Memorable Quotes from Peter Fonda

17 quotes

Easy Rider

Desire for Identity and Self-Acceptance

Wyatt You ever want to be somebody else?

Stranger I'd like to try Porky Pig.

Wyatt I never wanted to be anybody else.

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3:10 to Yuma

The Justification of Violence in Conflict

Mark Evans If my pa wants to, he could shoot you dead. He can shoot a jackrabbit at 50 yards!

Dan Evans Shooting an animal's a lot different than, uh, shooting a man, son.

Ben Wade No, it isn't. Not in my opinion. We could ask Byron here. Now, Byron, he's killed dozens of people: Men and women and children, miners, Apache.

Byron McElroy Not a soul taken didn't deserve what it got.

Ben Wade Every way of man is right in his own eyes, Byron. The Lord ponders the heart. Proverbs 21.

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3:10 to Yuma

Confrontation Over Morality and Violence

Ben Wade Byron's like a song with one note. You ever read another book in your life, Byron, besides the Bible?

Byron McElroy No need.

Ben Wade Byron acts pious. Few years ago, when he was under contract to Central, I seen him and a bunch of other Pinks mow down 32 Apache women and children.

Byron McElroy Renegades... gunning down railroad men and their families. Picking em off the road one by one. Scalping em.

Ben Wade There was young ones running around crying and screaming. No more than three years old. And his boys shot em all then pushed em into a ditch. Some of them was still crying. But I guess Byron figured that Jesus wouldn't mind. Apparently Jesus don't like the Apache.

Byron McElroy Keep on talking... all the way to Yuma, right up them steps, to the rope, straight to Hell.

Ben Wade Day I die, Byron, I'm getting sprung from Hell.

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Easy Rider

A New Perspective on Each Day

Wyatt It gives you a whole new way of looking at the day.

[about marijuana]

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3:10 to Yuma

Confrontation Between Wade and McElroy

Byron McElroy If you're gonna kill me, just as soon get to it.

Ben Wade I ain't gonna kill you. Not like this.

Byron McElroy Won't change a thing, lettin me live. I'll come for you.

Ben Wade I'd be disappointed if you didn't.

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3:10 to Yuma

Plans for the Journey to Yuma

Byron McElroy We're taking you to Contention. Putting you on the 3:10 to Yuma day after tomorrow.

Tucker You shouldn't have told him that!

Ben Wade Relax, friend. Now if we get separated, I know where to meet up.

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Easy Rider

Struggles with Anger and Betrayal

Wyatt Oh Mother why didn't you tell me? Why didn't anybody tell me anything?...What are you doing to me now?...Shut up!...How could you make me hate you so?...Oh God, I hate you so much.

[while tripping on LSD]

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Easy Rider

Dreams and Disregard in Uncertainty

Billy Hey man, everything that we ever dreamed of is in that teardrop gas tank - and you got a stranger over there pourin gasoline all over it. Man, all he's got to do is turn and look over into it, man, and he can see that...

Wyatt He won't know what it is, man. He won't know what it is. Don't worry, Billy. Everything's all right.

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Easy Rider

Finding Clarity in Personal Journeys

Billy You're pulling inside, man. You're getting a little distance tonight.

Wyatt Yeah, well, I'm just getting my thing together.

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3:10 to Yuma

A Doctor's Unusual Patient Interaction

Byron McElroy What the fuck kind of doctor are you, anyway?

[notices horse anatomy diagrams]

Doc Potter It's nice to have a conversation with a patient for a change.

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Easy Rider

Navigating Time and Place in Life

Stranger When you get to the right place, with the right people, quarter this. You know, this could be the right place. The time's running out.

[giving Wyatt some LSD]

Wyatt Yeah, I'm, I'm hip about time. But I just gotta go.

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Easy Rider

Appreciating Independence and Self-Sufficiency

Wyatt No, I mean it. You've got a nice place. It's not every man that can live off the land, you know. You do your own thing in your own time. You should be proud.

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Easy Rider

Hope in Harsh Conditions

Billy This is nothing but sand, man. They ain't gonna make it, man. They ain't gonna grow anything here.

Wyatt They're gonna make it. Dig, man. They're gonna make it.

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The Limey

Dreams of a Familiar, Imagined Place

Terry Valentine Did you ever dream about a place you never really recall being to before? A place that maybe only exists in your imagination? Some place far away, half remembered when you wake up. When you were there, though, you knew the language. You knew your way around. That was the sixties. No. It wasn't that either. It was just 66 and early 67. That's all there was.

[pause]

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3:10 to Yuma

Confrontation Between Charlie Prince and Byron McElroy

Charlie Prince Morning Pinkerton. Name's Charlie Prince. I expect you heard of me.

Byron McElroy Well, I heard of a balled up whore named Charlie Princess. That you, missy?

Charlie Prince I hate Pinkertons.

[shoots Byron]

Easy Rider

Miscommunication Among Friends in Confinement

Billy I'm sorry about the misunderstanding.

George Hanson There was no misunderstanding. We're all in the same cage here.