Stagecoach Quotes

Marshal Curly Wilcox You, Doc?

Dr. Josiah Boone I'm not only a philosopher, sir, I'm a fatalist. Somewhere, sometime, there may be the right bullet or the wrong bottle waiting for Josiah Boone. Why worry when or where?

Marshal Curly Wilcox Yes or no?

Dr. Josiah Boone Having that philosophy, sir, I've always courted danger. During the late war - when I had the honor to serve the Union under our great president, ]... and General Phil Sheridan - well, sir, I fought mid shot and shell and cannon roar...

Marshal Curly Wilcox Do you wanna go back or not?

Dr. Josiah Boone No! I want another drink.

Taglines Thrills! Thrills! Thrills! See - The Apache Attack! Charge of the Cavalry! Fight to the Death On the Last Frontier of Wickedness!

Dallas Haven't I any right to live? What have I done?

Dr. Josiah Boone We're the victims of a foul disease called social prejudice, my child. These dear ladies of the Law and Order League are scouring out the dregs of the town. Come on. Be a proud, glorified dreg like me.

The Ringo Kid Well, there are some things a man just can't run away from.

The Ringo Kid Well, I guess you can't break out of prison and into society in the same week.

Ringo Kid Look, Miss Dallas. You got no folks... neither have I. And, well, maybe I'm takin a lot for granted, but... I watched you with that baby - that other woman's baby. You looked... well, well I still got a ranch across the border. There's a nice place - a real nice place... trees... grass... water. There's a cabin half built. A man could live there... and a woman. Will you go?

Dallas But you don't know me - you don't know who I am.

Ringo Kid I know all I wanna know. Will you go?

Dallas Oh, don't talk like that!

Taglines A Powerful Story of 9 Strange People!

Ed (editor) McCoy! Billy, kill that story about the Republican Convention in Chicago and take this down: "The Ringo Kid was killed on Main Street in Lordsburg tonight. And among the additional dead were..." Leave that blank for a spell.

McCoy, typesetter I didn't hear any shootin', Ed.

Ed (editor) You will, Billy, you will.

Marshal Curly Wilcox How bout you, Mr. Hancock?

Samuel Peacock Peacock. I'd like to go on, brother. I want to reach the bosom of my dear family in Kansas City, Kansas as quickly as possible; but, I may never reach that bosom if we go on... so, under the circumstances - you understand, brother - I think it best we go back with the bosoms... I mean the soldiers.

Henry Gatewood I can't get over the impertinence of that young lieutenant. I'll make it warm for that shave-tail! I'll report him to Washington. We pay taxes to the government and what do we get? Not even protection from the Army! I don't know what the government is coming to. Instead of protecting businessmen, it pokes its nose into business. Hmm. Why, they're even talking now about having bank examiners. As if we bankers don't know how to run our own banks. Why Boone, I actually have a letter from a popinjay official saying they were going to inspect my books. I have a slogan that should be emblazoned on every newspaper in the country. America for Americans. The government must not interfere with business! Reduce taxes! Our national debt is something shocking! Over one billion dollars a year! What this country needs is a businessman for President.

Taglines Danger holds the reins as the devil cracks the whip! Desperate men! Frontier women! Rising above their pasts in a West corrupted by violence and gun-fire!

Buck If I was you, I'd let them shoot it out.

Marshal Curly Wilcox Let who?

Buck Luke Plummer and the Kid. There would be a lot more peace in this territory if that Luke Plummer had so many holes in him he couldn't hold his liquor.

Marshal Curly Wilcox Come busting in here - you'd think we were being attacked! You can find another wife.

Chris Sure I can find another wife. But she take my rifle and my horse. Oh, I'll never sell her. I love her so much. I beat her with a whip and she never get tired.

Dr. Josiah Boone Your wife?

Chris No, my horse. I can find another wife easy, yes, but not a horse like that!

Dr. Josiah Boone Jerry, I'll admit as one man to another that, economically, I haven't been of much value to you. But do you suppose you could put one on credit?

Jerry (bartender) If talk was money, Doc, you'd be the best customer I got.