American Outlaws (2001) - Quotes

The Morality of Law and Outlaws

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

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Unlawful Fun and Adventure Await

Taglines: This Much Fun Can't Be Legal!

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Embracing the Return of the Antihero

Taglines: Bad Is Good Again.

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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!

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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?

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Confrontation Over Vengeance

Thaddeus Reins: What the hell is that?

Pinkerton: Vengeance.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The Charismatic Life of Jesse James

Zee: [while reading a book] Hmm...

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.

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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!

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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: [points his gun at Cole] Swear it. Swear on Jimmy's grave.

Tom: Bob, you know Cole would never do such a thing. He and Jesse are best friends, cousins, blood brothers. Bob...

Bob: [lowers his gun] Sorry, Cole.

Tom: If I find out you had anything to do with what happened to Jesse... I'll kill you myself.

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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.

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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"!

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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.

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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.

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: [clears throat] 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.

Doc Mimms: That's fine by me, Jesse.

Frank: [with a grin] Oh, no worries, sir, I'll make sure they're properly chaperoned!

Doc Mimms: Why that hadn't even occurred to me, Frank. I am deeply in your debt.

Expressions of Concern Among Friends

Bob: He's smiling.

Jim: Is that bad?

Frank: Very.

Tension Among Outlaws Over Cole's Capture

Bob Younger: [[brother; [temper] 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 ].

Frank James: Oh lord...

Bob Younger: [[temper] Well he just lost his ] a little!

Jesse James: [[kill] How many of them did he ] Bob?

Bob Younger: Two.

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.

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.