Indian Quotes

822 Indian quotes by 517 unique authors

I gather you yellow-skinned men, despite your triumphs in sewage, drinking water, and Olympic gold medals, still don't have democracy. Some politician on the radio… — Aravind Adiga
My crown is in my heart, not on my head; not decked with diamonds and Indian stones, nor to be seen: my crown is called… — William Shakespeare
And an unstable childhood makes you appreciate calmness and not crave excitement. To spend a Saturday afternoon mopping your kitchen floor while listening to opera… — Curtis Sittenfeld
There is an Indian story -- at least I heard it as an Indian story -- about an Englishman who, having been told that the… — Clifford Geertz
Indianapolis, Indiana is the first place in the United States of America where a white man was hanged for the murder of an Indian. The… — Kurt Vonnegut
The [Booker] prize was actually responsible in many ways for my political activism. I won this thing and I was suddenly the darling of the… — Arundhati Roy
...despite all this, it is still hard to admit that there is no one more English than the Indian, no one more Indian than the… — Zadie Smith
When asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called America before the white men came, an Indian said simply "Ours. — Vine Deloria, Jr.
I used to think the world was broken down by tribes,' I said. 'By Black and White. By Indian and White. But I know this… — Sherman Alexie
I realized that I might be a lonely Indian boy, but I was not alone in the loneliness. There were millions of other Americans who… — Sherman Alexie
Until I am free to write bilingually and to switch codes without having always to translate, while I still have to speak English or Spanish… — Gloria E. AnzaldÃºa
The Bhagavad Gita—that ancient Indian Yogic text—says that it is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else’s… — Elizabeth Gilbert
A 'very good friend' is a dangerous category with Indian girls. From here you can either make fast progress or if you play it wrong,… — Chetan Bhagat
One little Indian left all alone, he went out and hanged himself and then there were none. — Agatha Christie
The way to overcome the angry man is with gentleness, the evil man goodness, the miser with generosity, and the liar with truth. (Indian proverb)… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Indian believes they ain't but two sins... bein a coward... and turnin agin yer own kind. — Forrest Carter
I had heard the old Indian legend about the red fern. How a little Indian boy and girl were lost in a blizzard and had… — Wilson Rawls
...it's like this white-Indian thing has gotten out of control. And the thing with the blacks and the Mexicans. Everybody blaming everybody...I don't know what… — Sherman Alexie
Sejal had not thought of her home, or of India as a whole, as cool. She was dimly aware, however, of a white Westerner habit… — Adam Rex
How, unless you drink as I do, could you hope to understand the beauty of an old Indian woman playing dominoes with a chicken? — Malcolm Lowry
I've been punched by a vampire, an Indian girl, and a panda... I should be a video game. — Adam Rex
One of our people in the Native community said the difference between white people and Indians is that Indian people know they are oppressed but… — Winona LaDuke
A second floor window opened, and Kyle stuck his head and shoulders out so he could look down at us. “If you two are finished… — Patricia Briggs
The true Indian sets no price upon either his property or his labor. His generosity is limited only by his strength and ability. He regards… — Charles Alexander Eastman
I have been only the humblest jugglers-with-facts; and that, in a country where the truth is what it is instructed to be, reality quite literally… — Salman Rushdie

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