A narrative of the life of David Crockett of the state Tennessee Quotes

“The general took much pains to reply to Alexander, but didn't so much as let on that there was any such candidate as myself at all. He had been speaking for a considerable time, when a large flock of guinea-fowls came very near to where he was, and set up the most unmerciful chattering that ever was heard, for they are a noisy little brute any way. They so confused the general, that he made a stop, and requested that they might be driven away. I let him finish his speech, and then walking up to him, said aloud, "Well, colonel, you are the first man I ever saw that understood the language of fowls." I told him that he had not had the politeness to name me in his speech, and that when my little friends, the guinea-fowls, had come up and began to holler "Crockett, Crockett, Crockett," he had been ungenerous enough to stop, and drive them all away.”
― David Crockett, A narrative of the life of David Crockett of the state Tennessee

“...I was certain his anger would hang on to him like a turkle does to a fisherman's toe...”
― David Crockett, A narrative of the life of David Crockett of the state Tennessee

“Fashion is a thing I care mighty little about, except when it happens to run just exactly according to my own notion...”
― David Crockett, A narrative of the life of David Crockett of the state Tennessee