Quotes by Buffalo Bill

Buffalo Bill

American soldier, bison hunter, and showman

Lived from: 1846 - 1917

Born: 26 february 1846 Died: 10 january 1917

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  • Excitement was plentiful during my two years' service as a Pony Express rider.
    Buffalo Bills Life Story: An Autobiography
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  • Frontiersmen good and bad, gunmen as well as inspired prophets of the future, have been my camp companions. Thus, I know the country of which I am about to write as few men now living have known it.
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  • After crossing the Smoky Hill River, I felt comparatively safe as this was the last stream I had to cross.
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  • As a good horse is not very apt to jump over a bank, if left to guide himself, I let mine pick his own way.
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  • But the West of the old times, with its strong characters, its stern battles and its tremendous stretches of loneliness, can never be blotted from my mind.
    An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (1920)
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  • Every Indian outbreak that I have ever known has resulted from broken promises and broken treaties by the government.
    Buffalo Bill Museum (1995)
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  • Having secured my Indian actors, I started for Baltimore, where I organized my combination, and which was the largest troupe I had yet had on the road.
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  • I felt only as a man can feel who is roaming over the prairies of the far West, well armed, and mounted on a fleet and gallant steed.
    The life of Buffalo Bill
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  • I had many enemies among the Sioux; I would be running considerable risk in meeting them.
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  • I thought I was benefiting the Indians as well as the government, by taking them all over the United States, and giving them a correct idea of the customs, life, etc., of the pale faces, so that when they returned to their people they could make known all they had seen.
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  • It was because of my great interest in the West, and my belief that its development would be assisted by the interest I could awaken in others, that I decided to bring the West to the East through the medium of the Wild West Show.
    An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (1920)
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  • Major North and myself went out in advance of the command several miles and killed a number of buffaloes.
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  • Major North has had for years complete power over these Indians and can do more with them than any man living.
    The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout, and Guide: An Autobiography (1978 edition), U of Nebraska Press
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  • My brother was a great favorite with everybody, and his death cast a gloom upon the whole neighborhood.
    The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout, and Guide: An Autobiography (1978 edition), U of Nebraska Press
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  • My debut upon the world's stage occurred on February 26, 1845, in the State of Iowa.
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  • My great forte in killing buffaloes was to get them circling by riding my horse at the head of the herd and shooting their leaders. Thus the brutes behind were crowded to the left, so that they were soon going round and round.
    Buffalo Bills Life Story: An Autobiography (1920 edition), Courier Dover Publications
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  • My mother's sympathies were strongly with the Union. She knew that war was bound to come, but so confident was she in the strength of the Federal Government that she devoutly believed that the struggle could not last longer than six months at the utmost.
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  • My wife was delighted with the home I had given her amid the prairies of the far west.
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  • On reaching the place where the Indians had surprised us, we found the bodies of the three men whom they had killed and scalped, and literally cut into pieces.
    The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout, and Guide: An Autobiography (1978 edition), U of Nebraska Press
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  • Quick as lightning Wild Bill pulled his revolver. The stranger fell dead, shot through the brain.
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What are the most famous quotes from Buffalo Bill?

The two most famous quotes from Buffalo Bill are:

  • "Excitement was plentiful during my two years' service as a Pony Express rider."
  • "Frontiersmen good and bad, gunmen as well as inspired prophets of the future, have been my camp companions. Thus, I know the country of which I am about to write as few men now living have known it."

When did Buffalo Bill live?

Buffalo Bill was born in 1846 and died in the year 1917.