If I agree to dispose of any part of our land to the white people I would feel guilty of taking food away from our children's mouths, and I do not wish to be that mean.

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?

After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations.

Positive thoughts shape a positive world.

If a man is not made for God, why is he happy only in God?

I was an overnight success all right, but 30 years is a long, long night.

Baking happens with ingredients that last for months and come to life inside a warm oven. Baking is slow and leisurely.

I've had well-paid jobs, but in comparison to what footballers earn, I've not earned serious money.

The thinking of John Cage derived from Duchamp and Dada. I was not interested in that.

If you do what you love, hold nothing back, and never let fear of failure get in your way, then you've pretty much figured out the Trump formula.

I think it's very easy to get self-conscious and stuck when you're doing everything on your own.

She was a thin woman in a mustard-yellow suit, with a yellowish complexion, short-cropped rusty red hair, and a stiff posture. She reminded Reynie of a giant walking pencil.