The Cowboys (1972) Quotes with Sound Clips - page 4

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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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31 All right. We've seen what you can do with a boy. How are you when they come a little bigger?

— Wil Andersen (John Wayne)

32 And come with grit teeth. 'Cause, gentlemen, that's when school really begins.

— Wil Andersen (John Wayne)

33 Boys are always guilty of something nasty. What could it be this time, I wonder?

Jebediah Nightlinger (Roscoe Lee Browne)

34 Carry your weight, boy.

— Wil Andersen (John Wayne)

35 Gambling's a sin. -So what? This ain't gamblin', it's stealin'. -That's a bigger sin. -Not if you don't get caught.
36 He doesn't even wash his hands before he puts 'em in the pot. I do.

Jebediah Nightlinger (Roscoe Lee Browne)

37 How old are you? -I just turned 13. -Really? You know, by the time I was your age, I had already killed a man. You done anything like that? I'll bet not.

— Asa Watts (Bruce Dern)

38 I don't steal off you and you don't off me, not even a pinch of pie.

Jebediah Nightlinger (Roscoe Lee Browne)

39 Since you mean to hang me... I'd like to atone to my Maker.

Jebediah Nightlinger (Roscoe Lee Browne)

40 Well, I can't say I always decide right.

— Wil Andersen (John Wayne)

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