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Race Quotes

Equality, origin, and the long run.

One of the most direct lines in this collection states plainly that no race is superior or inferior to another, a straightforward affirmation of equality worth featuring on its own. Related themes continue in Human.

Slow but steady wins the race.

Quotes by Aesop

Plodding wins the race.

Quotes by Aesop

The human race has improved everything, but the human race.

Quotes by Adlai Stevenson I

Living in Indy, you have to be a race fan.

Quotes by Adam Vinatieri

Always Quotes

But even race-neutral policies and recruitment efforts designed to achieve greater diversity are, in the end, not race neutral.

Quotes by Adam Schiff

My coach and I thought I could swim a 57.3 if I executed the perfect race, but I did even better than that.

Quotes by Adam Peaty

Mum tries to make every race that she can.

Quotes by Adam Peaty

Man may be considered as having a twofold origin - natural, which is common and the same to all - patronymic, which belongs to the various families of which the whole human race is composed.

Quotes by Adam Clarke

Alfred Nobel stipulated that no distinction of race or colour will determine who received of his generosity.

Quotes by Abdus Salam

History Quotes

Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within.

Quotes by A. Philip Randolph

I'm not an expert on the arms race.

Quotes by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

On matters of race, on matters of decency, baseball should lead the way.

Quotes by A. Bartlett Giamatti

That show, 'The Amazing Race' - is that about white people?

Quotes by Zach Galifianakis

John wrote with a very deep love for the human race and a concern for its future.

Quotes by Yoko Ono

Human Quotes

Race is still real and you got to recognize it.

Quotes by Yelawolf

We have to deal with the way that race influences our criminal justice system.

Quotes by Yance Ford

Looks like a pretty serious race unfolding.

Quotes by Wolf Blitzer

We need a complete ban on soft money, which is sort of an enveloping problem, and a ceiling on the amount of money that can be spent on a given race.

Quotes by William Weld

My ranch William S. Hart Park is for the benefit of the American Public of every race and creed.

Quotes by William S. Hart

Like Quotes

The true law of the race is progress and development. Whenever civilization pauses in the march of conquest, it is overthrown by the barbarian.

Quotes by William Gilmore Simms

Frequently Asked Questions

What does the phrase "business end of the race stick" mean in one quote?
One quote reads, "I've been spared to a large extent the business end of the race stick," meaning the speaker feels they have mostly avoided the harshest side of competition or struggle.
Does a quote make a claim about genetics early in the human race?
One sample quote states this belief as its own: "In the beginning of the human race there was no genetic load which would cause undesirable traits such as appear in offspring of marriages between relatives today." This page presents it strictly as that quote's own stated belief, not as a scientific fact this page verifies.
Is there a quote stating that no race is superior or inferior?
Yes, one quote reads, "Accordingly, one race is neither superior nor inferior to another."
Is there a quote about perseverance being made of many short races?
Yes, one quote reads, "Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other."
Where can I find more quotes about history and humanity?
See the History or Human collections.

Other quotes take a more historical or scientific angle, touching on early human genetics, while a final entry reframes perseverance as many short races rather than one long one. See History or Always for related material.