Compiled by the editors of True West

If you realize you are a fool, you are halfway to not being a fool.”

“James B. Mills is what I always hoped my ‘Young Guns’ might ignite. He’s gone deep into the caliche.” — John Fusco, praising Mills’ recent books on the hispanic connections to Billy the Kid

Kid’s least favorite coffee?” Maxwell House

“The only thing more expensive than education is ignorance.” —Benjamin Franklin

“The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.” — Bertrand Russell

“I’ve never made plans. I’m too busy.” —Bob Weir

“Opposition is necessary. Anger is natural. Courage is indispensable.” —David French

“Michael Antrim, the grandson of Claude Louis Antrim, who is suspected of having been Joseph McCarty-Antrim’s son. This could be the face of Billy the Kid’s great grandnephew. Those top front teeth certainly bear some resemblance..” — Researched and found by Susan Stevenson and James Townsend

“Everything an Indian does is in a circle because the power of the world always works in circles.” —Black Elk (Hehaka Sapa)

“I’ll never forget my grandfather’s last words to me: Are you still holding the ladder?” —Old Gen Z nugget