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American Outlaws Quotes

"Sometimes the wrong side of the law is the right place to be."

PG-13 2001 · 1h 34m
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24 quotes
Communication Challenges in Relationships
Zee When were you plannin on telling me?
Jesse I just did!
Zee Only because I asked!
Jesse Damn, am I ever gonna win with you?
Zee Don't change the subject!
Change of Plans Before the Wedding
Zee There are certain things that have to wait until after the wedding.
Jesse Driver, change of plans. Can you take us to the nearest church, please?
Jesse Plans an Evening Out with Zee
Jesse Hey Doc, I was wonderin if, eh, later this evening I could come by?
Doc Mimms You're always welcome here, Jesse.
Jesse Yeah, I know, Doc, but well, I was thinking maybe I could come by and take Zee out. Some place near, with other folk. Near here, but... Out.
[clears throat]
Doc Mimms That's fine by me, Jesse.
Frank Oh, no worries, sir, I'll make sure they're properly chaperoned!
[with a grin]
Doc Mimms Why that hadn't even occurred to me, Frank. I am deeply in your debt.
Toughness and Fear in a Dangerous Town
Cole Younger You tell anyone I said this, I'll have to kill you, cause everyone knows I'm the toughest man in this town. But you are one terrifying son of a bitch with them guns.
A Threat of Power and Freedom
Jesse James If I can get you today, then you damn sure know I can kill you anytime I want now that I'm free. You sleep on that for the next twenty years.
Tension Among Outlaws Over Cole's Capture
Bob Younger They took Cole! They came up. They made the same offer they made you folks. Our little ] Jim tried to chase them off. One of the detectives hit him in the head and knocked him out. Cole lost his ].
[[brother; [temper]
Frank James Oh lord...
Bob Younger Well he just lost his ] a little!
[[temper]
Jesse James How many of them did he ] Bob?
[[kill]
A Plan of Inaction and Humor
Jesse So we got a plan?
Bob Yeah, my plan of lying here pissing myself seems to be working mighty fine, thank you!
Confrontation Between Jesse and Pinkerton
Jesse I should've just killed Thaddeus Reins.
Pinkerton That's what I'd have done.
Jesse I'm not hanged yet.
Pinkerton You cocky little bastard.
Jesse Oh, you'll miss me.
Pinkerton No... I'll hang you. But I might miss you a little bit.
Unlawful Fun and Adventure Await
Taglines This Much Fun Can't Be Legal!
Naming the Gang Debate
Cole Why the hell aren't we the "Younger-James" gang? I mean we got three Younger brothers and two James brothers.
Jim Well, I kinda like the sound of the "James-Younger" gang.
Cole Hey Jim, I'll beat the piss out of you right now, now stay out of this.
Bob Oh, Jimmy's got a point, Cole. The "Younger-James" gang is confusing.
Cole How's that, Bob?
Bob Well, say we burst into a bank and we go, "We're the Younger-James gang!" Now people are gonna be thinkin', "The younger James gang? Is there an older James gang? How come we never heard of the older James gang?" So people are tryin to figure that out instead of raisin their arms.
Conflict Between Pinkerton and Jesse James
Pinkerton Tennessee. The railroad has no business in Tennessee, therefore I have no interest in the state of Tennessee.
Jesse Thank you.
Pinkerton I'd just as soon kill you, Jesse James. But chasing you takes up too much of my time.
The Charismatic Life of Jesse James
Zee Hmm...
[while reading a book]
Jesse Hmm" what?
Zee But the life of the James gang wasn't all robbing and shooting and killing. For these young Missouri bucks had a taste for the ladies. Especially the handsome and charismatic Jesse James.
Jesse I beg your pardon!
Zee Blazing Guns of The West: The True Story of Jesse James. Only a dime in the hotel lobby.
Jesse Let me see that.
Zee Oh, I'm not finished. "When he sauntered into a saloon, his spurs jangling and his pockets full of gold, the ladies flocked around him like flies to a candied apple." As I said... hmm.
Politeness in the Face of Crime
Jesse James Just because we're robbing a bank doesn't mean there's no reason not to be polite.
Shakespeare's Influence on Perspectives and Culture
Frank From women's eyes this doctrine I derive, they sparkle still the right Promethean fire. They are the books, the arts, the acedemes that show, contain and nourish all the world.
Cole Well, I don't know what it is that you just said, but it sounded real nice.
Frank That's Shakespeare. Now he's European.
Allan Pinkerton on Provoking the Wrong People
Allan Pinkerton My professional opinion is that you've managed to piss off the wrong bunch of farm boys this time.
The Morality of Law and Outlaws
Taglines Sometimes the wrong side of the law is the right place to be.
Questioning Decisions in a Changing Landscape
Jesse A war against the railroad... what the hell was I thinking?
Frank Well, I'm sure it seemed like a good idea at the time.
Reflections on Growth and Maturity
Jesse James You got big. I mean, you aged. What I mean is in a good way you got big and older.
[to Zee]
A Conversation About Zerelda's Transformation
Frank That Zerelda turned into a hell of a woman, eh?
Jesse Oh yeah.
Frank Big and older"?
Jesse You can shut up now, Frank.
Frank You are a charmer.
Jesse I swear to god I will shoot you in your sleep.
Frank Next time try "Fat and haggard"!
Decisions in the Face of Uncertainty
Clell What'll we do?
Jesse Nothin'! You folks are gonna do nothin'! You're gonna go home right now, you too Doc, so you can swear on a Bible that you don't know anything about what's gonna happen tomorrow!
Doc Mimms Boys...
Jesse Doc! Go home. They ain't gonna hang no more Liberty boys.
Expressions of Concern Among Friends
Bob He's smiling.
Jim Is that bad?
Frank Very.
Embracing the Return of the Antihero
Taglines Bad Is Good Again.
Confrontation Over Vengeance
Thaddeus Reins What the hell is that?
Pinkerton Vengeance.
Accusations Among Friends in Crisis
Bob They arrested Jesse! What have you done?
Cole What's that, Bob?
Bob What have you done, Cole?
Cole I ain't done nothing, Bob.
Bob Swear it. Swear on Jimmy's grave.
[points his gun at Cole]
Tom Bob, you know Cole would never do such a thing. He and Jesse are best friends, cousins, blood brothers. Bob...
Bob Sorry, Cole.
[lowers his gun]
Tom If I find out you had anything to do with what happened to Jesse... I'll kill you myself.