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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.

As of now, I am in control here in the White House.

Quotes by Alexander Haig

During the 2012 Olympics, I decided to put on some cheesy pop because I knew Ellen White liked it. The first song was 'Reach for the Stars' by S Club 7, and before I knew it, everyone was singing it...

Quotes by Alex Scott

I do not have any regrets whatsoever in opting to play for Nigeria and will always do my best whenever I put on the green white green colours of Nigeria.

Quotes by Alex Iwobi

Of course, when I was younger I always wanted to have the newest Air Force 1s but my budget wasn't too good back then! I always stuck with the white or black AF1s.

Quotes by Alex Iwobi

Did anyone in the White House or the N.S.A or the C.I.A. consider flying to Hong Kong and treating Mr. Snowden like a human being, offering him a chance to testify before Congress and a fair trial?

Quotes by Alex Berenson

I guess I would use my son's word: cool. It was cool to work in the White House.

Quotes by Alberto Gonzales

Besides paid white laborers, there was everywhere a class of white servants bound without wages for a term of years, and a more miserable class of Negro slaves.

Quotes by Albert Bushnell Hart

'Snow White' was really hip for its time. Walt Disney was basically using Sigmund Romberg and operetta in the telling of the story, and through animation - that was revolutionary.

Quotes by Alan Menken

There is nothing wrong with the name White Settlement, and the majority here is proud of the name.

Quotes by Alan Price

I have a love-hate relationship with white silk.

Quotes by Alan Rickman

When I get asked about novelists I like, they tend to be white, male, and British, like Graham Greene. They write the kind of declarative sentences I like. I don't like to be deflected by acrobatics.

Quotes by Alan Furst

Evangelicals catapulted George W. Bush back to the White House.

Quotes by Al Sharpton

The dream was not to put one black family in the White House, the dream was to make everything equal in everybody's house.

Quotes by Al Sharpton

We are engaged in immediate conversations with the White House on deliberations over a successor whom we hope will continue in the general direction of Attorney General Holder.

Quotes by Al Sharpton

I can call a march, and thousands come out, and I happen to have access to the White House at the same time.

Quotes by Al Sharpton

When you read Chekhov, everything has an even gray tone. When you read 'Family Life', everything has an even white tone. It is almost like when you paint on paper, and you can see the paper through the paint.

Quotes by Akhil Sharma

It is no use painting the foot of the tree white, the strength of the bark cries out from beneath the paint.

Quotes by Aime Cesaire

I hated, when I was a kid, being told that 'Black people don't do that.' And the white kids at school didn't accept me because I was black, and the black kids in my neighborhood didn't accept me because they...

Quotes by Aisha Tyler

I was supposed to do Mammootty's 'White,' but it didn't work out.

Quotes by Aishwarya Rajesh

A pocket square must always - always - be white and a bit wild. If it is too prepared, it is tacky.

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.