White Minstrel Show

Famous quotes containing the words white, minstrel and/or show:

    Why do we then shun death with anxious strife?
    If Light can thus deceive, wherefore not Life?
    —Joseph Blanco White (1775–1841)

    The Minstrel Boy to the war is gone
    In the ranks of death you’ll find him,
    His father’s sword he has girded on,
    And his wild harp slung behind him.
    Thomas Moore (1779–1852)

    The one nice thing about sports is that they prove men do have emotions and are not afraid to show them.
    Jane O’Reilly, U.S. feminist and humorist. The Girl I Left Behind, ch. 5 (1980)