Quotes by 'Ethel Waters'

Ethel Waters

Ethel Waterswas an American blues, jazz and gospel singer and actress...

thinking yellow differences

Basically there is no difference between whites and blacks, browns and yellows. I decided to think no more of people as Northerners and Southerners.

outsiders felt

I never felt I belonged. I was always an outsider.

couple beer giving

I found that a couple of bottles of beer would give me a lift, but the third bottle would sober me up.

race faults virtue

Negroes are human beings with exactly the same faults and virtues as members of the other races.

people pay privilege

When you dominate other people's emotions, the time has to come when you will have to pay, and heavily, for that privilege.

kids aunt eating

My aunts lived on liquor and seldom felt like eating much. I don't know what's wrong about a kid stealing when he's hungry.

fire authenticity burned

Only those who are being burned know what fire is like.

men epic two

All the men in my life have been two things: an epic and an epidemic.

phones news may

Today or any day that phone may ring and bring good news.

people praise criticize

Many people know how to criticize, but few know how to praise.

junk causes

I am somebody cause God don't make no junk

writing reservations made

Whenever I write for hotel reservations, I always enclose a set of rules I have made for the hotels.

happiness inspiring success

We are all gifted. That is our inheritance.

cannot happier

I cannot help feeling I would have been happier with a husband and chidren of my own.