Now that we are poor, we are free. No white man controls our footsteps.

Inside of me there are two dogs. One is mean and evil and the other is good and they fight each other all the time. When asked which one wins I answer, the one I feed the most.

As individual fingers we can easily be broken, but all together we make a mighty fist.

What treaty have the Sioux made with the white man that we have broken? Not one. What treaty have the white man ever made with us that they have kept? Not one.

It does not take many words to tell the truth

If we must die, we die defending our rights.

They claim this mother of ours, the Earth, for their own use, and fence their neighbors away from her, and deface her with their buildings and their refuse.

I wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle.

The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it.

Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love!

Our religion seems foolish to you, but so does yours to me. The Baptists and Methodists and Presbyterians and the Catholics all have a different God. Why cannot we have one of our own?

The blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into it.

I believe in a higher power and I believe in good and bad, right and wrong. You sleep in the bed you make.

Of the 50 largest companies in the United States, you are the only woman CEO. Why?

Her strength was in the integrity of her actions; she never compromised what she believed she ought to do.

by night only crazy things like the full moon and the whippoorwill and us, are busy.

I don't think there's anybody in America who thinks my personality is best suited to being Number Two.

Unless something real cool comes along, I will probably be doing features, so long as I can make a living doing that. Otherwise, I will do another show.

It is inevitable when one has a great need of something one finds it. What you need you attract like a lover.

No half measures. Some things can’t be cut in half. You can’t half-love someone. You can’t half-betray, or half-lie.

I love playing and chatting with children...feed ing and putting them to bed with a little story, and being away from the family has troubled me throughout my...life.