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Guns4 quotes
Every gun makes its own tune. — Blondie · 1966You see in this world there's two kinds of people, my friend—those with loaded guns and those who dig. You dig. — Blondie · 1966There are only two things more beautiful than a good gun—a Swiss watch or a woman from anywhere. — Cherry Valance · 1948Well, if it ain't loaded and cocked, it don't shoot! — Rooster Cogburn · 2010Courage3 quotes
They tell me you're a man with true grit. — Mattie Ross · 2010Friend, there's nobody up there shooting back at you. It isn't always being fast or even accurate that counts. It's being willing. I found out early that most men, regardless of cause or need, aren't willing. They blink an eye or draw a breath before they pull a trigger. I won't. — J.B. Books · 1976No, we will not die like dogs, we will fight like lions because we are the three amigos! — Dusty Bottoms · 1986Facing one's fears3 quotes
Friend, there's nobody up there shooting back at you. It isn't always being fast or even accurate that counts. It's being willing. I found out early that most men, regardless of cause or need, aren't willing. They blink an eye or draw a breath before they pull a trigger. I won't. — J.B. Books · 1976No, we will not die like dogs, we will fight like lions because we are the three amigos! — Dusty Bottoms · 1986In a way, all of us has an El Guapo to face someday. For some, shyness might be their El Guapo. For others, a lack of education might be their El Guapo. For us, El Guapo is a big, dangerous guy who wants to kill us. But as sure as my name is Lucky Day, the people of Santa Poco can conquer their own personal El Guapo, who also happens to be the actual El Guapo! — Lucky Day · 1986Death2 quotes
We brought nothing into this world and it's certain we can carry nothing out. The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord. Amen. — Thomas Dunson · 1948You never had a rope around your neck. Well, I'm going to tell you something. When that rope starts to pull tight, you can feel the devil bite your ass! — Tuco · 1966Fear of death2 quotes
I'm a dying man, scared of the dark. — J.B. Books · 1976You never had a rope around your neck. Well, I'm going to tell you something. When that rope starts to pull tight, you can feel the devil bite your ass! — Tuco · 1966Killing someone2 quotes
It's a hell of a thing, killin' a man. You take away all he's got and all he's ever gonna have. — Bill Munny · 1992You shoot to kill, you better hit the heart. — Joe (A Fistful of Dollars) · 1964Law enforcement2 quotes
Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges. — Gold Hat · 1948You risk your skin catchin' killers and the juries turn 'em loose so they can come back and shoot at ya again. If you're honest, you're poor your whole life, and in the end you wind up dyin' all alone on some dirty street. For what? For nothin'. For a tin star. — Martin Howe · 1952Men and women2 quotes
I know enough about men to steer clear of them. — Eula · 1975Jefe, you do not understand women. You cannot force open the petals of a flower. When the flower is ready, it opens itself up to you. — El Guapo · 1986Police2 quotes
Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges. — Gold Hat · 1948You risk your skin catchin' killers and the juries turn 'em loose so they can come back and shoot at ya again. If you're honest, you're poor your whole life, and in the end you wind up dyin' all alone on some dirty street. For what? For nothin'. For a tin star. — Martin Howe · 1952Rule of law2 quotes
I know those law books mean a lot to you, but not out here. Out here a man settles his own problems. — Tom Doniphon · 1962People gotta talk themselves into law and order before they do anything about it. Maybe because down deep they don't care. They just don't care. — Martin Howe · 1952Women2 quotes
Jefe, you do not understand women. You cannot force open the petals of a flower. When the flower is ready, it opens itself up to you. — El Guapo · 1986There are only two things more beautiful than a good gun—a Swiss watch or a woman from anywhere. — Cherry Valance · 1948Aging1 quote
Value this time in your life kids, because this is the time in your life when you still have your choices, and it goes by so fast. When you're a teenager, you think you can do anything, and you do. Your twenties are a blur. Your thirties, you raise your family, you make a little money and you think to yourself, "What happened to my twenties?" Your forties, you grow a little pot belly you grow another chin. The music starts to get too loud and one of your old girlfriends from high school becomes a grandmother. Your fifties you have a minor surgery. You'll call it a procedure, but it's a surgery. Your sixties you'll have a major surgery, the music is still loud but it doesn't matter because you can't hear it anyway. Seventies, you and the wife retire to Fort Lauderdale, you start eating dinner at two o'clock in the afternoon, you have lunch around ten, breakfast the night before, you spend most of your time wandering around malls looking for the ultimate soft yogurt and muttering, "how come the kids don't call? How come the kids don't call?" The eighties, you'll have a major stroke, and you end up babbling to some Jamaican nurse who your wife can't stand but who you call mama. Any questions? — Mitch Robbins · 1991American West1 quote
This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend. — Maxwell Scott · 1962Anti-intellectualism1 quote
Evidently, Mr. Ringo's an educated man, how I really hate him. — Doc Holliday · 1993Anticipation1 quote
You know, the worst ain't so bad when it finally happens. Not half as bad as you figure it'll be before it's happened. — Curtin · 1948Authority1 quote
Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges. — Gold Hat · 1948Baseball1 quote
No, I like baseball. I just never understood how you guys can spend so much time discussing it. I mean, I've been to games, but I don't memorize who played third base for Pittsburgh in 1960. — Bonnie Rayburn · 1991Being a man1 quote
You're a good looking boy, you have big broad shoulders, but he is a man. It takes more than big broad shoulders to make a man, Harvey, and you have a long way to go. — Helen Ramirez · 1952Buckling under pressure1 quote
Friend, there's nobody up there shooting back at you. It isn't always being fast or even accurate that counts. It's being willing. I found out early that most men, regardless of cause or need, aren't willing. They blink an eye or draw a breath before they pull a trigger. I won't. — J.B. Books · 1976Character1 quote
They tell me you're a man with true grit. — Mattie Ross · 2010Civilization1 quote
Well, they're saved from the blessings of civilization. — Doc Josiah Boone · 1939Clothes make the man1 quote
How can you trust a man who wears both a belt and suspenders? The man can't even trust his own pants. — Frank (Once Upon a Time in the West) · 1968Clothing1 quote
How can you trust a man who wears both a belt and suspenders? The man can't even trust his own pants. — Frank (Once Upon a Time in the West) · 1968Conscience1 quote
Conscience. What a thing. If you believe you got a conscience it'll pester you to death. But if you don't believe you got one, what could it do t'ya? — Fred C. Dobbs · 1948Corrosive effects of wealth1 quote
Yeah, I know what gold does to men's souls. — Howard · 1948Curiosity1 quote
I'm curious what makes you so curious. — Django · 2012Downsides of wealth1 quote
Yeah, I know what gold does to men's souls. — Howard · 1948Facing death1 quote
You never had a rope around your neck. Well, I'm going to tell you something. When that rope starts to pull tight, you can feel the devil bite your ass! — Tuco · 1966Fear1 quote
You know, the worst ain't so bad when it finally happens. Not half as bad as you figure it'll be before it's happened. — Curtin · 1948Finality of death1 quote
It's a hell of a thing, killin' a man. You take away all he's got and all he's ever gonna have. — Bill Munny · 1992