Indian Quotes

Indian standards of artistry, and Indian standards of humanity, and Indian standards of love, and of family, devotion, commitment, stand for me as the standard for how one should behave.

Okay. So, apparently I find burly Indian men attractive. What's wrong with that?

Not that the Red Indian will ever possess the broad lands of America. At least I presume not. But his ghost will.

Beyond the Indian hamlet, upon a forlorn strand, I happened on a trail of recent footprints.

Yeah, my family is of Indian heritage.

In Greek mythology, the hero wants to be great, but the very concept does not exist in the Indian vocabulary. Yet it has become the global template. And it's a template that won't fit in India.

The crown could go to a person with the most talent. But how could ‘most talent’ be determined? So Indian society settled on age.

I knew I wanted to be some kind of artist from about 12. I met a neighbour who drew cartoons, and I had an idea I wanted to be a cartoonist - or something that involved Indian ink, at any rate.

There was no private property in the past. Everything was communal property. In the Indian community where I was born, everything belonged to the community. This way of life is more equitable.

Also I have an interest in spirituality and it opens-up so many different areas of Indian life.

I am first and foremost an actress of Indian origin.

Indian celebrities have the media and fans permanently outside their homes, and that would make me really uncomfortable.

I dropped the King's Indian in 1997 after one too many bad experiences against Kramnik.

My music and lyrics became an extension of this Indian philosophy.

The Indian gods are imposing, the Greek gods are not. Indeed they are not brave, not self-controlled, they have no manners, they are not gentlemen and ladies.

There's an explosion of Indian fiction of all kinds, from military thrillers to chicklit. I think that's exciting.

We have not yet realized that the Indian and his culture were fundamental to the growth of Canadian institutions.

I like Colin Powell, I like his West Indian background, I like his intellect, I like a lot of things that he does and his style. What is at fault here is a policy that's taking this country to hell.

The United States, which would live on Christian principles with all of the peoples of the world, cannot omit a fair deal for its own Indian citizens.

I was once stranded on a broken-down boat in shark-infested waters in the middle of the Indian Ocean for five days before we were rescued while doing a 'Vogue' shoot.

I think that the farmer displaces the Indian even because he redeems the meadow, and so makes himself stronger and in some respects more natural.

This bird sees the white man come and the Indian withdraw, but it withdraws not. Its untamed voice is still heard above the tinkling of the forge... It remains to remind us of aboriginal nature.

One revelation has been made to the Indian, another to the white man.

Far from New England's blustering shore,New England's worm her hulk shall bore,And sink her in the Indian seas,Twine, wine, and hides, and China teas.

Ktaadnis an Indian word signifying highest land,... very few, even among backwoodsmen and hunters, have ever climbed it, andit will be a long time before the tide of fashionable travel sets that way.

The Indian's intercourse with Nature is at least such as admits of the greatest independence of each.

Trade and commerce, if they were not made of Indian rubber, would never manage to bounce over the obstacles which legislators are continually putting in their way.

I have much to learn of the Indian, nothing of the missionary.

As the Indian government has embraced greater economic openness, the creativity and expertise of the Indian workforce has been unleashed onto the world economic stage.

My parents don't care what Americans think of us; we just care what the other Indian people in our community think of us.

I don't want to collect Indian art, though pots and beadwork and blankets made by Indians remain the most beautiful art objects in the American West, in my opinion.

Paraguayans have no Italian blood and are half Guarani [Indian] blood. And the Chileans call themselves "the English of South America," which actually couldn't be further from the truth.

Ere the blabbing eastern scout, The nice morn, on th' Indian steep From her cabin'd loop-hole peep.

The strangest part of Indian music is its lack of chords: There's no such thing as major or minor, and it's unusual to hear more than two different pitches at the same time.

I think it was so unfair that people attacked Freida Pinto for being an Indian, playing a Palestinian.

I think the Indian model of respecting the uniqueness of each religion and, of every state is what makes the country great.

The advantage my looks gave me was that I wasn't limited to just playing Indian roles when I was abroad, and I've been abroad for almost twenty-five years.

I don't listen to Bollywood music much. But yes I listen to Indian music quite often and other non- film music.

I have been getting offers from international artistes for collaboration all across the globe, but I prefer to work with Indian artistes.

Women are outperforming men in almost every sphere of life in our society and the women of East Indian ancestry are no exception to this rule. They have broken the cultural mould.

People are rushed and inspired by the success of Indian writers, and are falling over themselves to write novels. Every Indian is writing a novel right now. No one wants to revise.

Russell Means is quite a legend in the Indian community for what he's been able to achieve. It was a real honor to work with a guy who's been on the front lines of fighting for what he believes in.

I'm just as white as I am black, and I'm just as Russian Jew as I am West Indian.

I used to be fond of Indian arm wrestling.

Usually the Indian people are outsiders who have to look up at the people who look down.

I'm an Indian-origin painter. I will remain so to my last breath.

I am an Indian and a painter, that's all.

This is the problem with being Indian. It's hard to be one of the family members. Everybody is white usually [in the movie].

It would be a sad day for India if it has to inherit the English scale and the English tastes so utterly unsuitable to the Indian environment.

No matter what the cause was and wherever it was, Indian governments must never requisition the services of British soldiers to deal with civil disturbances.