Quotes About Cree

#1. There is no concept of justice in Cree culture. The nearest word is kintohpatatin, which loosely translates to "you've been listened to." But kintohpatatin is richer than justice - really it means you've been listened to by someone compassionate and fair, and your needs will be taken seriously.

Edmund Metatawabin

#2. English is so hierarchical. In Cree, we don't have animate-inanimate comparisons between things. Animals have souls that are equal to ours. Rocks have souls, trees have souls. Trees are 'who,' not 'what.

Tomson Highway

#3. You must know where you came from yesterday, know where you are today, to know where you're going tomorrow." -Cree saying

Trace A. DeMeyer

#4. We don't put gender roles on our marriage and our relationship. If I'm working a lot and Cory's home, he will put Cree to bed, and if dishes need to be washed, he will wash them. So it's not like, 'Oh, I'm going to wait until my wife gets home, and she's going to be doing all that.'

Tia Mowry

#5. Indigenous people have been tracking the same 'psychic virus' for many centuries, calling it 'wetiko' in Cree (windigo in Ojibwa, wintiko in Powhatan), a term that refers to a biologically wicked person or spirit who terrorizes others by means of evil acts.

Paul Levy

#6. Only when the last tree is cut; only when the last river is polluted; only when the last fish is caught; only then will they realize that you cannot eat money." The Cree Indians

Terry Ross

#7. I'm sorry I didn't slit your throat," Cree growled. "You'd be a heck of a lot quieter right now if I had.

Richard Brant

#8. Before, there had been this small, shiny thing inside her that kept her immune from what was happening, and now she knew it had only been her ignorance, and she felt herself falling into a deep, dark place.

Tatjana Soli

#9. You only live once so, lets make a difference people will remember.

Xena Thornton

#10. I am afraid, monsieur, you will have to kill me first, and I have a prejudice against being killed before nine o'clock.

Rafael Sabatini

#11. Children are great observers.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#12. You foolish man. Of course there's love. Don't you know? I love you.

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

#13. Life ain't easy and you don't get do over's so live it out loud with gusto.

Cree Nations

#14. I never doubted the issue from the beginning. I knew I was too good for Burns. I have forgotten more about fighting than Burns ever knew.

Jack Johnson

#15. Those who have an interest in keeping the machinery of war going will stop at nothing to make public opinion subservient to their murderous ends.

Albert Einstein

#16. Bravery is looking into her eyes without shivering and compromising.

M.F. Moonzajer

#17. Giving a veteran a flag is not a substitute for giving our vets the quality health care they were promised

Dick Durbin

#18. And I don't want to talk about it, because one day his name will brush against my lips in her presence, and through and involuntary blushing of the cheeks, a misting of the eyes, a breath drawn too tightly, or a single tear, the secret I'm supposed to keep locked up forever will be revealed

Sarah Ockler

#19. Nothing under the sun is greater than education. By educating one person and sending him into the society of his generation, we make a contribution extending a hundred generations to come.

Kano Jigoro

#20. When we deal with the name and reputation of another we deal with something sacred in the sight of the Lord.

Cree-L Kofford

#21. You're wrong,darlin', I got wild in me. And I'll never lose it. It's just that my wild is a safe place for you and it will always be. - Brock

Kristen Ashley

#22. If your personality is negative, it means that you do not have the confidence in God and in yourself that is your birthright.

Norman W. Walker