Indians Quotes

385 Indians quotes by 257 unique authors

I got started in Oklahoma. That's where I was born. Population down there is one-third Indians, one-third Negroes and one-third white people. — Woody Guthrie
I mean, a Mexican boy couldn't be anything else but an Indian. And why did you take the name of Quinn, they used to say… — Anthony Quinn
I'd like to put on buckskins and a ponytail and go underwater with a reed, hiding from the Indians... To me, that's sexy! — Kevin Costner
There are many men - such as those often to be found among the Indians - who are refined until they have qualities often attributed… — Agnes Smedley
The Indians have such strong traditions and aesthetics, and the people are beautiful, as are their goods. — Georgina Chapman
Indians mock their corrupt politicians relentlessly, but they regard their honest politicians with silent suspicion. The first thing they do when they hear of a… — Aravind Adiga
I think a lot of Indians want Indian artists to be cultural cheerleaders rather than cultural investigators. — Sherman Alexie
Madman drummers, bummers, Indians in the summer with a teenage diplomat. In the dumps with the mumps as the adolescent pumps his way into his… — Bruce Springsteen
The cavalries charged and the Indians died, oh the country was young with God on its side. — Bob Dylan
My buddy David Wells is a big motorcycle guy, so when I go visit him in San Diego, he takes me out on his bike.… — David Cone
I'm very attracted to Indians. — Elizabeth Hurley
The pilgrims were kicked out of England, quarreled with the Dutch, alienated the Indians, and had an evil reputation among the turkeys. — Dave Beard
Year after year, author/historian William Loren Katz continues to mine the lodestone of Black culture, and it is simply amazing how often he manages to… — Herb Boyd
Indians are marvelous storytellers. In some ways, that oral tradition is stronger than the written tradition. — N. Scott Momaday
If my life be spared, nothing shall stop me short of visiting every nation of Indians on the Continent of North America. — George Catlin
As a revolutionary people, we Americans won a probable victory over the best and biggest army in the world because we learned to fight from… — James Lee
There was no audience for my books. The Indians didn't regard me as an Indian and North Americans couldn't conceive of me of a North… — Bharati Mukherjee
Many of the French follow a Trade with the Indians, living very conveniently for that Interest. — John Lawson
Among the language of the American Indians, there is no word for 'art'... For Indians, everything is art... therefore needs no name. — Jamake Highwater
All Indians must dance, everywhere keep on dancing. — Wovoka
I don't go so far as to think that the only good Indians are dead Indians, but I believe nine out of ten are, and… — Theodore Roosevelt
Indians walk softly and hurt the landscape hardly more than the birds and squirrels, and their brush and bark huts last hardly longer than those… — John Muir
The Indians were well mounted and felt proud and elated because they had been made United States soldiers. — Buffalo Bill
The Indians said the bones were those of a race of people ... three times the size of a man. — Buffalo Bill
The government sent the Indians to Oklahoma. They had a treaty that said, 'You shall have this land as long as grass grows and water… — Will Rogers

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