Chief Gray Cloud Quotes in The Frisco Kid (1979)

[to Tommy]

Chief Gray Cloud: ...And you, who speak to Indians as if to little children: Your heart is big. Not as big as your mouth, but you have good feelings inside.

Chief Gray Cloud: [in reference to Avram's god] What does he do?

Avram: He... He can do anything!

Chief Gray Cloud: Then why can't he make rain?

Avram: Because he doesn't make rain. He gives us strength when we're suffering. He gives us compassion when all that we feel is hatred. He gives us courage when we're searching around blindly like little mice in the darkness... but He does not make rain!

[Thunder and lightning begin, followed by a downpour]

Avram: Of course... sometimes, just like that, he'll change His mind.

Chief Gray Cloud: [Holding the Torah as he speaks to the Indians surrounding him] I have read this book!

Chief Gray Cloud: [Whispering to Avram] I did not understand one word.