“I'd make a White Stripes record right now. I'd be in the White Stripes for the rest of my life. That band is the most challenging, important, fulfilling thing ever to happen to me. I wish it was still here. It's something I really, really miss.” StillsImportantHappensWishChallengesWhiteRecordsMissingRight NowBandFulfillingStripesWhite Stripes Author:Jack White
“It's the same old story. Nothing in this world happens unless white folks says it happens. And therein lies the problem of being a professional black storyteller - writer, musician, filmmaker.” WorldStoriesProblemHappensLyingBlackWhiteThis WorldMusicianFolksFilmmakerStoryteller Author:James McBride
“Any time I claimed to be white, that would be unacceptable. It just doesn't make sense in people's minds. If I'm white, how can I walk through a department store and still have people scared that I'm going to rob them? Which, that can still happen.” PeopleIfsMindStillsHappensWould BeWhiteWalksScaredStoresMake SenseDepartmentDepartment Stores Author:Jordan Peele
“I think there is a period of esthetic discovery that happens to a man and he can do all sorts of things at white heat.” ThinkingMenHappensCan DoWhitePeriodsPhotographyDiscoveryPhotographerHeat Author:Walker Evans
“I think if you are a black person or an Hispanic person, you are not as fond of Rudolph Giuliani as you are if you happen to be a white person. Because he has trampled on people's civil rights.” PeopleIfsThinkingPersonsHappensBlackWhiteRightsCivil RightsHispanicBlack PersonRudolph Author:Lynn Samuels
“They have horses in 'Snow White?' I am lucky nothing nasty happens to horses in 'Snow White.” HappensWhiteLuckyHorseSnowNastySnow White Author:Tarsem Singh
“Environmentalism is not an upper-income issue, it's not a white issue, it's not a black issue, it's not a South or a North or an East or a West issue. It's an issue that all of us have a stake in. And if I can do anything to make sure that not just my daughter but every child in America has green pastures to run in and clean air to breathe and clean water to swim in, then that is something I'm going to work my hardest to make happen.” IfsChildrenI CanHappensRunningAmericaBlackWaterCan DoWhiteIssuesAirDaughterGreenCleanWestSouthEnvironmentalBreatheEastIncomeHardestMy DaughterSwimStakesGoing To WorkEnvironmentalismPasturesClean WaterClean AirGreen Pastures Author:Barack Obama
“And so, as they climb the ladder of achievement, I'd simply say, remember what Barbara Bush told those girls at Wellesley: "What happens in your house is more important than what happens in the White House."” ImportantHappensRememberGirlHouseWhiteAchievementClimbsWhite HouseLaddersBarbara Author:George H. W. Bush
“When you talk to people who have been in combat, there's a sensory overload that happens. The color becomes vivid. Sounds become more pronounced. People talk about how, for them, the war was technicolor and real life was black and white after the war.” PeopleHas BeensWarRealHappensSoundBlackWhiteColorReal LifeCombatBlack And WhiteVividSensoryOverload Author:David Ayer
“I'm not interested in edges. I'm interested in the mass and color, the black and white. The edges happen because the forms get as quiet as they can be. I want the masses to perform. When I work with forms and colors, I get the edge.” WantHappensFormBlackWhiteColorQuietMassEdgesBlack And WhiteNot Interested Author:Ellsworth Kelly
“I don't see myself a Great Black Hope. I'm just a golfer who happens to be black and Asian. It doesn't matter whether they're white, black, brown or green.” MatterHappensBlackWhiteGreenBrownAsianGolfers Author:Tiger Woods
“If you put Sen. Kerry in the White House, I think you are going to see that another terrorist attack happen ... and I don't want to see another Sept. 11.” IfsThinkingWantHappensHouseWhiteTerroristWhite HouseTerrorist AttacksSept 11 Author:Bernard Kerik
“There's a moment of recognition. It's that white-light kind of stuff that just "works." I love that. And you know it when it happens, whether it's a movie, music, a building, a book.” KnowsKindBookMomentsLightHappensArtistStuffWhiteBuildingRecognitionWhite Light Author:Barbara Kruger
“As a white male in America, I have privilege. As a white male who happens to be an artist with a fan base, I have a platform to spread awareness about that privilege. However, songs about race and privilege are very difficult to A) write and B) dissect as a listener. They're heavy.” WritingHappensAmericaArtistSongDifficultWhiteRaceFansAwarenessMalesPrivilegeHeavySpreadPlatformsListeners Author:Macklemore
“We love a world in which the people in the white hats get rewarded and the people in the black hats pay the price. And that I have to say doesn't happen very often, particularly in a very complex economy. We're in a time of panic where people have lost trust in what the banks are doing, what the investment firms are doing - lost trust beyond a level of reasonableness, to be honest. And, it's got to be stopped.” PeopleWorldHappensLostBlackWhiteLevelsPayEconomyHonestInvestmentComplexesBeing HonestFirmHatsPanicPay The PriceReasonablenessBlack HatsLost Trust Author:Rebecca M. Blank
“South Africa used to seem so far away. Then it came home to me. It began to signify the meaning of white hatred here. That was what the sheets and the suits and the ties covered up, not very well. That was what the cowardly guys calling me names from their speeding truck wanted to happen to me, to all of me: to my people. That was what would happen to me if I walked around the corner into the wrong neighborhood. That was Birmingham. That was Brooklyn. That was Reagan. That was the end of reason. South Africa was how I came to understand that I am not against war; I am against losing the war.” PeopleIfsWellsWarEndsReasonHomeSeemsHappensWantedUsedGuyNamesWhiteCallingLosingHatredSouthCornersSuitsTiesNeighborhoodCoveredFar AwaySouth AfricaSheetsTruckBrooklynCowardlyAround The CornerSpeedingBirminghamAgainst WarCovered Up Author:June Jordan
“I've worked out of a series of no's. No to exquisite light, no to apparent compositions, no to the seduction of poses or narrative. And all these no's force me to the yes. I have a white background. I have the person I'm interested in and the thing that happens between us.” PersonsLightHappensForceWhiteSeriesPhotographerBackgroundsNarrativeCompositionSeductionExquisite Author:Richard Avedon
“What happens to conservatives when they get near the White House? How come they only seem to be talking the good talk at, say, the Senate level, when they don't have to run the show?” ShowsSeemsHappensRunningHouseWhiteLevelsTalkingWhite HouseSenate Author:Chris Matthews