Quotes

Listed below are the available quotes for you to choose from. If you see a quote you like, but it is not on a piece on the site, contact KC at info@lipstickranch.com and order a piece with your favorite quote-in your favorite colors.

KC Willis Quotes

"If I was a lady nobody would remember me...Can’t have that."

"I ain’t afraid to wear a dress, I ain’t afraid to wear britches...I ain’t afraid of nothin."

"I like my men young, lean and conspicuously armed."

"Sometimes I hold a gun and sometimes I hold a man. Either way I’m livin’ dangerous-like."

"I took to makin’ trouble like most women take to makin’ biscuits."

"Pa said I could have my choice of any man. Rather have my choice of any horse."

"Never crossed my mind that I couldn’t out-shoot a man."

"When I need money I rob a stagecoach. Heck, the boys do it all the time."

"A girl with a husband can be limited in what she can do. A girl with a rifle ain’t got that problem."

"I can hit what I aim for. Some folks I know would do well to remember that."

"Got my rifle and a one-way ticket west. Don’t need nothin’ else."

"When the mans hits the target they call him an expert marksman. When I make the mark they call it a trick. Never did like that much."

"I told Pa we wanted to go home. He says we are home."

"I may look like a girl on the outside but inside I’m all cowboy."

"There’s more to me than my rifle."

"I wear a skirt, I carry a gun and I do as I please. I’ve got a good life."

"I figure if a girl wants to be a legend, she should just go ahead and be one."

"I like my horse. He don’t behave any differently ‘cause I’m female."

"In the East a girl’s gotta have charm. In the West all she needs is a rifle. Charm can come later."

"The cowboys are always looking for heroes, but they never look my way. They should. I teach the children."

"We growed up regular. Our Mamas taught us right. Reckon we just got bored."

"The only direction I’m aware of is West."

"I thought about being a lady...then they told me I couldn’t cuss."

"I didn’t mean to shoot him...he just sorta leaned into my bullet."

"I figured if I could run a household I could run a ranch. I figured right."

"Ain’t afraid to love a man and I ain’t afraid to shoot one."

"Made friends with freedom a long time ago."

"I reckon a girl can do anything she sets her mind to."

"I tried to like dresses, but they didn’t like me."

"I ride with the Dalton Gang...we don’t exactly ride sidesaddle."

"Watching for rustlers don’t leave me much time for watchin’ for a husband. More fun watchin’ for rustlers."

"I’d give a fella my hand in marriage, but he’d have to get my gun out of it first."

"They said they would make me a legend among men, but I wanted to be a hero among women."

"A girls’ got every right to be the center of attention."

"I walk with freedom everyday. I carry it in my heart...the strongest part of a woman. No one can take that away."

"My hands are strong, my back is strong, but most importantly my heart is strong."

"I came west to find a husband...I found myself instead."

"The land can be greedy. I takes everything you got and comes back for seconds. Don’t scare me none, though."

"It’s a hard life, but it’s all mine."

"I ain’t afraid to shoot good and I ani’t afraid to look good."

"I can shoot as good as any man and I look better doin’ it."

"Never did wanna play with dolls."

"Someday I’ll marry a cowboy, but first I wanna be one."

"It is in the generations to come that our success will be measured."

"In the raising of my children I will quietly leave my mark."

"Who would’ve thought that you could conquer the world with one little rifle."

"I had a friend once...then she stole my man. That’s when I got me a gun."

"They say that men are the backbone of the west, but we are the heart of it."

"I may look like a girl still, but it was the woman in me who made it over the mountains."

"They look up to the men for being brave and heading west. But we are the women, who raised the little boys who became those men."

"I teach my children what I know. I teach them to be strong."

"Pa said if I headed East I’d find a good husband...I’m headin’ West."

"Back East there were lots of men, but I wanted lots of sky."

"A girl can get so much more done wearin’ britches."

"Thought about raising a family, but decided I’d rather raise hell."

"My face makes ‘em smile...my brain makes ‘em run."

"I gamble with cards and I gamble with women. Cards ain’t near as scary."

"I am not afraid to be adored."

Angels-

"I send you hope-I send you wings either way you will fly."

"Peace can be found in the music of angels. Listen for it. It is everywhere."

"Feel the joy-embrace the power…of angel wings lifting you this hour."

"Post an angel at your door. Fear the darkness nevermore."

"The power of angels lies in those who honor their gifts."

Etc.

"A woman can accomplish so much more when wearing a tiara."

"I’ve got beauty, I’ve got brains and I know the importance of lipstick."

"I don’t know much about being a millionaire, but I net I’d be darling at it."

Iconic Women-

Frida…

"Diego…I am alone."

"Painting completed my life."

"I painted my own reality"

"My life has been like walking on a knife’s edge. I might fall off, but so what-I’d walk it again." O’Keeffe

"When O’Keeffe smiles the earth cracks open." Ansel Adams

"This insane view of life has much to be said for it." Virginia Woolf

"Dress shabbily they notice the dress. Dress impeccably they notice the woman." Coco Chanel