Quote by Timothy Egan Download Open image ““The name Oklahoma is a combination of two Choctaw words— okla, which means "people,”” — Timothy Egan ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare
Someday I will tell my grandchildren that I lived in the era when OK was abbreviated to K. — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
It's important for Oklahoma to have people in a position to make a difference. The only way we can do that is to have… — Markwayne Mullin Copy Share Image
When the Okies left Oklahoma and moved to California, they raised the average intelligence level in both states. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Something called 'the Oklahoma Standard' became known throughout the world. It means resilience in the face of adversity. It means a strength and compassion… — Brad Henry Copy Share Image
Oklahoma has a respect for our neighbors. That's the Oklahoma standard. — Markwayne Mullin Copy Share Image
I've lived in Texas now longer than anywhere and then California and then Oklahoma, but yet Oklahoma is what I consider home. — Troy Aikman Copy Share Image
During my first visit, I was really struck by how deeply religious many Oklahomans are. It is a very conservative state and as somebody… — Famke Janssen Copy Share Image
I just want people in America to know that Oklahoma is a great place to live. You know, just like states have wildfires in… — Mary Fallin Copy Share Image
I do think there is a segment of people in Oklahoma that really do love the Flaming Lips and love this other idea of… — Wayne Coyne Copy Share Image
“At the wedding, women served a dish of cabbage that had been shredded by wooden kraut cutters, mixed with ground pork and onion, wrapped… — Timothy Egan Copy Share Image
“The [Apache] tribe was under siege by government agents, who had jailed some of the medicine men for practicing their rituals. Freedom of religion… — Timothy Egan Copy Share Image
“To look at the face [of Princess Angeline] and not see humanity is to lack humanity.” — Timothy Egan Copy Share Image
You need messiness and magic, serendipity and insanity. Creativity comes from time off, and time out. — Timothy Egan Copy Share Image
I am beginning to believe that nothing is quite so uncertain as facts. (Edward Curtis) — Timothy Egan Copy Share Image
Last year, [Pope Francis] was asked about his secret to happiness. He said slow down. Take time off. Live and let live. Don't proselytize.… — Timothy Egan Copy Share Image
Here in the Great Lakes region, a fourth year in a row of declining water levels has caused millions of dollars in losses for… — Timothy Egan Copy Share Image
“Though a degree from Yale was not required, Pinchot wanted his foresters to be able to write well, for the numerous reports that their… — Timothy Egan Copy Share Image
“Of all the countries in the world, we Americans have been the greatest destroyers of land of any race of people barbaric or civilized,"… — Timothy Egan Copy Share Image
Most of the writers I know work every day, in obscurity and close to poverty, trying to say one thing well and true. Day… — Timothy Egan Copy Share Image
“Going to the outhouse was an ordeal, a wade through shoulder-high drifts, forced to dig to make forward progress.” — Timothy Egan Copy Share Image