Charles Marion Russell Quotes

• A pioneer is a man who turned all the grass upside down, strung bob-wire over the dust that was left, poisoned the water, cut down the trees, killed the Indian who owned the land and called it progress.

  Charles Marion Russell

  Cutting, Men, Dust

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• You can see what man made from the seat of an automobile, but the best way to see what God made is from the back of a horse.

  Charles Marion Russell

  Horse, Men, Way

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• Talent is like a birthmark - it's a gift and no credit nor fault to those who wear them.

  Charles Marion Russell

  Credit, Faults, Talent

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• Spending that many hours in the saddle gave a man plenty of time to think. That's why so many cowboys fancied themselves Philosophers.

  Charles Marion Russell

  Horse, Cowboy, Men

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• The West is dead... you may lose a sweetheart but you won't forget her.

  Charles Marion Russell

  May, West, Forget

  Charles Marion Russell (1966). “Good medicine: the illustrated letters of Charles M. Russell”

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• The cowboy doesn't need an iron horse, but covers his country on one that eats grass and wears hair.

  Charles Marion Russell

  Country, Horse, Cowboy

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• A pioneer destroys things and calls it civilization.

  Charles Marion Russell

  Civilization, Pioneers

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• I don't know the difference between a warm color and a cool one.

  Charles Marion Russell

  Color, Differences, Knows

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