If any person – white, black, brown or yellow – objects to having a police officer potentially ask them for their ID, it makes me wonder what that person is trying to hide. – Mike Gallagher
Hillary Clinton could say she was a woman and running for president. And Sarah Palin could say she was a woman and running for vice-president. But Obama couldn’t say, ‘I’m black and I’m running for president.’ It couldn’t come out of his mouth. He couldn’t say that because, if he did, he’d lose votes. – Paul Mooney
I never, with my eyes, saw the mistreatment of any black person. Not once. Where we lived was all farmers. The blacks worked for the farmers. I hoed cotton with them. I’m with the blacks, because we’re white trash. – Phil Robertson
Juggling is very, very straightforward; very, very black and white; you’re manipulating objects, not people. And that’s always appealed to me. – Penn Jillette
The fact is inner-city black districts are not the same as suburban Republican districts. That’s a fact. And people need to go and learn about the whole country. – Newt Gingrich
So, I was sitting there and I watched ‘Paranormal Activity’ and I was like, ‘Boy, white people do dumb stuff in movies.’ So I was like, ‘Why don’t they just leave the house… What if paranormal activity happened to a black couple?’ – Marlon Wayans
There’s no question that I’m African-American. OK? I’m a black man. We’re not going to escape that. – Mekhi Phifer
At first, I didn’t like coming down to Los Angeles at all. It’s like, everything’s black and white compared to where I live out in the middle of nowhere. There’s, like, 400 people in my town! – Max Thieriot
I used to wear Clark Kent glasses, ever since I was in college. I used to have those Army-issue glasses, and they used to be those black glasses Clark Kent used to wear. And I wore those for years. – Mark Valley
What ‘jazz’ means to me is the worst kind of working conditions, the worst in cultural prejudice. The term ‘jazz’ has come to mean the abuse and exploitation of black musicians. – Maxim Gorky
If you only think of me during Black History Month, I must be failing as an educator and as an astrophysicist. – Neil deGrasse Tyson
There is a genocide that is taking place among black men, in particular young black men, but it is not a genocide being perpetuated by white cops, by the Nazis, or by the Klan. Unfortunately and tragically, it is being perpetuated by other young black men. – Niger Innis
The black community is my community – the LGBT community, too, and the female community. That is my community. That’s me; it’s who I am. – Nate Parker
I’m an avid watcher of the Nat Geo channel, where I watch shows about how the planets are formed, and shows about moons, quasars, black holes. – Mekhi Phifer
Who’s the new Ramones, who’s the new Guns ‘N Roses, who’s the new Motley Crue, who’s the new Black Sabbath? They’re coming, they’re on the street, they’re 16, 17 years old. – Nikki Sixx
I love berries. Strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, black berries, anything with an ‘errie’ in it! – Jordin Sparks
I love ‘Monty Python,’ ‘Black Adder,’ ‘Fawlty Towers.’ I’m a huge fan of British comedy. – Isla Fisher
The only thing I change mainly is my sneakers. I love sneakers. But everything’s sort of black or jeans. Jeans, always. – Idris Elba
I loved pop music as a little kid. Things like the Black Eyed Peas. If it had a catchy chorus, I was into it. – James Bay
The media’s image of us is as animals, and we were never that to me. I knew love from black folks. – James McBride
I’m trying to incorporate colour into my life. Until recently, everything in my closet was black, white, grey, navy or olive. – Jennifer Morrison
My administration will tackle these issues in consultation with the black communities of London. – Ken Livingstone
In 1965, Gibson made the red one I use now, and a black one, which was the first black 335 they ever made. – Johnny Rivers
When people meet me in person, they’re usually surprised at how petite I am because there’s this idea that because I’m black, I just look a certain way. – Misty Copeland
My natural gravitation is toward the gray and the black and the white and the burgundy. Sort of muted, cool colors. – Jessica Pare
‘Modern Warfare,’ ‘Black Ops,’ these are all the next level of video games. The people are more detailed, the fighting is more exact, and I can’t speak for every gamer out there, but I know when I play, I feel like I’m actually in the game. It’s that intense. – Kevin Garnett
In the interest rate area, traders have for a long time used a version of what is known as Black’s model for European bond options; another version of the same model for caps and floors; and yet another version of the same model for European swap options. – John Hull