(22 quotes found)
“The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color-line -- the relation of the darker to the lighter races of men in Asia and Africa, in America and the islands of the sea. It was a phase of this problem that caused the Civil War.”
W. E. B. Du Bois
“So when that Angel of the darker Drink At last shall find you by the river-brink, And, offering his Cup, invite your Soul Forth to your Lips to to quaff - you shall not shrink”
Omar Khayyam
“The lustre of diamonds is invigorated by the interposition of darker bodies; the lights of a picture are created by the shades; the highest pleasure which nature has indulged to sensitive perception is that of rest after fatigue”
Samuel Johnson
“White lies always introduce others of a darker complexion”
William Paley
“These look like hard outer shells on some parts of some outcrops, and they're darker and a little redder than the rock that they encrust.”
Steve Squyres
“We're going to apply into crevices first because we want that area to be a little bit darker.”
Teresa Follmer
“[You should know that Weisz, who's a darker and more enigmatic version of Kate Winslet , is taken. She was accompanied to the party by] Requiem for a Dream ... The Fountain.”
Darren Aronofsky
“The bloodstains are the darker brown splotches on the collar, shoulders and back. This uniform set is one of the most important surviving Civil War artifacts, both as an unusual uniform and as a poignant story of sacrifice. Can you get any closer to death than this bloodstained coat?”
Gordon Jones
“A garden is to be a world unto itself, it had better make room for the darker shades of feeling as well as the sunny ones.”
William Kent
“These look like hard outer shells on some parts of some outcrops, and they’re darker and a little redder than the rock that they encrust,”
