Famous quotes containing the words white man, white, man and/or boss:
“A regular council was held with the Indians, who had come in on their ponies, and speeches were made on both sides through an interpreter, quite in the described mode,the Indians, as usual, having the advantage in point of truth and earnestness, and therefore of eloquence. The most prominent chief was named Little Crow. They were quite dissatisfied with the white mans treatment of them, and probably have reason to be so.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“... the great white city of brotherhood, Washington ...”
—Christina Stead (19021983)
“A great man is a new statue in every attitude and action. A beautiful woman is a picture which drives all beholders nobly mad.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)
“I have given my pain a name and call it dogMit is every bit as faithful, every bit as nosey and shameless, every bit as entertaining, every bit as clever as any other dogand I can boss it around and vent my bad moods on it, just as others do with their dogs, servants, and wives.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (18441900)