Top 30+ Famous Quotes from Westerns

Famous Quotes from Westerns – When you think of Western, you usually think of cowboys, gunfights, and horses. There are many things about a Western that make it memorable and oftentimes it’s the characters. While there are plenty of fun action scenes in Westerns, there are some characters that have delivered their share of memorable lines. There are also many characters that have become famous over time and these are some Famous Quotes from Westerns that showcase them:

• “It’s what people know about themselves inside that makes ’em afraid.” – The Stranger, High Plains Drifter (1973)
  
• “There is no shame in being poor! Only in dressing poorly.” – Bunny Wigglesworth, Zorro, the Gay Blade (1981)
  
• “We’ll give you a fair trial – followed by a first-class hangin’.” – Sheriff Cobb, Silverado (1985)
  
• “I seek righteousness. But I’ll take revenge.” – Widow, The Magnificent Seven (2016)
  
• “My mama always told me never put off till tomorrow people you can kill today.” – Doc Holiday, Wyatt Earp (1994)
  
• “Yes I do, your Honor. You can go to hell, hell, hell.” – William H. Bonney, Young Guns 2 (1990)
  
• “For a one-leg rancher… He’s one tough son of a bitch.” – Charlie Prince, 3:10 to Yuma (2007)
  
• “God invented the whiskey to keep the Irish from ruling the world.” – Rock Mullaney, Crossfire Trail (2001)
  
• “If I’d wanted your help, mate, I would’ve asked for it.” – Jessica Harrison The Man from Snowy River (1982)
  
• “Some of them, they load and load, they never fire. They just keep right on loading. Some of them come home with seven, eight bullets rammed up in the barrel, never fired a shot.” – Sergeant ‘Buster’ Kilrain, Gettysburg (1993)

Famous Quotes from Westerns: Before the 80s Edition

• “Get ready, little lady. Hell is coming to breakfast.” – Lone Watie, The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
  
• “Today is a good day to die.” – Old Lodge Skins, Little Big Man (1970)
  
• “This is going to be a very harsh and unpleasant business, and will take an equally harsh and unpleasant person to see to it.” – Martha McCandles, Big Jake (1971)
  
• “Swell party, where’s the whisky?” – Running Buffalo, McLintock! (1963)
  
• “You never know when a girl might need a bullet.” – Lola Manners, Winchester ’73 (1950)
  
• “Get up! Get up, you scum suckin’ pig.” Rio, One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
  
• “Make believe it’s nothing.” – Cheyenne, Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
  
• “Amongst lnjuns… a tribe’s greatness is figured on how mighty its enemies be.” – Del Gue, Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
  
• “Broaden your minds – have another beer. Have two.” – Mrs. Darcy, Man from Snowy River 2 (1988)
  
• “I’m lookin’ at a tin star with a… drunk pinned on it.” – Cole, El Dorado (1966)

Actors and Their Famous Western Movie Lines

• “You see, in this world, there’s two kinds of people, my friend – those with loaded guns, and those who dig. You dig.” – Clint Eastweed
  
• “When you have to shoot, shoot, don’t talk.” – Eli Wallach
  
• “What we got here is a failure to communicate.” – Paul Newman
  
• “Dyin’ ain’t much of a living, boy.” – Clint Eastwood
  
• “I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse.” – Marlon Brando
  
• “Ever notice how you come across somebody once in a while you shouldn’t have messed with? That’s me.” – Clint Eastwood
  
• “All Quiet on the Western Front.” – Erich Maria Remarque
  
• “Well, there are some things a man just can’t run away from.” – John Wayne
  
• “You gonna do somethin’? or are you just gonna stand there and bleed?” – Wyatt Earp
  
• “A man’s got to know his limitations.” – Harry Callahan

Famous Cowboy Quotes

• “When in Texas, do as the Texas do: Drive trucks, wear cowboy boots, and two-step!” -Kaitlyn Bristowe
  
•  “I’m an old-time cowboy. I’m an outlaw.” -Mike Hughes
  
• “Learn this well, the last ride is never the last ride. And the end is not the end.” -Richard Rowland
  
• “A cowboy is a man with guts and a horse.” -William James
  
• “Now you are thinking like a thief. Fewer guns and more exits. We’ll cure your cowboy ways yet.” -Richard Kadrey
  
• “You can tell a true cowboy by the type of horse that he rides.” -Cowboy saying

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