Native American Quotes - Page 13

• To say nothing is out here is incorrect; to say the desert is stingy with everything except space and light, stone and earth is closer to the truth.

  William Least Heat-Moon

  Light, Space, Desert

  Edgar I. Ailor, William Least Heat-Moon (2012). “BLUE HIGHWAYS Revisited”, p.85, University of Missouri Press

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• How far men go for the material of their houses! The inhabitants of the most civilized cities, in all ages, send into far, primitive forests, beyond the bounds of their civilization, where the moose and bear and savage dwell, for their pine boards for ordinary use. And, on the other hand, the savage soon receives from cities iron arrow-points, hatchets, and guns, to point his savageness with.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Gun, Men, Arrows

  Henry David Thoreau (2014). “The Maine Woods: The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, Volume III (of 20)”, p.65, Trajectory Inc

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• I do know that there have been many Native people - I don't like to call them "Native Americans," I guess, definitely not "Indians" - I've seen and read a lot about there's a big number of Natives that don't mind the Redskins name and they actually embrace it. Although there are a number of groups as well that are opposed to it.

  Donte Stallworth

  People, Mind, Embrace

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• The seal and the constitution, reflects the thinking of the founding fathers that this was to be a nation by white people, and for white people. Native Americans, Blacks, and all other non-white people, were to be the burden bearers for the real citizens of this nation.

  Louis Farrakhan

  Father, Real, Thinking

  Louis Farrakhan (1993). “A Torchlight for America”, F C N Publishing Company

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• I know that if a team had a derogatory name for African Americans, I would help those who helped extinguish that name. I have quite a few friends who are Native Americans. And even if I didn’t have Native American friends, the name of the team is disrespectful.

  Mike Carey

  Team, Names, African American

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• There's all sorts of soul. There's Irish soul and Native American soul. If it touches you and moves you, it's soul.

  John Oates

  Moving, Soul, Ifs

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• Old or young, healthy as a horse or a person with a disability that hasn't kept you down, man or woman, Native American, native born, immigrant, straight or gay - whatever; the test ought to be I believe in the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence. I believe in religious liberty. I believe in freedom of speech. I believe in working hard and playing by the rules. I'm showing up for work tomorrow. I'm building that bridge to the 21st century. That ought to be the test.

  William J. Clinton

  Religious, Horse, Believe

  Clinton, William J. (1997). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1995”, p.1417, Best Books on

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• Treat all men alike.... give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow. You might as well expect the rivers to run backward as that any man who is born a free man should be contented when penned up and denied liberty to go where he pleases. We only ask an even chance to live as other men live. We ask to be recognized as men. Let me be a free man...free to travel... free to stop...free to work...free to choose my own teachers...free to follow the religion of my Fathers...free to think and talk and act for myself.

  Dee Brown

  Running, Teacher, Father

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• I believe we can keep the promise of our founders, the idea that if you're willing to work hard, it doesn't matter who you are or where you come from or what you look like or who you love. It doesn't matter whether you're black or white or Hispanic or Asian or Native American or young or old or rich or poor, able, disabled, gay or straight, you can make it here in America if you're willing to try.

  Barack Obama

  Believe, Hard Work, Gay

  Second Presidential Election Victory Speech, delivered 7 November 2012, McCormick Place Chicago, Illinois

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• As I drew a still fresher soil about the rows with my hoe, I disturbed the ashes of unchronicled nations who in primeval years lived under these heavens, and their small implements of war and hunting were brought to the light of this modern day.

  Henry David Thoreau

  War, Hunting, Light

  Henry David Thoreau (1882). “Walden”, p.247

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• My forefathers didn't come over on the Mayflower, but they met the boat.

  Will Rogers

  Ancestry, Boat, Mets

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• I am colored but I offer nothing in the way of extenuating circumstances except the fact that I am the only Negro in the United States whose grandfather on the mother's side was not an Indian chief.

  Zora Neale Hurston

  Mother, African American, Grandfather

  Zora Neale Hurston, Alice Walker (1979). “I Love Myself when I Am Laughing ... and Then Again when I Am Looking Mean and Impressive: A Zora Neale Hurston Reader”, p.152, Feminist Press at CUNY

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• In a business that has exploited and ignored our people I have only found dead-ends. We need romantic comedies, gross-out and mockery comedies, horror and thrillers, teen movies and love-stories. All these and more will be a positive step towards the future of Native Americans in the world and film industry; an industry that that offers us not only the chance to play the parts of heroes, love interests and warriors, but also of villains, dorks and dangerous, brokenhearted products of circumstance.

  Misty Upham

  Hero, Warrior, Play

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• Carl Jung tells in one of his books of a conversation he had with a Native American chief who pointed out to him that in his perception most white people have tense faces, staring eyes, and a cruel demeanor. He said: “They are always seeking something. What are they seeking? The whites always want something. They are always uneasy and restless. We don't know what they want. We think they are mad.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Book, Eye, Thinking

  Eckhart Tolle (2010). “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment”, p.75, New World Library

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• The earth was created by the assistance of the sun, and it should be left as it was. The country was made without lines of demarcation, and it is no man's business to divide it.

  Chief Joseph

  Country, Men, Earth

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• I am convinced that those societies (such as the Native American peoples) which live without government enjoy in their general mass an infinitely greater degree of happiness than those who live under the European governments. Among the former, public opinion is in the place of law, & restrains morals as powerfully as laws ever did anywhere. Among the latter, under pretence of governing they have divided their nations into two classes, wolves & sheep. I do not exaggerate.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Sheep, Government, Law

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• Second, this epic tale allows the audience to actually listen to the Native Americans and receive their wisdom. Spielberg conveys the respect for Native Americans that is normally lacking in Western films.

  Beau Bridges

  Epic, Film, Tales

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I always think of the Pacific Northwest as giant trees, and rain, and clouds and dampness, like the Native American art from that area.

  Kyle MacLachlan

  Art, Rain, Thinking

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• The only thing Native Americans ever did better than the rest of us is spirituality. Of course, that's everything, isn't it?

  Deacon Jones

  Football, Nfl, Spirituality

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• This is going to sound weird, but when I was a kid my old man used to tell us that he was a Sioux Indian warrior in his former life. Native American culture was always big in my house - I don't know why.

  Marc Forgione

  Kids, Warrior, Men

  "Marc Forgione: What It's Like to Be the Next Iron Chef". Interview with Eli Rosenberg, www.esquire.com. November 22, 2010.

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• I have built my world through Native American mythology.

  Tori Amos

  World, Mythology, Built

  "This much I know: Tori Amos". Interview with Shahesta Shaitly, www.theguardian.com. September 29, 2012.

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• I've got tonnes of aboriginal and Native American art, but I'd like even more.

  Tori Amos

  Art, Aboriginal, Native

  "Portrait of the artist: Tori Amos, musician". Interview with Nosheen Iqbal, www.theguardian.com. January 4, 2010.

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• Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children.

  Crazy Horse

  Children, Parent, Pieces

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• A Native American grandfather was talking to his grandson about how he felt. He said, 'I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is the vengeful, violent one, the other wolf is the loving compassionate one.' The grandson asked him, 'Which wolf will win the fight in your heart?' The grandfather answered, 'The one I feed.'

  Black Hawk

  Success, Heart, Fighting

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• The Justice Department ruled that Native American tribes are allowed to grow and sell marijuana on reservations. This decision was hailed as a victory by Native American leader Giggling Eagle.

  Conan O'Brien

  Marijuana, Eagles, Justice

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