Charles Marion Russell Quotes

#1. The West is dead ... you may lose a sweetheart but you won't forget her.

Charles Marion Russell

#2. 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.

Charles Marion Russell

#3. 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.

Charles Marion Russell

#4. Talent is like a birthmark - it's a gift and no credit nor fault to those who wear them.

Charles Marion Russell

#5. Spending that many hours in the saddle gave a man plenty of time to think. That's why so many cowboys fancied themselves Philosophers.

Charles Marion Russell

#6. The cowboy doesn't need an iron horse, but covers his country on one that eats grass and wears hair.

Charles Marion Russell

#7. I ain't no historian but I happen to savvy this incident.

Charles Marion Russell

#8. A pioneer destroys things and calls it civilization.

Charles Marion Russell