Famous quotes containing the words white and/or roses:
“Once I had a professor say to me, You know you have as much education as a lot of white people. I answered, Doctor, I have more education than most white people.”
—Joycelyn Elders (b. 1933)
“But all its chief delight was still
On Roses thus its self to fill:
And its pure virgin Limbs to fold
In whitest sheets of Lillies cold.
Had it livd long it would have been
Lillies without, Roses within.”
—Andrew Marvell (16211678)