Memorable Quotes from Walter Huston
23 quotesA Reluctant Invitation to a Village
Howard
He's insisting we return with him to his village and be his guests...He says if he doesn't pay off his debt, all the saints in heaven will be angry. This is no laughing matter. I'm afraid he's determined to take us with him, even if it means force.
[about the Indian chief, whose son he saved; Dobbs laughs]
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Political Maneuvering in Election Season
Daniel Webster
Oh, it's you again. What do you want?
Mr. Scratch
Well, with the presidential election coming up, I thought I could be of some help, sir.
Daniel Webster
I'd rather see you on the side of the opposition.
Mr. Scratch
Oh, I'll be there, too.
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The Value of Water Over Gold
Howard
This stuff wouldn't pay you dinner for a carload. Next time you fellas strike it rich, holler for me, will ya, before you start splashing water around. Water's precious. Sometimes it can be more precious than gold.
[about Dobbs and Curtin's "find"]
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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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Distinguishing Between Meat and Bandit Country
Howard
Meat's one thing and bandit's another. Bandit country is where we'll be going. We ought to have six hundred bucks between us.
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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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Eager Commitment to Adventure and Gold
Howard
Of course I'll go. Any time, any day. I was only waiting for one or two guys to ask me. Out for gold? Always at your service.
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Adventurous Journey into Untamed Wilderness
Howard
We're going into the country that's very wild and dangerous. Have to cut our way through jungles and climb mountains so high that rise above the clouds. With tigers so big and strong they can climb trees with burros in their mouths...Good! Glad to hear such tall tales cause that means mighty few outsiders have ever set foot there.
[translating for a shopkeeper]
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Expression of Daily Affection
Sam Dodsworth
Did I remember to tell you today that I adore you?
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The Irony of Fate in Treasure Hunting
Howard
Oh laugh, Curtin, old boy. It's a great joke played on us by the Lord, or fate, or nature, whatever you prefer. But whoever or whatever played it certainly had a sense of humor! Ha! The gold has gone back to where we found it!... This is worth ten months of suffering and labor - this joke is!
[about their gold dust being scattered by the wind]
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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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Embracing Freedom in Retirement
Sam Dodsworth
I'm out to make a new life for myself. I'm out to learn how to enjoy my leisure, now I've retired. I've been doing things people expected of me always. I want to feel free. I want to sit under a linden tree with nothing more important to worry about than the temperature of the beer, if there is anything more important.
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The Burden of Wealth and Property
Howard
Well, how does it feel, you fellers, to be men of property?
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Seeking Untrodden Paths in Prospecting
Howard
We gotta go where there's no trails at all - where you can be positive that no surveyor or anybody who knows anything about prospectin has ever been there before.
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Exploring the World and Self-Discovery
Sam Dodsworth
I'm out to see the world I haven't seen and get a perspective on the USA. I might get to know myself at the same time. I might even get to know my wife.
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Debate on Citizenship and Identity
Daniel Webster
This appears - mind you, I say appears - to be properly drawn. But you shan't have this man. A man isn't a piece of property. Mr. Stone is an American citizen... and an American citizen cannot be forced into the service of a foreign prince.
Mr. Scratch
Foreign? Who calls me a foreigner?
Daniel Webster
Well, I never heard of the de... I never heard of you claiming American citizenship.
Mr. Scratch
And who has a better right? When the first wrong was done to the first Indian, I was there. When the first slaver put out for the Congo, I stood on the deck. Am I not still spoken of in every church in New England? It's true the North claims me for a Southerner and the South for a Northerner, but I'm neither. Tell the truth, Mr. Webster - though I don't like to boast of it - my name is older in the country than yours.
Daniel Webster
Then I stand on the Constitution. I demand a trial for my client.
Mr. Scratch
You mean a jury trial?
Daniel Webster
I do! And if I can't win this case with a jury you'll have me, too. If two New Hampshire men aren't a match for the devil, we better give the country back to the Indians.
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Temptation in the Wilderness
Howard
Mr. Dobbs has made off with our goods and is on his way north. Well, I reckon we can't blame him too much...He's not a real killer as killer's go. I think he's as honest as the next fella - or almost. The big mistake was leaving you two fellas out there in the depths of the wilderness with more'n a hundred thousand between ya. That's a mighty big temptation, partner, believe me...Maybe if I'd've been young and been out there with either one of you, I might have been tempted too.
[to Curtin]
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The Uncertainty of Treasure Hunting
Howard
Now here's where we're bound for - hereabouts. It don't show properly whether it's mountain, swamp, or desert. That shows the makers of the map themselves don't know for sure. Now once on the ground, all we got to do is open our eyes and look around. Yeah, and blow our noses too. Believe it or not, I knew a feller once who could smell gold just like a jackass can smell water.
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The Importance of Beans in Tough Times
Howard
Hey you fellas, how about some beans? Ya want some beans? Goin through some mighty rough country tomorrow - you better have some beans!
[To Dobbs and Curtin, who are collapsed on the ground, too tired to eat]
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The Transformative Power of Gold
Howard
That's the gold. That's what it makes of us.
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Prioritizing Work Over Worrying About Goods
Howard
It's come around to me again, but I won't take my turn if you guys'll stop worryin about your goods and go to bed. We've got work to do tomorrow.
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A Difficult Farewell Between Two Loved Ones
Ann Rutledge
I know the truth, dear. It's goodbye.
Abraham Lincoln
No, no, Ann, dear. You're not going to leave me. I won't let you!
Ann Rutledge
We must be brave, dear... Don't take me away. Don't take me away! It's so dark and lonesome!
[looking up to the heavens]
Abraham Lincoln
Ann, you mustn't let go.
Ann Rutledge
If they'd sing, I wouldn't be so afraid. We will meet there, dear.
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Dreams and Longing in Lincoln's Life
Abraham Lincoln
You know, Ann, I... I've always done a lot of dreaming. And lately it seems when I dream, your face gets mixed up in it.
Ann Rutledge
Does it really, Abe? Tell me about them, Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln
Well, I... I feel as though I'm going to be seeing your face til the day I die. Course, I know that that'll be pretty hard on you to have to look at my face that long.
Ann Rutledge
Everybody to their own opinion.
Abraham Lincoln
Hmm?
Ann Rutledge
Well, I... I think it's the dearest, kindest, most beautiful face in the whole world.
Abraham Lincoln
Oh, Ann, Ann. Course, I know that's just flattery, but I love it.
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