Tonto Quotes & Sayings

Shane, how many ways must I say it? I don't want to be introduced as your girlfriend, especially in front of your family."
"I'll call you Tonto, my sidekick. You can pretend I hired you for the event to provide security."
"You're the one with Native American blood, not me."
"Oh, now I get it. You want to muscle in on my territory and play the Lone Ranger role. Sorry, Doc. That takes horsemanship skills of which you have none. Now, if you'd let me take you on a trail ride or two, get you up to snuff, I might consider it. — Carol Devine

When I played Tonto in 'The Lone Ranger' and was playing the older Tonto, I would just leave the makeup on and go to sleep because it was a four or five hour job; it was, from the waist up, all over me. — Johnny Depp

To deny oneself is to be aware only of Christ and no more of self, to see only him who goes before and no more the road which is too hard for us. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

I had a moment to visualize Larry out in the dark all alone, unarmed except for his cross. The thought made my skin cold. I opened my mouth to yell at him and closed it. Never dress anyone down in public unless it's an object lesson. I said, "Any tracks?" I gave myself a dozen brownie points for yelling.
"Do I look like Tonto? Beside the ground is just grass and it's been so dry lately. I don't think there'd be any tracks. — Laurell K. Hamilton

Now, nakedness is a delightful condition. And it keeps you very pleasantly cool - especially, I suppose, if you happen to be a man. But as I walked on eastward that afternoon through my private, segregated, Tonto world (exercising due care at first for previously protected sectors of my anatomy) I found I had gained more than coolness. I felt a quite unexpected freedom from restraint. And after a while I found that I had moved on to a new kind of simplicity. A simplicity that had a fitting, Adam-like, in-the-beginning earliness about it. — Colin Fletcher

I thought about getting out and looking for some kind of clue, until I realized how silly that was. Did I think I was Tonto, faithful Indian guide? I couldn't look at a bent twig and tell how many white men had been past in the last hour. — Jeff Lindsay

Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove. — Juvenal

No matter how softly you whisper a prayer, God hears and understands. — Tonto Dikeh

The Lone Ranger of vampires. Did that make me Tonto? — Robin McKinley

Every good soldier is trained for the battle field. God is prepping you my darlings. — Tonto Dikeh

Don Jazzy and I have a past, I never dated Wizkid — Tonto Dikeh

When I am asked what my vision for the Brooklyn Tabernacle is, I always respond, "I don't have one. Last time I read my Bible, it said it was Christ's church, not mine. — Jim Cymbala

Well the Lone Ranger and Tonto, they are riding down the line fixing everybody's troubles, everybody except mine. — Bob Dylan

I trust the universe to bring me everything I need at the right time context and order. — Tonto Dikeh

I recognize no obligations toward men except one: to respect their freedom and to take no part in a slave society. — Ayn Rand

In your flaws are hidden your strength. Your perfect imperfection will lead you to change. — Tonto Dikeh

He made my life hell. Him and Tonto over there." Daniel glared toward Nick. "Poor little Clay. He has problems. He's had a tough life. You should be nice to him. You should make friends with him. That's all I ever heard. All they saw was a cute little runt of a wolf cub. He bared his teeth and they
thought it was cute. He ordered us around like a miniature Napoleon and they thought it was cute. Well, it wasn't cute from where I was standing. It was - "
I held up my hand. "You're ranting."
"What?"
"Just wanted to let you know. You're ranting. It's kinda ugly. Next thing you know, you'll be laying out your plans for world domination. That's what all villains do after they rant about their motivation. I was hoping you'd be different. — Kelley Armstrong

It's hard to be optimistic on the reservation. When a glass sits on a table here, people don't wonder if it's half filled or half empty. They just hope it's good beer. Still, Indians have a way of surviving. But it's almost like Indians can easily survive the big stuff. Mass murder, loss of language and land rights. It's the small things that hurt the most. The white waitress who wouldn't take an order, Tonto, the Washington Redskins. — Sherman Alexie

I had a blast writing the Ranger in 'The Great Dinosaur Rush' for the Moonstone collection. The story turned out to be twice as long as it was supposed to be, but I was having fun. I even showed the Ranger in his 'old prospector' disguise, and I had some nice exchanges between the Ranger and Tonto. — Mel Odom

I think I'm losing my bottle. I think I'm going tonto. — Martin Amis

Your present challenges or limitations cannot stop you from becoming what God has ordained you to be. — Tonto Dikeh

I appreciate the mistakes I made in the past cause it is shaping my future. — Tonto Dikeh

For those hours on the Tonto Trail, we didn't know anything except the land and the sky and our bodies. I was free from everything except what I was doing at that very moment, floating between what was and what would be as surely as I was suspended between river and rim. Finally I remembered what I had found in ultrarunning. I remembered what I had lost. — Scott Jurek

Every beautiful creature," she says. "Lives inside a cage. — Brian Kirk

My mother taught me not to take any crap from anyone and to stand up for my rights. You might not believe this lesson came from a tiny Japanese woman, but it's true. — Guy Kawasaki

Remember it doesn't take the same minute to make Indomie like it does to make Jollof rice. — Tonto Dikeh