Famous quotes containing the word folks:
“You must not feel too anxious about the little folks with you.... Their little peculiarities, which with your older judgment do not seem favorable, will gradually disappear as they get older. It is best to overlook most things, and not be too solicitous about perfection. I am afraid you will think I will spoil our children by too little government. Perhaps we do err on the other side, but you must come down and instruct us.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (18221893)
“As a beauty Im not a great star.
Others are handsomer far;
But my faceI dont mind it
Because Im behind it;
Its the folks out in front that I jar.”
—A.H. Euwer (1877?)
“Death cut the strings that gave me life,
And handed me to Sorrow,
The only kind of middle wife
My folks could beg or borrow.”
—Countee Cullen (19031946)