White Quotes

5417 White quotes by 3130 unique authors

When I put my pen to a blank sheet, black isn’t added but rather the white sheet is deprived of light. [] Thus I also… — Adrian Frutiger
If White men were not complaining, it would be an indication we weren't succeeding and making the inroads that we are. — Arthur Ochs Sulzberger
What our generation failed to learn was the nobility of work. An honest day's labor. The worthiness of the man in the white socks who… — Charlie LeDuff
Has the God who made the white man and the black left any record declaring us a different species? Are we not sustained by the… — James Forten
Sidney Poitier became a star in part by helping black and white Americans negotiate their new relationship in the post-Civil Rights era. — Wesley Morris
Bees blew like cake-crumbs through the golden air, white butterflies like sugared wafers, and when it wasn't raining a diamond dust took over which veiled… — Laurie Lee
Black and white might be sufficient. But why deprive yourself of color. — Christian Dior
You don’t see many of these white anti-abortion women volunteering to have any black fetuses transplanted into their uterus’s, do you? No, you don’t see… — George Carlin
Black women have had to develop a larger vision of our society than perhaps any other group. They have had to understand white men, white… — Angela Davis
You believe that all humanity came from Adam and Eve, and humans have not evolved at all since. So tell me; between the two of… — Richard Dawkins
One of the things about Herman Cain is, I think that he makes that white Republican base of the party feel okay, feel like they… — Unknown Author
The White House is now urging Americans not to 'read too much' into last week's jobs report. In fact, they said it would be best… — Jay Leno
America is White and Black and Latino and Asian. America is mixed. America is immigrants. — Jose Antonio Vargas
We need to eradicate the slander that says a black youth with a book is acting white. — Barack Obama
I want to believe I am looking into the white fire of a great mystery. — Mary Oliver
I love to accent movement. The eye goes to where the white is - you know, the glove. And the feet, if you're dancing, you… — Michael Jackson
The first duty of wine is to be red. Don't talk to me of your white wines. — Henri Murger
Dr. King kept guns in his home to protect himself and his family. After firebombing and numerous death threats by racists, his application for a… — Massad Ayoob
I dreamt that I could paint you with words, but there were no colors bright enough, black or white enough, blue or green enough...they didn't… — Mos Def
Every year white people add 100 years to how long ago slavery was. I've heard educated white people say, 'slavery was 400 years ago.' No… — Louis C. K.
You can not make someone love you. You can not be thin enough or white enough or famous enough. The choice is entirely the other… — Jessica Zafra
A white college student from a private college goes into a poor neighborhood and volunteers four hours a week and that's considered exemplary. [Whereas] a… — Patricia Hill Collins
If all the white people who claim they don't hate us would ever get together and do something to the whites who claim they hate… — Malcolm X
Why is it so difficult for many white folks to understand that racism is oppressive not because white folks have prejudicial feelings about blacks (they… — Bell Hooks
With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stockbroker, can gain a reputation for being civilized — Oscar Wilde

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