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Josephine Baker
7 quotes
“I have stage contracts for the next 18 months, and I shall go on with them whatever he says.”
Josephine Baker (1906–1975) first seen 1937 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Her response to a reporter when asked about comments made by her third husband, French financier Jean Lion, that she was going to retire, The Chicago Defender 17 Dec 1937
“France made me what I am. I will be grateful forever. The people of Paris have given me everything. They have given me their hearts, and I have given them mine. I am ready, captain, to give them my life. You can use me as you wish.”
Josephine Baker (1906–1975) said by 1975 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“First, I want to do what I can to help win the war and thus perform whatever duty I can for my native land. Second, I want to help those of my own race. I am doing all I can to help win the war effort and to make people generally more appreciative and kinder to my race.”
Josephine Baker (1906–1975) first seen 1943 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On why she was performing for Allied troops against doctor's orders, Atlanta Daily World 25 Jul 1943
“I cannot see that I did anything extraordinary to merit this honor. Everything was just as it had to be.”
Josephine Baker (1906–1975) first seen 1949 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On receiving the Resistence Medal for her work on behalf of France during World War II, 1949 (Josephine Baker’s Secret War by Hanna Diamond)
“I believe in action. … I believe in doing rather than talking. All my life I have maintained that the people of the world can learn to live together in peace if they are not brought up in prejudice. This is why I traveled all over the world to adopt 11 youngsters.”
Josephine Baker (1906–1975) first seen 1964 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Jo Baker helps civil rights groups : Renowned star 'deeply concerned', Jet Vol. 25, No. 19 (27 February 1964), p. 60
“Surely the day will come when color means nothing more than skin tone, when religion is seen uniquely as a way to speak one’s soul; when birth places have the weight of a throw of the dice and all men are born free, when understanding breeds love and brotherhood.”
Josephine Baker (1906–1975) said by 1975 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Josephine (1977), Ch. 16 of memoirs written with assistance of Jo Bouillon; also in Women's Words: The Columbia Book of Quotations by Women (1996) edited by Mary Biggs, p. 146
“I want you to know that this is the happiest day of my entire life. And as you all must know, I have had a very long life and I'm sixty years old. The results today of seeing you all together is a sight for sore eyes. You're together as salt and pepper just as you should be. Just as I've always wanted you to be and peoples of the world have always wanted you to be. You are a united people at last because without unity there cannot be any victory. You see, I'm glad. I'm glad that in my homeland, in my homeland where I was born in love and respect, I'm glad to see this day come to pass. This day, because you are on the eve of complete victory, and tomorrow, time will do the rest. ... Continue on. You can't go wrong. The world is behind you.”
Josephine Baker (1906–1975) first seen 1963 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From her address to the March on Washington, 28 Aug 1963