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Best lines

posted 17 years ago by Skragg
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One of the best (already mentioned here) is "You are not worth the reversal of a Custer order." Ususally his ego is blamed for getting people killed (on BOTH sides), but here, his ego SAVED someone!
Another one (though I don't remember just how it goes) is when the con man played by Martin Balsam tells Jack that he lived with the chief too long, because after living with him, he isn't cynical enough to be a good con man. In other words, he's criticizing an Indian for being philosophical, instead of criticizing him for being a savage!

[–] asoloway 14 years ago

6aye Dunaway had to good ones. Here's my fave:

Moses was a Hebrew. Jesus was a gentile like you and me.

"Who put the pineapple juice in my pineapple juice?"

[–] idcook 14 years ago

… but sometime, grass don’t grow, wind don’t blow and the sky ain’t blue.

“Your thinking is untidy, like most so-called thinking today.” (Murder, My Sweet)

[–] thepartydjz 14 years ago

"Do ya wanna eat?"

[–] donh-10 13 years ago

"Poor Caroline never did have no luck with men"

[–] winterview 13 years ago

Jack, in reference to Younger Bear;

the most dangerous kind of Indian there is

(hope I got that right from memory)

[–] dini0519 12 years ago

Grandfather: My heart soars like an eagle-whenever he sees Little Big Man after a long period of time.

Dini

[–] colabama 9 years ago

@ dini0519 yes,my favourite line too

[–] dini0519 9 years ago

Wasn't it wonderful? ^5

[–] csteve67 12 years ago

Olga: Ya Da' rest...You NEEDS it!

"Vive la mort, vive la guerre, vive le sacre mercenaire."

[–] TongueFu 12 years ago

The preacher on the stagecoach carrying Jack and Olga into the west, as it's being attacked by Indians: "...the lord spake and he said..." (THWACK!) as the arrow passes through the bible into his heart.

Tonto: "What do you mean We, Kemosabe?"

[–] bbbaldie 11 years ago

"Does she respond with pleasant enthusiasm when you mount her?"

[–] davechoc 8 years ago

"My heart soars like a hawk!".

[–] ElKabong1940 (323) 5 years ago

Custer: "You want me to think you don't want me to go down there, but you want me to go down there!"