The Magnificent Seven (2016) - Quotes

The Value of Justice in Numbers

Taglines: Justice has a number.

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A Father's Wisdom in Conversation

Goodnight Robicheaux: [pinned down by enemy fire] This reminds me of what my daddy always used to say.

Billy Rocks: What's that, Goody?

Goodnight Robicheaux: [pause; both laugh] Well, you know, my daddy said a lot of things.

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Cultural Heritage and Conflict in Conversation

Goodnight Robicheaux: What a merry band, we are. Me a Grey, Chisolm a Blue, Billy a mysterious man of the Orient, a drunk Irishman, a Texican, a female and her gentlemen caller. This is not going to end well.

Vasquez: I'm Mexican, cabrón. No such thing as a "Texican.

Goodnight Robicheaux: Try telling that to my granddaddy. He died at the Alamo. New Orleans Greys, long barracks, bayonets. Blood, teeth. Mauled by a horde of teeming brown devils.

Vasquez: My grandfather was one of those devils, you know. Toluca Battalion. Hey, maybe my grandfather killed your grandfather, huh?

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Uneven Exchanges Among Companions

Sam Chisolm: How are you doing?

Josh Faraday: So far, so good. I might need a new vest.

Sam Chisolm: Hey. Know what? We're even. For the horse, you don't owe me anything.

Josh Faraday: Well, you owe me.

Sam Chisolm: What's that?

Josh Faraday: Cover.

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Wit and Humor in Conversation

Josh Faraday: [townsfolk all staring as they eat their dinner] Like being in one of them damn zoos.

Goodnight Robicheaux: Fame is a sarcophagus.

Josh Faraday: You read those in a book, or you just make em up as you go?

Goodnight Robicheaux: I'll try to use one-syllable words from now on.

Josh Faraday: What... what's a syllable?

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Humor in Dark Situations

Josh Faraday: [pause] I ever tell you about a man I knew, fell off the roof of a five story building? Every floor he passed on the way down, they heard him yell, So far, so good! He's dead now. Hey, Sam, have I made good on my horse yet?

Sam Chisolm: So far, so good.

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Finding Hope in Despair

Goodnight Robicheaux: Why do you waste your time on a piece of rebel trash like me?

Sam Chisolm: What we lost in the fire, we will find in the ashes.

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Drunken Apology and Its Consequences

Drunk: I ain't paying for no damn cheat.

Friend: Don't mind him, Mr. Robicheaux. He's drunk. He don't mean anything by it.

Drunk: Goodnight Robicheaux? Sir, if I'd known that was your man, I never would have spoken so disrespectfully.

Goodnight Robicheaux: That's alright, son. You can just pay me double.

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The Dilemma of Violence and Choice

Preacher: The spirit is willing, but we are not killers.

Sam Chisolm: No one is, until they're looking down the barrel of a gun.

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A Job Offer in Uncertain Times

Josh Faraday: Our paths cross again. To what do I owe the pleasure?

Sam Chisolm: Took a job. Looking for some men to join me.

Josh Faraday: Is there money in it?

Josh Faraday: And who's she?

Sam Chisolm: Joan of Arc.

Emma Cullen: My name's Emma Cullen. And this is my associate, Teddy Q.

Josh Faraday: [tosses the bag back to her] Well, I do have an affinity for shiny things. Is it difficult?

Sam Chisolm: Impossible.

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Justice and Revenge in The Magnificent Seven

Emma Cullen: He made them murder my husband, he will take everything we have.

Sam Chisolm: So you seek revenge?

Emma Cullen: I seek righteousness, as should we all. But I'll take revenge.

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Reciprocity in Relationships

Vasquez: Well, the lady just did some poking and sticking for you. Maybe you should consider returning the favor, you know?

Vasquez Comments on Snoring Habits

Vasquez: [referring to the corpse in his hide-out] He doesn't snore much.

Courage and Honor in Sacrifice

Emma Cullen: [narrating] Whatever they were in life, here, at the end, each man stood with courage and honor. They fought for the ones who couldn't fight for themselves, and they died for them, too. All to win something that didn't belong to them. It was...magnificent.

A Call for Justice and Protection

Emma Cullen: Sir... I have a proposition. We're decent people being driven from our homes. Slaughtered in cold blood.

The Value of Service and Respect

Jack Horne: To be in the service of others, with men I respect, like you all, I shouldn't have to ask for more than that.

Confronting the Threat of a Gatling Gun

Goodnight Robicheaux: They got the devil's breath! They got a goddamn Gatling gun!

Luck and One-Eyed Jacks in Life

Josh Faraday: I always been lucky on one-eyed jacks.

A Humorous Observation on Unusual Sightings

Josh Faraday: [referring to Jack Horne] I believe that bear was wearing people clothes.

A Call for Justice and Remembrance

Sam Chisolm: [undoes his collar to reveal a scar on his throat] Pray with me, then. Let's pray. Pray for my mother, who your men raped. Pray for my sisters, who your men murdered. Did you pray when they strung me up?