“Black professors make more than white professors. That's because we are in demand. I'll tell you, give me two blacks in institutions of higher learning, one has a Ph.D. from an elite institution and has a certain publication record. You give me a white scholar with the same credentials, and I will take that black scholar.” GivingTwoCertainBlackWhiteRecordsHigherDemandGive MeInstitutionsProfessorsElitesScholarPublicationCredentialsHigher Learning Author:William Julius Wilson
“I don't encourage any act of murder nor do I glorify in anybody's death, but I do think that when the white public uses its press to magnify the fact that there are the lives of white hostages at stake, they don't say "hostages," every paper says "white hostages." They give me the impression that they attach more importance to a white hostage and a white death, than they do the death of a human being, despite the color of his skin.” ThinkingGivingHumansFactsUseHuman BeingsWhiteColorPaperSkinsImportanceGive MeMurderPressesImpressionDespiteStakesGlorifyHostage Author:Malcolm X
“No member of the animal kingdom nurses past maturity, no member of the animal kingdom ever did a thing to me. Its why I don't eat red meat or white fish, don't give me no blue cheese. Were all members of the animal kingdom, leave your brothers and sisters in the sea.” GivingPastWhiteAnimalSeaBrotherMembersRedGive MeBlueFishesKingdomsMaturityMeatNurseCheeseBrothers And SistersVegetarianismYour BrotherAnimal KingdomRed MeatBlue Cheese Author:Prince
“Give me a black man, a white woman, a giraffe, a zebra anything but another white man! That last one f***ed up my roof!” MenGivingLastsBlackWhiteGive MeRoofWhite ManGiraffeZebras Author:Chris Rock
“I want to thank you for coming to the White House to give me an opportunity to urge you to work with these five senators and three congressmen, to work hard to get this trade promotion authority moving. The power that be, well most of the power that be, sits right here.” WantGivingWellsHardHumorMovingPoliticalThreeOpportunityHouseWhiteFiveHard WorkAuthorityGive MeTradeUrgesWhite HouseSenatorsPromotionCongressmanPolitical HumorThank You For Coming Author:George W. Bush
“The black kids, the poor white kids, Spanish-speaking kids, and Asian kids in the US - in the face of everything to the contrary, they still bop and bump, shout and go to school somehow. Their optimism gives me hope.” GivingStillsKidsSchoolFacesBlackWhitePoorOptimismGive MeContraryAsianBumpsBops Author:Maya Angelou
“I stop and think what they call "punk rock" today...give me a break! Let me know when they can walk in the vapor trail of Little Richard, which was punk. You've got a gay black guy with a pompadour singing about tutti frutti with your white girl. Fuck you.” ThinkingKnowsGivingLittlesTodayGuyGirlBlackWhiteWalksBreakRocksGaySingingLet MeGive MePunkTrailsPunk RockVaporBlack GuysWhite Girl Author:Ted Nugent
“Mr. president, I've been a citizen of the United States of America for thirty three years and was never invited to the White House. It sure gives me pleasure to be invited to the Black House.” GivingYearsStatesAmericaThreeHouseBlackPresidentWhitePleasureUnitedUnited StatesCitizensGive MeThirtyWhite HouseThree YearsUnited States Of AmericaInvited Author:Muhammad Ali
“That was a brave and principled thing for Ecuador to do [give me asylum application]. Now we have the U.S. election [campaign], the Ecuadorian election is in February next year, and you have the White House feeling the political heat as a result of the true information that we have been publishing.” GivingYearsHas BeensFeelingsPoliticalNextHouseWhiteResultsInformationGive MeElectionBraveCampaignsHeatWhite HouseApplicationPublishingNext YearAsylumsFebruaryPrincipledEcuador Author:Julian Assange
“Don't expect me to be perfect. Despite all my lives, I'm still only human. I can't deliver perfection, and I'll only disappoint you. But I want you to know that you are the most important person to me. I'm trying to protect you. Sometimes I screw things up. I may even tell a white lie every now and then. But you have to give me the benefit of the doubt.” KnowsWantGivingTryingHumansMayPersonsStillsI CanImportantSometimesLyingWhitePerfectDoubtProtectBenefitsPerfectionGive MeDespiteNow And ThenI Want YouScrewsDisappointProtect YouBenefit Of The DoubtImportant PersonMost Important PersonWhite Lie Author:Kirsten Miller
“Phooey, I say, on all white-shoe college boys who edit their campus literary magazines. Give me an honest con man any day.” MenGivingWhiteBoysHonestCollegeGive MeShoesMagazinesEditsCampusWhite Shoes Book:franny and zooey Source: franny and zooey
“Give me books, fruit, French wine and fine weather and a little music out of doors, played by someone I do not know. I admire lolling on a lawn by a water-lilied pond to eat white currants and see goldfish: and go to the fair in the evening if I'm good. There is not hope for that -one is sure to get into some mess before evening.” IfsKnowsGivingLittlesBookWaterWhitePleasureDoorsFineFairsGive MeWineFruitAdmireWeatherEveningMessLawnsPondsGoldfishFrench WineFine Weather Author:John Keats
“My friends drink everywhere. They even drink at the laundromat. I tried drinking at the laundromat, and I thought I was in a submarine, navigating the Sea of White Panties with my Spanish-speaking crew. I was like, "Mrs. Sanchez, set the coordinates to Permanent Press! Give me some quarters and another drink! This place is starting to look like a laundromat."” GivingLooksHumorFunnyWhiteSeaDrinkMy FriendsGive MePressesDrinkingStartingPermanentQuartersCrewSubmarinesCoordinatesPantiesLaundromats Author:Mike Birbiglia