Only human beings have come to a point where they no longer know why they exist.

We must relearn how to cry. A strong man cries; it is the weak man who holds back his tears.

We all come from the same root, but the leaves are all different.

Love is something that you can leave behind you when you die. It's that powerful.

We have a new joke on the reservation: 'What is cultural deprivation?' Answer: 'Being an upper-middle class white kid living in a split-level suburban home with a color TV.'

If nature puts a burden on a man by making him different, it also gives him a power.

For me, the essence of a medicine man's life is to be humble, to have great patience, to be close to the Earth, to live as simply as possible, and to never stop learning.

Indians chase the vision, white men chase the dollar.

Think only about what is holy. Empty your mind.

You can pray for whatever you want, but it is always best to pray for others, not for yourself.

When someone was so poor that he couldn't afford a horse, a tent or a blanket, he would, in that case, receive it all as a gift.

Consistency is the difference between game excellence and an excellent game. Successful people do consistently what the others do occasionally.

Then if children make so much trouble, why do people have 'em?

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

I'm living the best life that I could ever be living.

Unfortunately, there's no greater rhyme or reason as to why it would be me. And since there is no answer as to why me, it's not a question I feel really entitled to ask.

I have a hard problem, being some part Native American - being a Christian: do you get burned, do you get cremated, do you get - let the sharks eat you? How do you die?

Iggy: "Now what? Who you gonna call?" A quiet voice in the hallway outside: "Ghostbusters!" (Captain Perry and John groan) John: "That phrase is ruined forever.

A people which is able to say everything becomes able to do everything.

I can't come up with the titles. My wife hates my titles. She doesn't even want to know about them.

Well, I think that when you direct a movie or write it. And in the case of the two movies I did, I wrote and directed, they occupy a special place for you.