annie oakley

“ After traveling through fourteen foreign countries and appearing before all the royalty and nobility I have only one wish today. That is that when my eyes are closed in death that they will bury me back in that quiet little farmland where I was born. ”

“ When a man hits a target, they call him a marksman. When I hit a target, they call it a trick. Never did like that much. ”

“ My motherwas perfectly horrified when I began shooting and tried to keep me in school, but I would run away and go quail shooting in the woods or trim my dresses with wreaths of wildflowers. ”

“ A crowned queen was never treated with more reverence than I was by those whole-souled western boysAnd for seventeen long years I was just their little sister, sharing both their news of joy and sorrow from home. ”

“ Even in the best and most peacefully civilized countries many occasions arise when a woman versed in the knowledge and use of firearms may find that information and skill of great importance. ”

“ If love means that one person absorbs the other, then no real relationship exists anymore. Love evaporates; there is nothing left to love. The integrity of self is gone. ”

“ Aim for the high mark and you will hit it. No, not the first time, not the second time, and maybe not the third. But keep on aiming and keep on shooting for only practice will make you perfect. Finally, you'll hit the bulls-eye of success. ”

“ I ain't afraid to love a man. I ain't afraid to shoot him either. ”

“ I went all to pieces under the care of a home. ”

“ For me, sitting still is harder than any kind of work. ”