The Cowboys (1972) Quotes with Sound Clips - page 3

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The best quotes from The Cowboys (1972), as voted by the site's visitors, featuring short sound bites.

Actors: John Wayne (Wil Andersen), Roscoe Lee Browne (Jebediah Nightlinger), Bruce Dern (Asa Watts)

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21 I'm proud of ya. All of ya. Every man wants his children to be better than he was. You are.

— Wil Andersen (John Wayne)

22 I've been drinking sour mash ever since. I was 17.

Jebediah Nightlinger (Roscoe Lee Browne)

23 If you're lying, remember one thing: I could swallow each of you whole, without choking. All I need to do is butter your heads and pin your ears back.

Jebediah Nightlinger (Roscoe Lee Browne)

24 Summer's over. -Just about.

— Wil Andersen (John Wayne)

25 They didn't even dig him a decent grave. -Well, it's not how you're buried, it's how they remember ya.

— Wil Andersen (John Wayne)

26 Was he a family man? Did he have any children? -Yes. -Well, then I carve: Beloved Husband and Father.
27 You're a quiet boy. If I had a prize, I'd give it to you, boy. I like quiet boys.

— Asa Watts (Bruce Dern)

28 You're staring at me, children! I feel your eyes on my back. Now why is that?

Jebediah Nightlinger (Roscoe Lee Browne)

29 Apple pie. Green apples sliced thin. Lard, flour, salt, water to bind. Sugar, cinnamon, a dab of butter. Three slashes on the crust, one for steam and two because your momma did it that way.

Jebediah Nightlinger (Roscoe Lee Browne)

30 I've seen 'em fight all day, from dawn to dark. Sometimes the young one wins, sometimes the old. Young one's got more muscle. Old one's got more experience.

— Wil Andersen (John Wayne)

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