Memorable Quotes from James Craig
7 quotesThe Value of Good Neighbors
Jabez Stone
What do you have on your mind?
Daniel Webster
You, Jabez Stone. You and a lot of poor farmers hereabouts... all good men of the earth and in trouble because of you. Or am I wrong about those contracts?
Jabez Stone
Without me and my money they wouldn't have anything.
Daniel Webster
They'd have a good neighbor - and that's worth more than anything else... much, much more.
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The Value of a Soul in Wealth
Jabez Stone
What does it mean here, about my soul?
Mr. Scratch
Why should that worry you? A soul? A soul is nothing. Can you see it, smell it, touch it? No. This soul, your soul, are nothing against seven years of good luck. You'll have money and all that money can buy.
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Promises of Wealth vs. True Happiness
Jabez Stone
You promised me happiness, love, and friendship!
Mr. Scratch
Just a minute. I promised you money and all that money could buy. I don't recall any other obligations.
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Expressions of Love and Uncertainty
Tom Spangler
What d'ya want me to come to dinner for?
Diana Steed
Because I love you darling.
Tom Spangler
Every time you start that kinda talk, I wanna duck.
Diana Steed
But I do love you darling. And you love me too. You do, don't you? Yes you do.
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Justice and Judgment in Unusual Circumstances
Mr. Scratch
You shall have your trial, Mr. Webster. But I'm sure you'll agree, this is hardly the case for an ordinary jury.
Daniel Webster
Let it be the quick or the dead, so long as it is an American judge and an American jury!
Mr. Scratch
The quick or the dead! You have said it. You must pardon the leathery toughness of one or two.
[he stomps on the barn floor; a door opens]
Jabez Stone
Mr. Webster!
[afraid]
Mr. Scratch
Captain Kidd, he killed men for gold. Simon Girty, the renegade; he burned men for gold. Governor Dale, he broke men on the wheel. Asa, the Black Monk, he choked them to death. Floyd Ireson and Stede Bonnet, the fiendish butchers. Walter Butler, the king of the massacre. Big and Little Harpe, robbers and murderers. Teach, the cutthroat. Morton, the vicious lawyer. And General ], you remember him, no doubt.
[[Benedict Arnold]
Daniel Webster
A jury of the damned.
Mr. Scratch
Dastards, liars, traitors, knaves.
[laughs]
Daniel Webster
This is monstrous.
Mr. Scratch
You asked for a jury trial, Mr. Webster. Your suggestion – the quick or the dead.
Daniel Webster
I asked for a fair trial.
Mr. Scratch
Americans all.
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The Comforts of Waiting with Rum
Daniel Webster
How long do we have to wait?
Jabez Stone
Til midnight.
Daniel Webster
Oh, that's fine - then we have time to christen a jug. Old Medford rum: aahh, there's nothing like it. You know, somehow or other, waiting becomes wonderfully shorter with a jug. I saw an inchworm once take a drop of this and he stood right up on his hind legs and bit a bee! Will you have a nip?
[chuckles and takes a drink]
Jabez Stone
No, there's no joy in it for me.
Daniel Webster
Oh, come, come now. Just because you sold your soul to the devil that needn't make you a teetotaler.
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The Value and Use of Money
Jabez Stone
Money's a funny thing ain't it, Ma?
Ma Stone
I figure it depends a mite on how you get it and how you spend it.
Jabez Stone
But I don't spend any.
Ma Stone
But you should, son. That's all it's good for.
Jabez Stone
Do you really think that?
Ma Stone
That's just common sense. Now a man like Daniel Webster: guess they pay him high for what he does, but he's worth it. And he helps others... makes all the difference.
Jabez Stone
I know. But suppose a man got his money in bad ways?
Ma Stone
Wouldn't profit him none. You see, son: I'm old and I've lived. When a man gets his money in bad way... when he sees the better course and takes the worse... then the devil's in his heart. And that fixes him.
Jabez Stone
And yet... a man could change all that couldn't he?
Ma Stone
A man can always change things. That's what makes him different from the barnyard critters.
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