Race Quotes

A liberal education... frees a man from the prison-house of his class, race, time, place, background, family and even his nation.

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.

The thing I don't understand is why so often one hears discussion of the fruits of human labor as if it's all the creation of some alien race.

I'm a competitor. I really enjoyed the race more than just going out and running to run.

I'd always been a news junkie, always read lots of newspapers and watched the Sunday morning news shows on TV and felt strongly about issues of power, control, sexuality and race.

This can not be about a race to the bottom.

The Olympic Spirit is neither the property of one race nor of one age.

Society as a whole benefits immeasurably from a climate in which all persons, regardless of race or gender, may have the opportunity to earn respect, responsibility, advancement and remuneration based on ability.

Formation of a new race takes place when, over several generations, individuals in one group reproduce more frequently among themselves than they do with individuals in other groups.

I was quite excited, but I was sure I wouldn't win the race. I am a realist.

Every man with a bellyful of the classics is an enemy to the human race.

When I was a child, all I wanted was to enter the Austrian team and to compete on the World Cup tour. I had to fight hard to reach this. I wanted badly to win each race.

I believe my own demons would have caught up with me regardless of my race and regardless of whether I worked at 'The Times.'

No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.

I almost think it is the ultimate destiny of science to exterminate the human race.

In high school, I discovered myself. I was interested in race relations and the legal profession. I read about Lincoln and that he believed the law to be the most difficult of professions.

That's what race fans love to see. That's what they bought this ticket for. That's what they're sitting in the grandstands rooting on their favorite driver for is to see him get out there, mix it up clean and bring it home just like we were, third and fourth.

For me, each nuance of a color is in some way an individual, a being who is not only from the same race as the base color, but who definitely possesses a distinct character and personal soul.

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.

A half marathon is a good way to have a bit of fun and race against those girls and learn a bit more about them.The world half marathon is a world championship at the end of the day and it's important. I've win it twice and it's a quality event.

By the way, it was his simulations that helped out in Jurassic Park - without them, there would have been only a few dinosaurs. Based on his techniques, Industrial Light and Magic could make whole herds of dinosaurs race across the screen.

When I was young, I would go to the races and it was an unbelievable feeling when you'd watch them race.

To separate children from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone.

There are a lot of people who like to think they don't have prejudices and that they're open people, and yet, we all have that in ourselves, oftentimes against people of our own race or our own gender or whatever.

I prefer just a women's race. It's a totally different game mentally.

Mumbai is home, so there's no comparison. But then again, New York's a lot like Mumbai, which is why I choose to live there. It's fast, crowded (in a good way), the people are friendly and it's full of color and race, like Mumbai. Unfortunately, the traffic's also just as bad.

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.

If you talk to the Whites in Mississippi they will tell you, 'You can go to any school you want to; we don't see race.' Biggest lie ever told.

We beg you to save young America from the blight of race prejudice. Do not bind the children within the narrow circles of your own lives.

The thing about it is, all those races we lost, we won this race together. We won it as a team.