Ethnic Quotes
298 quotes by 264 authors
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Casting ethnic characters is a very hard thing to do, but it's important. It's also interesting.
— Darren Aronofsky
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My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.
— Arthur Ashe
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The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion or ethnic background, is that we all believe we are above-average drivers.
— Dave Barry
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Food is everything we are. It's an extension of nationalist feeling, ethnic feeling, your personal history, your province, your region, your tribe, your grandma. It's…
— Anthony Bourdain
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School boards are, for the most part ,made up of political wannabes who see a board seat as a stepping stone for political office, or…
— Eli Broad
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Don't let anyone call you a minority if you're black or Hispanic or belong to some other ethnic group. You're not less than anybody else.
— Gwendolyn Brooks
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It seems to me that the idea traditionally defended of endeavoring to maintain existing ethnic balances simply doesn't work any more.
— William F. Buckley, Jr.
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My features are completely ethnic.
— Naomi Campbell
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In the middle of the night, when you're ambiguously ethnic, like me, when you're brown, beige, mauve, siena, one of those lighter browns in the…
— Sherman Alexie
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We need to help students and parents cherish and preserve the ethnic and cultural diversity that nourishes and strengthens this community - and this nation.
— Cesar Chavez
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I want to make it clear that the black race did not come to the United States culturally empty-handed. The role and importance of ethnic…
— John Henrik Clarke
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Immigrants do more than help us win our wars, or set up cleaning shops or ethnic restaurants.
— Stephen Ambrose
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A family from Mexico who arrived here this morning, legally, has as much right to the American dream as the direct descendants of the founding…
— Bob Dole
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...there is simply nothing so important to a people and its government as how many of them there are, whether their number is growing or…
— Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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The question taxpayers keep asking is 'why should we pay for services for those who have broken the law to get here?' They should not,…
— Michael D. Antonovich
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I was an equal opportunity eater. Every ethnic group got a shot.
— William J. Clinton
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What everyone in the astronaut corps shares in common is not gender or ethnic background, but motivation, perseverance, and desire - the desire to participate…
— Ellen Ochoa
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Our youth can not understand why society chooses to criminalize a behavior with so little visible ill effect or adverse social impact... These young people…
— Richard M. Nixon
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Like being a woman, like being a racial religious tribal or ethnic minority, being LGBT does not make you less human. And that is why…
— Hillary Clinton
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I do believe that one way to bring cultures together, to develop trust between people and countries and religions, is through education. And through music…
— Steve Kerr
Who Wrote These Ethnic Quotes
264 authors contributed a total of 298 Ethnic Quotes, led by these top contributors: