I am nothing, neither a chief nor a soldier.

Inside of me there are two dogs. One is mean and evil and the other is good and they fight each other all the time. When asked which one wins I answer, the one I feed the most.

As individual fingers we can easily be broken, but all together we make a mighty fist.

What treaty have the Sioux made with the white man that we have broken? Not one. What treaty have the white man ever made with us that they have kept? Not one.

It does not take many words to tell the truth

If we must die, we die defending our rights.

They claim this mother of ours, the Earth, for their own use, and fence their neighbors away from her, and deface her with their buildings and their refuse.

I wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle.

The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it.

Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love!

Our religion seems foolish to you, but so does yours to me. The Baptists and Methodists and Presbyterians and the Catholics all have a different God. Why cannot we have one of our own?

Chaos lifted on wings and flew.

Tenacity bores failure.

Groups like The Mountain Brothers just have to keep on doing what they're doing - just make it dope and just make it different. And not try to compete with other people of color.

We live in the present, we dream of the future and we learn eternal truths from the past.

We cannot choose where to start and stop. Our stories are the tellers of us.

Years ago, manhood was an opportunity for achievement, and now it is a problem to be overcome.

It’s not a guy and a girl, or a girl and a girl or a guy and a guy - it’s a relationship.

Politics is not really my thing.

And as a football coach in the National Football League, I know for sure that it's going to end someday.

However I will never forget what Marion [Zimmer Bradley] did for me by accepting that first story from a stupid enthusiastic kid.