Race Quotes

I was critical of race-based affirmative action early on in my career and I've changed my mind. And I've publicly acknowledged that I was wrong.

Water from the white fountain didn't taste any better than from the black fountain.

I'm gonna be the best dad that ever lived. I'll have a ranch with a race car track and a golf course.

I don't tend to like race jokes. I don't like Jew jokes and black jokes, and they make me very uncomfortable, probably because I'm both. Well, I'm not black - but if I was then I could dance better.

You weren't created to be unhappy in order to keep everyone else happy. Run your own race.

If the Emancipation Proclamation was authentic, you wouldn't have a race problem.

The library is not only a diary of the human race, but marks an act of faith in the continuity of humanity.

The race belongs not only to the swift and strong but to those who keep on running

Singapore has been incredibly well-managed. It was created out of the swamp, with a strong emotional idea: a safe place for mostly Chinese, but accepting other cultures and other races.

The Germans are a cruel race. Their operas last for six hours and they have no word for fluffy.

The human race will begin solving its problems on the day that it ceases taking itself so seriously.

I'm African-American by my culture, not by my color. Race does not exist.

From this observed behavior a major psychological truth about this race of forked destroyers may be deduced: that, just as nature abhors a vacuum, "mankind abhors equality."

The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.

Let me ask you. If someone called you and offered you a ride in the Indianapolis 500 and you were a male race car driver, would you turn the ride down?

Every time I go out and race it's a goal to go out and run faster than I've done before.

I am not interested in the support of anybody who stands for any form of prejudice as to anybody's race or religion. . . . I have no place in my philosophy for such beliefs.

Ours is the old, old story of every uprising race or class or order. The work of elevation must be wrought by ourselves or not at all.

What is crucial to your survival as a race is not the redistribution of power and wealth within the prison but rather the destruction of the prison itself.

It is a glorious destiny to be a member of the human race, though it is a race dedicated to many absurdities and one which makes many terrible mistakes.

Run your own race at an even pace. Consider the course, the temperature, the weather, and most importantly, your current level of fitness.

In triathlon you don't get to race that much so when you're on the start line you just need to make sure you focus on the job in hand and enjoy yourself.

When a pagan race comes in contact with a Christian race, they are converted, absorbed, or exterminated.

Racism? But isn't it only a form of misanthropy?

The institution of royalty in any form is an insult to the human race.

For me, diversity whether you think of it as race or gender, it's not a trend, it's a human movement, it's a human feeling, it's a human desire.

With most competitors moving ever faster, the race will go to those who listen (and respond) most intently.

When I meet a new person, I don’t see race or religion. I look deeper. We must learn to satisfy our conflicts peacefully and to respect one another.

The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.

Preferring members of any one group for no reason other than race or ethnic origin is discrimination for its own sake. This the Constitution forbids.

Was not from a mixture of two races that the Titans sprang?

The most important thing I learned [from running] is that there is only one runner in this race, and that is me.

You must take the compromise to win, or else nothing. That means: you race or you do not.

Judaism is a conspiracy against all races.

The arrogance of race prejudice is an arrogance which defies what is scientifically known of human races.

When you win a race like this the feeling is very, very good.

The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.

Race prejudice is a gift of nature, intended to preserve in purity the various divisions of mankind which the ages have evolved.

One reason the human race has such a low opinion of itself is that it gets so much of its wisdom from writers.

The civility of no race can be perfect whilst another race is degraded.

Phasing out the human race will solve every problem on earth, social and environmental.

I don't fancy colors of the face, I'm always attracted to colors of the brain.

Everyone should want to excel in life. You should never take the desire to excel away from the human race.

You can win the rat race but you're still a rat.

The major cause for American Negroes intellectual and social deficits is hereditary and racially genetic in origin and thus not remedial to a major degree by improvement in environment.

Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood.

No one is immune from addiction; it afflicts people of all ages, races, classes, and professions.

The intellectual evolution of the race consists in an increase in the number, delicacy, complexity, permanence and speed of formation of such associations.

I didn't want to fall into the trap of competing with all these other great guitar players. I just want to sidestep the whole thing and get out of the race.

The experience of the race shows that we get our most important education not through books but through our work. We are developed by our daily task, or else demoralized by it, as by nothing else.