Memorable Quotes from Powers Boothe
2 quotesConfrontation Escalates Among the Earp and Ringo
Virgil Earp
What do you want, Ringo?
Johnny Ringo
I want your blood...and I want your souls. And I want em both right now.
Wyatt Earp
We don't want any more trouble.
Johnny Ringo
Well, you've got trouble! And it starts with you.
[points to Wyatt]
Wyatt Earp
I'm not gonna fight you, Ringo, there's no money in it. Sober up. C'mon boys.
[opens his coat, showing he's not armed; Earp brothers start to walk away]
Johnny Ringo
Wretched slugs. Don't any of you have the guts to play for blood?!
Doc Holliday
I'm your huckleberry. That's just my game.
[steps forward, one gun in a shoulder holster in full view, holding his other behind his back]
Johnny Ringo
Alright, lunger, you go to hell. I'll put you outta your misery!
Doc Holliday
Say when!
Curly Bill
Johnny, don't!
Curly Bill
Don't mind him. He's just drunk, that's all.
[chuckles]
Johnny Ringo
No! I want them spitting blood!
Curly Bill
Easy, son, easy. Now ain't the time! I tell you, boys, even I'm worried what's going to happen once Ringo runs this outfit. God have mercy!
[Johnny staggers away and runs into some coffins at the funeral parlor, knocking them over]
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Confrontation Among Notorious Figures in Tombstone
Curly Bill
Wyatt Earp, huh? Heard of you.
Ike Clanton
Listen now, Kansas Law Dog. Law don't go around here, savvy?
Wyatt Earp
I'm retired.
Curly Bill
Good. That's real good.
Ike Clanton
Yeah, yeah, that's real good, law dog. Cause the law just don't go around here.
Wyatt Earp
Yeah, I heard you the first time. Winner to the king. $500.
[draws a card, to Curly Bill; Morgan pays Curly Bill out]
Curly Bill
Shut up, Ike.
Johnny Ringo
And you must be Doc Holliday.
[steps up to Doc]
Doc Holliday
That's the rumor.
Johnny Ringo
You retired too?
Doc Holliday
Not me. I'm in my prime.
Johnny Ringo
Yeah, you look it.
Doc Holliday
And you must be Ringo. Look, darling, Johnny Ringo. The deadliest pistoleer since Wild Bill, they say. What do you think, darling? Should I hate him?
Kate
You don't even know him.
Doc Holliday
Yes, but there's just something about him. Something around the eyes, I don't know, reminds me of... me. No. I'm sure of it, I hate him.
Wyatt Earp
He's drunk.
[to Ringo]
Doc Holliday
In vino veritas.
[When I drink, I say the truth]
Johnny Ringo
Age quod agis.
[Do what you do best]
Doc Holliday
Credat Judaeus apella, non ego.
[I don't believe drinking is what I do best]
Johnny Ringo
Eventus stultorum magister.
[pats his gun; Fools must learn from experience]
Doc Holliday
In pace requiescat.
[smiles; It's your funeral]
Fred White
Come on boys. We don't want any trouble in here. Not in any language.
Doc Holliday
That's Latin, darlin'. Evidently Mr. Ringo's an educated man. Now I really hate him.
[to Kate]
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