Quotes by Charles Marion Russell

I ain't no historian but I happen to savvy this incident.
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I ain't no historian but I happen to savvy this incident.
Spending that many hours in the saddle gave a man plenty of time to think. That's why so many cowboys fancied themselves Philosophers.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
The West is dead... you may lose a sweetheart but you won't forget her.
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The West is dead... you may lose a sweetheart but you won't forget her.
A pioneer destroys things and calls it civilization.
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A pioneer destroys things and calls it civilization.
I don't know the difference between a warm color and a cool one.
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I don't know the difference between a warm color and a cool one.
Talent is like a birthmark - it's a gift and no credit nor fault to those who wear them.
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Talent is like a birthmark - it's a gift and no credit nor fault to those who wear them.
The cowboy doesn't need an iron horse, but covers his country on one that eats grass and wears hair.
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The cowboy doesn't need an iron horse, but covers his country on one that eats grass and wears hair.