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White Quotes

Honest reflections on identity and race.

This collection gathers personal reflections on racial identity, including memories of growing up in a mostly separate community and the ongoing search for roles that were written with a different actor in mind. It connects to broader conversations in our Black quotes.

I was given no special information by the White House, or by anybody else, for that matter.

Quotes by Jeff Gannon

'White Teeth' has far too many characters, and its plot is tortured. But Smith has an astonishing intellect. She writes sharp dialogue for every age and race - and she's funny as hell.

Quotes by Jeff Giles

I don't think a party can aspire to be the majority party if it's the old white guy party.

Quotes by Jeb Bush

Every vice president since Mondale has lived up on this hill, on the twelve-acre campus of the Naval Observatory in Northwest Washington. It's a pretty house with a wraparound porch and a white turret.

Quotes by Jeanne Marie Laskas

I think we need to get the measurements that Congress has mandated from the White House on how we're going to determine progress in Afghanistan.

Quotes by Jeanne Shaheen

I've met them down in the Cost and Accounting Department, clean-shaven and in white collars. They can't see a damn thing ridiculous about themselves... only about you.

Quotes by Jean Shepherd

Just telling a story. That's cinema. It's not silent, black and white. It's a simple story that's well made.

Quotes by Jean Dujardin

Who knows? Maybe someday I'll be living in the White House.

Quotes by Jazz Jennings

All definitions of wilderness that exclude people seem to me to be false. African 'wilderness' areas are racist because indigenous people are being cleared out of them so white people can go on holiday there.

Quotes by Jay Griffiths

Do you know what White House correspondents call actors who pose as reporters? Anchors.

Quotes by Jay Leno

I think the court will determine that the Faith-Based Initiative that the White House has instituted in the last five years is constitutional, in the context of allowing for broad-based programs to include religious providers.

Quotes by Jay Alan Sekulow

The White House doesn't create jobs. The government together - White House, Congress - creates policies that allow for greater job creation.

Quotes by Jay Carney

I call white the most powerful non-color; it's clean, optimistic, powerful.

Quotes by Jason Wu

I want to see overwhelming force repel anybody who is trying to get into the White House.

Quotes by Jason Chaffetz

If black people mistrust white people, they are mistrusting racism, and that is appropriate.

Quotes by Jasmine Guy

Silver Machine still sounds really modern with all the white noise. It's a bit punky in a way. They were ahead of their time.

Quotes by Jarvis Cocker

In Portugal, my sculpture 'She Changes' refers to the town's fishing history, to the era of seafaring trade and discovery. The contemporary site is industrial, surrounded by red and white striped smokestacks, which is mirrored in the pattern of the...

Quotes by Janet Echelman

We can no longer expect an Intelligence Community that is mostly male and mostly white to be able to monitor and infiltrate suspicious organizations or terrorist groups.

Quotes by Jane Harman

I've interviewed the president in the White House. I'd interviewed major newsmakers and Hollywood actors.

Quotes by Jane Clayson

No white group has founded a major religion on this planet. The major religious were started in the Orient and the Middle East, not in Greece and Rome. I always knew you racists didn't have a prayer.

Quotes by Jane Elliot

Frequently Asked Questions

What perspectives does this collection of White quotes offer?
These are genuine personal reflections on race, identity, and belonging: growing up in a Cherokee family that lived apart from white neighbors, aspiring to the kind of range actors like Denzel Washington or Jodie Foster get, noticing casual racism secondhand among friends, and a play on words about moving between very different worlds. If you're interested in complementary perspectives, our Black collection is a natural next stop.
Is there a quote about growing up with a segregated experience?
Yes — one quote recalls, "I came from a family that was pretty insularly Cherokee. We kept to ourselves - the white people were there, and we were here, and it was practically a segregated kind of thing." It's a direct, personal account of a divided community growing up.
Is there a quote about aspiring to the kind of roles typically written for white actors?
There is. One quote shares an aspiration "to find scripts written for white actors - or Jodie Foster, who reads scripts for male actors," citing Denzel Washington as an example of someone who does this. It's a thoughtful reflection on range and opportunity in acting.
Is there a quote about experiencing racism secondhand?
Yes — one quote describes it plainly: "My encounters with racism are sort of second-hand situations where I might be standing around with a group of white friends and someone makes a comment that they wouldn't make at my family reunion." It's an honest, specific account rather than a general statement about race relations.
Is there a quote that plays with the phrase 'White House'?
Yes — one quote uses wordplay to make a point about identity: "I can dine at the White House, but I can still hang at the 'hood." It's a clever line about moving comfortably between very different worlds. For a related contrast, see our Black And White collection, or our House collection for more on the word 'house.'

One entry describes a secondhand brush with a racist remark made among friends, a moment worth reading alongside our Black And White quotes, while a lighter closing line plays on the phrase White House, tying into our House quotes.