William Barrett Travis: 11 Movie Quotes with Audio

Updated: Mar 23, 2026

Movie quotes spoken by William Barrett Travis, ranked by user ratings. Listen online or download free MP3 and WAV clips.

1 I don't drink. -Not ever? -No. -I've heard of such.

Davy Crockett (John Wayne), William Barrett Travis (Laurence Harvey) in The Alamo (1960)

2 My title is colonel. -Me, I'm a colonel, too. Wouldn't it sound kinda silly, the two of us chattering colonel, colonel, like a couple of marsh shield birds?

Davy Crockett (John Wayne), William Barrett Travis (Laurence Harvey) in The Alamo (1960)

3 What would you talk about? Oh, about freedom... liberty. -Well, they don't need any such speech. These men are from Tennessee.

William Barrett Travis (Laurence Harvey), Davy Crockett (John Wayne) in The Alamo (1960)

4 Don't tell my Tennesseans that. They think we came south to hunt and get drunk. -They seem to have accomplished that.

Davy Crockett (John Wayne), William Barrett Travis (Laurence Harvey) in The Alamo (1960)

5 Oh, Davy! If you only knew Mexico! It's wonderful! -I thought she was a burnt-over desert most of the time.

William Barrett Travis (Laurence Harvey), Davy Crockett (John Wayne) in The Alamo (1960)

6 It does sound too good to be true, I must confess. But we can only admit our doubts to each other. In the privacy of a room and not in front of the men.

Laurence Harvey in The Alamo (1960)

7 Oh, Will. Depend on you to say it the most brutal way. -Most facts are brutal.

Laurence Harvey in The Alamo (1960)

8 You got any dollars or acres? -I've got an extra suit of clothes. You know that.

Laurence Harvey in The Alamo (1960)

9 Took a long time for this night to get unexciting. It sure did. This is a mighty pretty one though.

William Barrett Travis (Laurence Harvey), Davy Crockett (John Wayne) in The Alamo (1960)

10 Ladies will take cover, please. Men, to your battle positions!

Laurence Harvey in The Alamo (1960)