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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.

If we're gonna progress as a people we are going to realise that, as one of my favourite poets says, the other is a lie. There are no other people. Race is a social construct.

Quotes by Saul Williams

I've always been talking about race in some sort of capacity.

Quotes by Sasheer Zamata

Less than 1 percent of ancient Egypt has been discovered and excavated. With population pressures, urbanization, and modernization encroaching, we're in a race against time. Why not use the most advanced tools we have to map, quantify, and protect our...

Quotes by Sarah Parcak

In one sense, Obama's point couldn't be clearer: race is a distraction from class-based inequities. And if we dismiss working-class resentment as camouflaged racism, we will continue to be distracted by the spectre of race.

Quotes by Sarah Churchwell

Before 'Race 3,' I had not done a role which required me to do action.

Quotes by Saqib Saleem

In disposition the Negro is joyous, flexible, and indolent; while the many nations which compose this race present a singular diversity of intellectual character, of which the far extreme is the lowest grade of humanity.

Quotes by Samuel George Morton

No race of barbarians ever existed yet offered up children for money.

Quotes by Samuel Gompers

I travel to Chicago a lot. And I've followed Obama through his Senate race and beyond. I found him to be an exceptional candidate who was able to transcend ethnic and racial lines.

Quotes by Sal Albanese

Too often, customary practices and discrimination on the basis of gender, ethnicity, race, religion, social status, or class are the root sources of pervasive inequality in many countries.

Quotes by Said Musa

London was a really multi-racial city ... It's incredible how comfortable people are with race there.

Quotes by Sade Adu

The tribal system from which the Celt never freed himself entirely was the curse of the Celtic race, predooming it to ruin.

Quotes by Sabine Baring-Gould

If I weren't skateboarding, I'd love to race cars. I like anything that's fast and active.

Quotes by Ryan Sheckler

I enjoy racing so much. Ever since I was 8 or 9, I trained every stroke, because it was the only way I could race a lot.

Quotes by Ryan Lochte

Illegal is not a race, it is a crime.

Quotes by Russell Pearce

When the scary subject of race is finally broached, kids want to talk and talk. It's very satisfying.

Quotes by Ruby Bridges

Public television is a very important thing for our human race, and it allows us the ability to discuss the elephants in the room and understand stories beyond the headlines.

Quotes by Roy Choi

In light of the exit from the race by Ted Cruz and John Kasich, it is now clear that Donald Trump will accumulate the delegates necessary to be nominated by the Republican Party.

Quotes by Ron DeSantis

Singapore is a pretty fantastic place, and the race is always a challenge.

Quotes by Romain Grosjean

I came from such a simple origin, without any great privilege, and I would say I also wanted to make a mark. It wasn't until I was about 15 that I appeared in a race.

Quotes by Roger Bannister

Beating John Landy was my defining race.

Quotes by Roger Bannister

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.