“Pigmentation was a quick and convenient way of judging a person. One of us, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., once proposed we instead judge people by the content of their character. He was shot.”

Jon Stewart
Happiness Neutral

Explore This Quote Further

Quote by Jon Stewart: “Pigmentation was a quick and convenient way of j… - Image 1

Similar quotes

“It's great having Bruce Springsteen on my show. We have so much in common! We're both from New Jersey, just from different neighborhoods. Sort of like how Martin Luther King and Margaret Mitchell both came from Atlanta. But from different neighborhoods.”


“Like Martin Luther King Jr., Frankie dreamed of living in a nation where people would not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. The sonner she realized that dream, the sooner she could get started on Katy Perry's and live the teenage one.”


“You have to remember one thing about the will of the people: it wasn't that long ago that we were swept away by the Macarena.”


“To have not shot his friend in the face would have sent a message to the quail that America is weak.”


“We called her Mother Earth. Because she gave birth to us, and then we sucked her dry.”


“I was born with an adult head and a tiny body. Like a 'Peanuts' character.”