is lifted on its flood, /Swept high, /Running up white-golden light-shafts, /As if one…

— Lawren Harris

Very few, if any, first-generation black or white or Asian kids will pursue a Ph.D. They'll pursue the professions for economic security.…

— Henry Louis Gates

White men in North America are the beneficiaries of the single biggest affirmative action program in world history. It's called world history.

— Michael Kimmel

My parents used to rent old movies - my whole childhood is in black and white - and it was my dream…

— Tom Rachman

People of color grow up steeped in 'white' culture. The reverse is not true. And, no, listening to hip-hop on the way…

— John Ridley

Any color is more distinctly seen when opposed to its contrary: thus, black on white, blear near yellow, green near red, and…

— Leonardo da Vinci

what has been termed 'correct' English is nothing other than the blatant legitimation of the white middle-class code.

— Dale Spender

In Heaven's happy bowers There blossom two flowers, One with fiery glow And one as white as snow; While lo! before them…

— Richard Watson Gilder

Ultimately, the courts will make the final judgment whether the White House has gone too far. Independent and impartial judges must assess…

— Edward Kennedy

The good thing about Dennis [ Mathis] is, even though he's a white, he respected that I was doing something quirky with…

— Sandra Cisneros

The thing about Moby Dick is that, at heart, it's a very simple plot - there's only one white whale in the…

— Gavin O'Connor

Not only are unpaid internships exploitative, they're one of the main forces keeping publishing in this country a primary white middle-class industry,…

— Deborah Smith

We are made for goodness. We are made for love. We are made for friendliness. We are made for togetherness. We are…

— Anonymous

Richard Price got a million dollar advance on one fake film book based on a paragraph outline and is able to seduce…

— Ishmael Reed

Let's also say that the Justice Department and the courts are making sure, as I've said in a speech before, that when…

— Barack Obama

In Portugal, my sculpture 'She Changes' refers to the town's fishing history, to the era of seafaring trade and discovery. The contemporary…

— Janet Echelman

Rob Zombie was White Zombie and I was Static-X. I wrote and produced everything.

— Wayne Static

The white man has created a devil, to bring chaos upon this earth.

— Malcolm X

You don't need to know who's playing on the White House tennis court to be a good president

— James Baker

I buy new white tees pretty much every week because they fade and I like them super fresh.

— Jonas Blue

For those of you watching in black and white, Spurs are in the all-yellow strip.

— John Motson

On immigration, there are a lot of hurdles before anything arrives at the White House.

— Gwen Ifill

'First Family' on the CW is about the president and his family living in the White House.

— Anonymous

You can't be invisible being Asian. You can't say "Hi, I'm white!"

— Arthur Dong

I don't think I was ever cut out for a 9 to 5 white collared profession.

— Neeti Mohan

She had had sweet dreams, which possibly arose from the fact that her little bed was very white.

— Victor Hugo

Who in their infinite wisdom decreed that Little League uniforms be white? Certainly not a mother.

— Erma Bombeck

I am excited to have a black president because white supremacy is real and it needs to be shattered.

— Cornel West

I love... anything in black and white. Just put it on the TV, I'll watch.

— Anna Chlumsky

Dana White has no power over me. That guy has zero power over me.

— Al Iaquinta

He told us he was going to take crime out of the streets. He did. He took it into the damn White…

— Ralph Abernathy

Blacks essentially play the race card, when necessary as a counter to white privilege.

— Jonathan Coleman