Quotes About Melanin

#1. The world wants to define me by my mammary glands and melanin. It is just fascinating that Michael Mann has never been asked what it is like to be a white male filmmaker.

Victoria Mahoney

#2. Ole boy's melanin was so popping I bet he sweats coconut oil.

B. Love

#3. Or it's happening because Shori is black, and racists - probably Ina racists - don't like the idea that a good part of the answer to your daytime problems is melanin.

Octavia E. Butler

#4. Actually, I am kind of busy right now," I drawled as I settled back into the chair and closed my eyes. "You have to make melanin while the sun shines.

Kim Harrison

#5. We see through the eyes of children that they're not talking about race the way we grown folks are. They're not talking about color or how much melanin is in someone's skin.

John Boyega

#6. My family is like America; we are a blend of melanin and uncertain borders.

R. YS Perez

#7. I am just mystified by these people telling me I would think Obama was doing a great job if his skin contained less melanin.

Jonah Goldberg

#8. One day our descendants will think it incredible that we paid so much attention to things like the amount of melanin in our skin or the shape of our eyes or our gender instead of the unique identities of each of us as complex human beings.

Franklin A. Thomas

#9. Our melanin will always make us marvelous ...
Just imagine what that sea of sisterhood would look like. Magic!

Alexandra Elle

#10. Like all readers, I want my limits to be drawn by my own sensibilities, not by my melanin count.

Zadie Smith

#11. Were it not for the melanin in our skin, myoglobin in our muscles and haemoglobin in our blood, we would be the colour of mitochondria. And, if this were so, we would change colour when we exercised or ran out of breath, so that you could tell how energized someone was from his or her colour.

Guy Brown

#12. If I venture into the water in a bikini, the sight of my melanin-deficient Michigan belly might attract beluga whales. Sure, I could secretly live among them and learn their ancient ways, but I couldn't keep that kind of ruse up forever.

Jennifer Armintrout

#13. I think the reason I went into theater, ultimately, was because that was one of multicultural groups. Because you identify with other people that share similar passions to you, so it didn't matter how much melanin was in their skin.

Keegan-Michael Key

#14. Melanin Fiercely Poppin' on Purpose.

Stephanie Lahart

#15. Your beauty will be in shades of melanin and light.

R. YS Perez

#16. Any belief worth having must survive doubt

George Bernard Shaw

#17. I should consider it a greater success to interest one wise and earnest soul, than a million unwise and frivolous.

Henry David Thoreau

#18. Losing a wife can be very hard. In my case, it was almost impossible.

Henny Youngman

#19. I want you," Drew said. "Just you. I used to go through every day without thinking about the future, but with you all I can see are the possibilities of the experiences we could have together.

Michelle Madow

#20. Ideas that are at odds with the inherited collective wisdom of antiquity are always, on their face suspect.

Andrew Thomas

#21. I like the feeling that anything, anything, could happen.

Marsha Qualey

#22. I hate to say stuff like this because everyone dreams about playing The Opry, everyone dreams about playing Gruene Hall, but I've always tried to not concentrate too hard on where I want to go because I know if I put too much stock into it, it would be pretty disappointing if I never got there.

Cody Johnson