Colin Moulding (1955) English bassist, songwriter and vocalist
"Fruit Nut"
Apple Venus Volume 1 (1999)
“Look at me, see if I am poor, or my people either. The whites may get me at last, as you say, but I will have good times till then. You are fools to make yourselves slaves to a piece of fat bacon, some hard-tack, and a little sugar and coffee.”
Also told to Charles Larpenteur at Fort Union in 1867. Published in Utley, Robert M. The Lance and the Shield. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1993. p. 73.
Help us to complete the source, original and additional information
Do you have more details about the quote "Look at me, see if I am poor, or my people either. The whites may get me at last, as you say, but I will have good time…" by Sitting Bull?
Sitting Bull14
Hunkpapa Lakota medicine man and holy man 1831–1890Related quotes
Aaron Sorkin (1961) American screenwriter, producer, playwright
The West Wing Script Book: Volume 1, Introduction.
Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer
Source: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
Black Elk (1863–1950) Oglala Lakota leader
Black Elk Speaks (1961)
Context: To the center of the world you have taken me and showed the goodness and the beauty and the strangeness of the greening earth, the only mother — and there the spirit shapes of things, as they should be, you have shown to me and I have seen. At the center of this sacred hoop, you have said that I should make the tree to bloom.
With tears running, O Great Spirit, Great Spirit, my Grandfather — with running tears I must say now that the tree has never bloomed. A pitiful old man, you see me here, and I have fallen away and have done nothing. Here at the center of the world, where you took me when I was young and taught me; here, old, I stand, and the tree is withered, Grandfather, my Grandfather!
Again, and maybe the last time on this earth, I recall the great vision you sent me. It may be that some little root of the sacred tree still lives. Nourish it then, that it may leaf and bloom and fill with singing birds. Hear me, not for myself, but for my people; I am old. Hear me that they may once more go back into the sacred hoop and find the good red road, the shielding tree!
Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer
Attributed to Monroe in self-help books and on social media, this quotation is of unknown origin and date.
Misattributed
Brad Paisley (1972) American country music singer
Alcohol, written by Brad Paisley
Song lyrics, Time Well Wasted (2005)
Jerry Herman (1931–2019) American composer and lyricist
"I Am What I Am," from La Cage aux Folles (1983) http://www.bassey.co.uk/blog/shirley_bassey/2006_08_07_peggyblog.html
Celia Cruz (1925–2003) Cuban singer (1925-2003)
On the origin of her catchphrase "Azúcar"; from a 2000 interview quoted in “Celia Cruz, 77; Queen of Salsa’s Passing Marks the End of a Musical Era” https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jul-17-me-cruz17-story.html in Los Angeles Times (2003 Jul 17).<br><br>The quote is discussed in Why Did Celia Cruz Say, "Azúcar"? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaHb_ms1YkAWhy in the Smithsonian Music Channel.
Sister Souljah (1964) American hip hop-generation author, activist, recording artist, and film producer
"The Hate That Hate Produced" (1992)