Bert Williams Professions : ComedianBorn : November 12, 1874Died : March 4, 1922 Browse All Authors Quotes From Bert Williams I named all my children after flowers. There's Lillie and Rose and my son, Artificial. Bert Williams flowerchildrenson I have never been able to discover anything disgraceful in being a colored man. But I have often found it inconvenient - in America. Bert Williams ablemenamerica People sometimes ask me if I would not give anything to be white, I answer, in the words of the song, most emphatically, 'No.' How do I know what I might be if I were a white man? I might be a sand-hog, burrowing away and losing my health for $8 a day. I might be a street-car conductor at $12 or $15 a week. There is many a white man less fortunate and less well equipped than I am. In fact, I have never been able to discover that there was anything disgraceful in being a colored man. But I have often found it inconvenient - in America. Bert Williams white-mansongmen A black face, run-down shoes and elbow-out make-up give me a place to hide. The real Bert Williams is crouched deep down inside the coon who sings the songs and tells the stories. Bert Williams realrunningsong The man with the real sense of humor is the man who can put himself in the spectator's place and laugh at his own misfortune. Bert Williams laughplacemanhumor Similar Authors Bob Hope comedian Brent Weinbach comedian Buddy Hackett comedian Bruce Baum comedian Brother Theodore comedian Brother Dave Gardner comedianAll Authors
