“I was just very interested in the American frontier and the growth of capitalism - those enormous fortunes that were being made, more often than not, on the blood of poor people, black people, Indian people. They were the ones who paid very dearly for those great fortunes.” PeopleMadeBlackGrowthPoorBloodCapitalismPaidFortuneEnormousIndianBlack PeoplePoor PeopleFrontiers Author:Peter Matthiessen
“Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. My folks were Indian. Both my mother and father had Cherokee blood in them. I was born and raised in Indian Territory. 'Course we're not the Americans whose ancestors came over on the Mayflower, but we met them at the boat when they landed.” IfsRunningMotherCoursesFatherBornBloodMetsDiversityRaisedFolksTrackBoatIndianTerritoryAncestorMother And FatherBorn And RaisedRight TrackCherokeeMayflower Author:Will Rogers
“I have Indian Blood in me. I have just enough white blood for you to question my honesty!” EnoughWhiteBloodHonestyIndianNativeNative AmericanIndian Wisdom Author:Will Rogers
“Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood... will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic.” IfsWould BeStrongNationsGrowthBloodProudIndiaDiedIndependenceIndianBe ProudIndependence DayGreat PatrioticIndependence Day PatrioticRepublic DayHappy Independence Day IndiaHappy Independence DayIndia Independence DayInspiring Independence DayIndian Independence DayIndian Patriotic Author:Indira Gandhi
“In 1879 the Bengali scholar S.M. Tagore compiled a more extensive list of ruby colors from the Purana sacred texts: ‘like the China rose, like blood, like the seeds of the pomegranate, like red lead, like the red lotus, like saffron, like the resin of certain trees, like the eyes of the Greek partridge or the Indian crane…and like the interior of the half-blown water lily.’ With so many gorgeous descriptive possibilities it is curious that in English the two ancient names for rubies have come to sound incredibly ugly.” TwoEyeCertainNamesSoundWaterHalfTreeBloodPossibilityColorRedSacredRoseAncientUglyChinaSeedsListsCuriousIndianGreekScholarInteriorsGorgeousLiliesRubiesLotusesBengaliTagoreCranesSaffronPomegranatesSacred TextsWater Lily Author:Victoria Finlay
“My father was one-eighth Cherokee indian and my mother was quarter-blood Cherokee. I never got far enough in arithmetic to figure out how much injun that made me, but there's nothing of which I am more proud than my Cherokee blood.” MadeEnoughHumorFunnyMotherFatherBloodFiguresProudIndianQuartersArithmeticCherokeeCherokee Indian Book:The Will Rogers scrapbook Source: The Will Rogers scrapbook
“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.” AmericaHalfBloodSouthIndianItalianSouth AmericaChileans Author:John Gimlette
“I'm part German and part Irish. In fact, there's even a town in Germany that was named after my family, Limbach or so forth. And I don't know. I might even have some Indian blood in there.” KnowsFactsMightBloodMy FamilyTownsIndianGermany Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I know you were surprised when, after the fall of Dacca, Pakistani and Indian officers shook hands. But do you realize that, up until 1965, in our army and the Pakistani one you could come across generals who were brothers? Blood brothers, sons of the same father and the same mother.” KnowsHandsMotherFallFatherRealizingBloodSonBrotherArmyIndianOfficersBlood Brothers Author:Indira Gandhi