Bite the Bullet (1975)

Jan-Michael Vincent: Carbo

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Quotes 

• [Carbo's abusive riding tactics have killed his horse] 

  Sam Clayton : Bury him.

  Carbo : What with?

  Sam Clayton : Your god-damned hands!

  [to reporter] 

  Sam Clayton : See he does it. You see to it!

  Carbo : What he said, is it that important?

  Reporter : Must be, he said it twice.

• Carbo : Hey, British! Drink to the winner.

  [Carbo throws Norfolk a bottle of whiskey] 

  Norfolk : Thank you. I haven't really won the race yet, however.

• Luke Matthews : You certainly have a knack of provoking a man to violence.

  Carbo : All I said was she...

  Luke Matthews : It was the way you said it - like it was an insult.

  Carbo : Hell, yeah, when a woman does it for money...

  Luke Matthews : A man always gets the best of the bargain. Before you take her to bed, she's a thing of beauty. In bed, an angel of mercy. And afterwards, she's a...

  Carbo : Whore!

  Luke Matthews : ...a pillow piece.

• Carbo : That sonofabitch tried to kill me.

  Luke Matthews : Oh, he couldn't'a tried very hard.

• Carbo : Hey, old man, thought sure you cashed it in.

  Mister : Not 'til I'm back in Oklahoma.

  Carbo : I'd rather be in Hell than Oklahoma!

  Mister : Every man to his own country.

• Carbo : All this hardware... I ain't never been in a gunfight.

  Miss Jones : Killing a man don't prove you're a man.

• Carbo : Whiskey for me and beer for my horse!

• Reporter : Two important regulations. Rule One...

  Carbo : Win!

  Reporter : Rule One: each horse must carry no less than 160 pounds including rider, saddle and extras. Rule Two: You'll be issued a compass and a map for each leg of the race. On it, you will find the safest route. You don't need to take it. You do have to make every checkpoint. Miss one, you're disqualified - out of the race. Any questions? Jump off time - six in the morning.

• Carbo : [after the Mexican has killed a snake about to strike]  Jesus!

  Mexican : He is generous today.