Tiger Woods,ref; St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture by D. Byron Painter http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_bio/ai_2419201328
„It doesn't matter whether the cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice.“
— Deng Xiaoping Chinese politician, Paramount leader of China 1904 - 1997
Quoted in Hung Li China's Political Situation and the Power Struggle in Peking (1977), p. 107
According to Chambers Dictionary of Quotations (1993), p. 315, this quote is from a speech at the Communist Youth League conference in July 1962.
„I don't want to be the best black golfer, I want to be the best golfer, period.“
— Tiger Woods American professional golfer 1975
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0971329/bio
„I believe that all men, black, brown, and white, are brothers.“
— W.E.B. Du Bois American sociologist, historian, activist and writer 1868 - 1963
„You're not black, white, yellow or brown. You're an American.“
— Bill Whittle author, director, screenwriter, editor 1959
citation needed
— Charles Barkley American basketball player 1963
Interview in the New York Post in October 2000.
Notes: Although Barkley popularised the phrase, it was likely first used several months earlier http://www.snopes.com/quotes/chrisrock.asp by Chris Rock.
— Eden ahbez American songwriter and recording artist 1908 - 1995
As quoted by Joe Romersa (c. 1992)
Shadowbox Studio
— Mitch Hedberg American stand-up comedian 1968 - 2005
Unless they're suffocating - then help'em.
Just For Laughs: On The Edge - 2002
— Barack Obama 44th President of the United States of America 1961
Statement by the President https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/07/07/statement-president (7 July 2016)
2016
„God does not know whether a skin is black or white, He sees only souls.“
— Katherine Anne Porter, buch The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter
Quelle: The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter
— Max Beckmann German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor and writer 1884 - 1950
Quelle: 1930s, On my Painting (1938), pp. 13-14
„Nearly all black and brown skins are beautiful, but a beautiful white skin is rare.“
— Mark Twain, buch Following the Equator
Quelle: Following the Equator (1897), Ch. XLI
— Franz Kline American painter 1910 - 1962
1950's, Conversations With Artists, 1957
— Bert McCracken American musician 1982
Statement about Hurricane Katrina on website of The Used, reported in L. Martinez (September 10, 2005) "Rockers plug in for Katrina", Ventura County Star, p. 1.
— Owen Lovejoy American politician 1811 - 1864
As quoted in His Brother's Blood: Speeches and Writings, 1838–64 https://books.google.com/books?id=qMEv8DNXVbIC&pg=PA170 (2004), edited by William Frederick Moore and Jane Ann Moore, p. 170
1850s, The Fanaticism of the Democratic Party (February 1859)
— Kanye West American rapper, singer and songwriter 1977
Live NBC’s “A Concert for Hurricane Relief“ on September. 2, 2005
— Ellsworth Kelly American painter, sculptor, and printmaker 1923 - 2015
Early 1960s : "Ellsworth Kelly, a Retrospective", ed. Diane Waldman, Guggenheim Museum, New York 1997, p. 11
1950 - 1968
„The world is beautiful outside: white, green, and red; but inside it is black and dark as death.“
— Walther von der Vogelweide Middle High German lyric poet 1170 - 1230
Diu welt ist ûzen schoene wîz grüen unde rôt
und innân swarzer varwe vinster sam der tôt.
"Owe war sint verswunden alliu mîniu jâr", line 37; translation from George Fenwick Jones Walther von der Vogelweide (New York: Twayne, 1968) p. 136.
