Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dave Barry

Thus the white men and Native Americans were able, through the spirit of goodwill and compromise, to reach the first in what would become a long series of mutually beneficial, breached agreements that enabled the two cultures to coexist peacefully for stretches of twenty and sometimes even thirty days, after which it was usually necessary to negotiate new agreements that would be even more mutual and beneficial, until eventually the Native Americans were able to perceive the vast mutual benefits of living in rock-strewn sectors of South Dakota.

Eddie Izzard

So the American government lied to the Native Americans for many, many years, and then President Clinton lied about a relationship, and everyone was surprised! A little naive, I feel!

Beau Bridges

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.

Dennis Banks

What we did in the 1960s and early 1970s was raise the consciousness of white America that this government has a responsibility to Indian people. That there are treaties; that textbooks in every school in America have a responsibility to tell the truth. An awareness reached across America that if Native American people had to resort to arms at Wounded Knee, there must really be something wrong. And Americans realized that native people are still here, that they have a moral standing, a legal standing. From that, our own people began to sense the pride.

Carlos Mencia

Do you think we care about the feelings of Native Americans when we celebrate Columbus Day? That's the day that the white man discovered a land where Indians had been living for a few thousand years.

Black Elk

I saw more than I can tell / And I understood more than I saw.

Black Elk

The power of the world always works in circles.

Black Elk

Everything the Power of the World does is done in a circle.

Black Elk

Birds make their nest in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours.

Charlie Chaplin

What do you want a meaning for? Life is a desire, not a meaning.

Charles Spurgeon

Repentance and desires after holiness never be separated.

Charles Spurgeon

The more we pray, the more we shall want to pray. The more we pray, the more we can pray. The more we pray, the more we shall pray. He who prays little will pray less, but he who prays much will pray more. And he who prays more, will desire to pray more abundantly.

Charles Spurgeon

When God's mercies are coming, their footfalls are our desires to pray.

Charles Spurgeon

When you desire to be most alive to God, you will generally find sin most alive to repel you.

Alan Watts

For if you know what you want, and will be content with it, you can be trusted. But if you do not know, your desires are limitless and no one can tell how to deal with you. Nothing satisfies an individual incapable of enjoyment.

Alan Moore

The things we do without the fear of failure and the desire for success are the purest acts we'll ever do

Alan Chambers

My beliefs and my desires have changed. They have come into alignment with who he is and who he created you to be. And that's a wonderful thing and that's what we will always offer at Exodus.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

The desire to fulfill the purpose for which we were created is a gift from God.

David Shuster

MSNBC will never be as liberal as Fox is conservative.

Bernard Levin

The Stag at Bay with the mentality of a fox at large.

Aristophanes

A fox is subtlety itself.

Thomas Gray

Owls would have hooted in St Peter's choir,/ And foxes stunk and littered in St Paul's.

Donna Mills

One of my favorite movies is The Little Foxes.

Ambrose Bierce

Women and foxes, being weak, are distinguished by superior tact.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

I am a fox", the fox said.

D. B. Sweeney

I really like the way Fox handles their shows.

David Frum

Republicans originally thought that Fox worked for us, and now we are discovering we work for Fox