Clarence Thomas Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

Clarence Thomas quotes and sayings page 5 (76 year old judge). These are the last 10 out of 50 quotes we have for him.

“It would seem that some black people want to say that when you, as a black, become successful, you cease to be black. That's ridiculous.”

“The thing that bothered me when I was in college was that I saw myself rejecting the way of life that got me to where I was.”

“I grew up in a religious environment, and I'm proud of it.”

“I was sympathetic to virtually all groups that wanted to get away from the old system.”

“I hear people say it affected your self-esteem to be segregated. It never affected mine.”

“I still have a 15¢ sticker on the frame of my law degree. It's tainted, so I just leave it in the basement.”

“I went into the seminary when I was 16.”

“My grandparents had died in 1983, and suddenly my brother is out jogging before Mass, and he dies.”

“There are so many people who have this idea of who I am because I'm black.”

“When I went into the seminary, I was one of those victims of New Math and had not had Algebra I and had no idea what we were doing in New Math in the ninth grade. But when I went into the seminary, they had gone the traditional route and taught first-year algebra.”