Quotes about race
race people today
There are more people living in freedom today than at any other time in the history of the human race. Mike Rounds
race class earthquakes
Society is undergoing a silent revolution, which must be submitted to, and which takes no more notice of the human existences it breaks down than an earthquake regards the houses it subverts. The classes and the races, too weak to master the new conditions of life, must give way. Karl Marx
race maintenance alive
Labor, being itself a commodity, is measured as such by the labor time needed to produce the labor-commodity. And what is needed to produce this labor-commodity? Just enough labor time to produce the objects indispensable to the constant maintenance of labor, that is, to keep the worker alive and in a condition to propagate his race. The natural price of labor is no other than the wage minimum. Karl Marx
race poland jew
The Jews of Poland are the smeariest of all races. Karl Marx
race together important
Is the human race a joke? Was it devised and patched together in a dull time when there was nothing important to do? Mark Twain
race humans ought
The human race consists of the damned and the ought-to-be damned. Mark Twain
race way libel
There isn't any way to libel the human race. Mark Twain
race looks conflict
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. Muhammad Ali
race way separation
The only way for peace between the races is a separation of the races. Muhammad Ali
race boxing heavyweights
I have the world heavyweight title not because it was 'given' to me, not because of my race or religion, but because I won it in the ring through my own boxing ability. Muhammad Ali
race views roots
I always had a deep affection for Malcolm and felt that he had a great ability to put his finger on the existence and the root of the problem. He was an eloquent spokesman for his point of view and no one can honestly doubt that Malcolm had a great concern for the problems we face as a race. Martin Luther King, Jr.
race goal dying
Once you become dedicated to a cause, personal security is not the goal. What will happen to you personally does not matter. My cause, my race, is worth dying for. Martin Luther King, Jr.
race population doctrine
Our nation was born in genocide when it embraced the doctrine that the original American, the Indian, was an inferior race. ... We are perhaps the only nation which tried as a matter of national policy to wipe out its indigenous population. Moreover, we elevated that tragic experience into a noble crusade. Indeed, even today we have not permitted ourselves to reject or to feel remorse for this shameful episode. Martin Luther King, Jr.
race command-and-control decision
We could still have continued the arms race, but the arms race was pointless, and it was another reason we decided to start perestroika. It was senseless to continue to accumulate weapons. We had enough weapons to destroy life on Earth 1,000 times, and therefore it was very clear to us that the arms race could spiral out of control. A conflict could have started, as both the Americans and the Soviets realized, not out of a wrong political decision but because of a failure in the command-and-control systems. Mikhail Gorbachev
race impact flying
Most estimates of the mortality risk posed by asteroid impacts put it at about the same risk as flying in a commercial airliner. However, you have to remember that this is like the entire human race riding the plane - it is one of the few risks that really could wipe us all out. Nathan Myhrvold
race style gains
Except in the rare cases of great dynamic thinkers whose thoughts are as turning-points in the history of our race, it is by Style that writers gain distinction, by Style they secure their immortality. George Henry Lewes
race individual
The history of the race is but that of the individual "writ large". George Henry Lewes
race unity intuition
Not only the individual experience slowly acquired, but the accumulated experience of the race, organized in language, condensed in instruments and axioms, and in what may be called the inherited intuitions--these form the multiple unity which is expressed in the abstract term "experience. George Henry Lewes
race actors needs
I have a theory. An audience doesn't need to get wrapped up in blackness every time they see a Negro actor. And a movie doesn't have to be about race just because there's a Negro in it. Jim Brown
race ideas people
I don't have anything against God. Far from it. But I don't understand Him. And I don't trust a lot of the people that go around claiming that they're working in His best interests. Faeries and vampires and whatnot -- those I can fathom. Even demons. Sometimes, even the Fallen. I can understand why they do what they do. But I don't understand God. I don't understand how he could see the way people treat one another, and not chalk up the whole human race as a bad idea Jim Butcher
race missing rats
I didn't miss the rat race, but I kinda missed the rats. Jerry Nachman
race crusades audience
Although his crusade in 1957 occurred at a time in our nation's history when race divided all, Reverend Graham refused to preach in segregated audiences. Jerry Moran
race age division
Race prejudice is a gift of nature, intended to preserve in purity the various divisions of mankind which the ages have evolved. H. P. Lovecraft
race perfection rolling
The torrent of centuries rolling over the human race, has continually brought new perfections, the cause of which, ever active though unseen, is found in the demands made by our senses, which always in their turns demand to be occupied. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
race roles cases
It's hard to say what role race really played in my case. Jayson Blair
race roles action
I don't know how one would define an affirmative-action hire. I ultimately do not know what role race played in my hiring. Jayson Blair
race hip-hop hips
Hip-hop gave a generation a common ground that didn't require either race to lose anything; everyone gained. Jay-Z
race eagles play
I was nervous starting off today. I was nervous because I felt like I was going to play good and shoot a good round. I was trying to calm myself down. This race is a long race. The eagle at two was helped, but I was trying not to be too eager. Jay Haas
race giving where-you-live
But most importantly, we can all be donors. It does not matter how old you are, your race, where you live; all of us can give the gift of life. Jay Inslee
race yale games
John Kerry's victory over Howard Dean has completely changed the presidential race around. Now instead of the rich white guy from Yale who lives in the White house facing off against the rich white guy from Yale who lives in Vermont, he may have to face the rich white guy from Yale who lives in Massachusetts. It's a whole different game. Jay Leno
race looks exit
It looks like Rudy Giuliani is out of the race. Finally, a Republican with an exit strategy. Jay Leno
race car logos
We should make politicians dress like race car drivers -- when they get money, make them wear the company logos on their suit. Jay Leno
race imagination understanding
Ray Bradbury is one who is contributing to the understanding of the imagination and the curiosity of the human race. Buzz Aldrin