Race Quotes

4377 Race quotes by 2577 unique authors

It is so basic. A human being is an innocent part of nature. Our civilization has distorted this universal quality that allows us to feel… — Ruth Bernhard
The extinction of Homo Sapiens would mean survival for millions, if not billions, of Earth-dwelling species. Phasing out the human race will solve every problem… — Ingrid Newkirk
Talk about the flag or drugs or crime (never about race or class or justice) and follow the yellow brick road to the wonderful land… — Lewis H. Lapham
Comedy [deals] with a lot of the same areas where our defenses are the strongest - race, religion, politics, sexuality. — Chris Bliss
Careful amidst the careless, amongst the sleeping wide-awake, the intelligent man leaves them all behind, like a race-horse does a mere hack. — Gautama Buddha
Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet… — Plato
Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better… — Unknown Author
I believe in pride of race and lineage and self: in pride of self so deep as to scorn injustice to other selves. — W. E. B. Du Bois
Race is an invention, not a noticeable genetic presence, and cultural traits are brute concoctions of the social sciences. — Gerald Vizenor
Education is not a race, with winners and losers. It's not a commodity to be bought and sold. — Grace Llewellyn
Race is the great taboo in our society. We are afraid to talk about it. White folks fear their unspoken views will be deemed racist.… — Eva Paterson
A dog is not almost-human, and I know of no greater insult to the canine race than to describe it as such. — John Holmes
People say I'm a disgrace to the human race. I love overweight women when they sit on my face. — Unknown Author
Success is actually a short race-a sprint fueled by discipline just long enough for habit to kick in and take over. — Gary W. Keller
God intended motherhood to be a relay race. Each generation would pass the baton on to the next. — Unknown Author
Unless modern civilization is a failure, it is entirely feasible and practicable for two races in such essential political, economic and religious harmony as the… — W. E. B. Du Bois
In 1920 [H.G. Wells] described human history as becoming more and more a race between education and catastrophe. — Joel Garreau
The souls of people, on their way to Earth-life, pass through a room full of lights; each takes a taper - often only a spark… — Plato
But to say that the race is the metaphor for the life is to miss the point. The race is everything. It obliterates whatever isn't… — Donald Antrim
The natural function of the wing is to soar upwards and carry that which is heavy up to the place where dwells the race of… — Plato
Brendan O’Meara’s Six Weeks in Saratoga is a victory to be savored by those who treasure good writing in general and tales of the track… — Madeleine Blais
It is not enough to call yourself a feminist because you are a strong woman. Thatcher was an enemy to feminism, as is Nadine Dorries.… — Julie Bindel
Freedom is partial to no race. Freedom has no religion. Freedom favors no ethnicity. Freedom discriminates not between rich and poor countries. Inevitably freedom will… — Eskinder Nega
Until philosophers rule as kings or those who are now called kings and leading men genuinely and adequately philosophise, that is, until political power and… — Plato
The Passion of Christ was an experience which included in itself every experience except sin, of every member of the human race. If one may… — Caryll Houselander

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