Tom Lehrer (1928) American singer-songwriter and mathematician
"National Brotherhood Week"
That Was the Year That Was (1965)
“A brief reign spares not the folk.”
Source: Thebaid, Book II, Line 446
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Tom Lehrer (1928) American singer-songwriter and mathematician
"National Brotherhood Week"
That Was the Year That Was (1965)
Variant: Oh, the poor folks hate the rich folks,
And the rich folks hate the poor folks.
All of my folks hate all of your folks,
It's American as apple pie.
“Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of.”
Henry Fielding book Joseph Andrews
Book IV, Ch. 6
Joseph Andrews (1742)
“For a brief time I was here; and for a brief time I mattered.”
Harlan Ellison (1934–2018) American writer
His entire afterword to The Essential Ellison (1987)
Also quoted in the death announcement made by his publicist (28 June 2018).
“[…] the only folks who kill black folks any more are black folks.”
Michael Nutter (1957) American mayor
“Folks never understand the folks they hate.”
James Russell Lowell (1819–1891) American poet, critic, editor, and diplomat
No. 2.
The Biglow Papers (1848–1866), Series II (1866)
“I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.”
Harper Lee book To Kill a Mockingbird
Pt. 2, ch. 23
Jean Louise (Scout) Finch
Source: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
“Be sincere, be brief, be seated.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945) 32nd President of the United States
Advice to his son James on how to make a public speech, as quoted in Basic Public Speaking (1963) by Paul L. Soper, p. 12
Posthumous publications
“[…] black folks kill more black folks than the KKK ever did.”
Michael Nutter (1957) American mayor
At an address on February, 2013 at the Community College of Philadelphia, City Journal, Spring 2013, vol. 23, no. 2 http://www.city-journal.org/2013/23_2_michael-nutter.html
