Rooster Cogburn (1975)
Katharine Hepburn: Eula
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Quotes
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[last lines]
Eula : Reuben, I have to say it. Livin' with you has been an adventure any woman would relish for the rest o' time. I look at cha, with your burned out face and your big belly and your bear-like paws and your shining eye, and I have to say you're a credit to the whole male sex, and I'm proud to have ya for my friend.
Rooster Cogburn : I'll be damned if she didn't get the last word in again. Well...
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Rooster Cogburn : Say, uh, there's one thing I would like to get straight.
Eula : Hmm.
Rooster Cogburn : We both know that the Lord brands lyin' a sin. You think He'll still smile on you after them whoppers you told in there?
Eula : And if thy words stray from the truth for the good of God's own, if thy intent be pure, thou shall not then be judged sinful.
Rooster Cogburn : Beautiful quotation. What book? What chapter?
Eula : I will confess, Reuben, it is of my own invention, I just made it up.
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Eula : Just to whom do you think you are talking, Mr. Marshall?
Rooster Cogburn : You is to whom I think I am talking, Ma'am.
Eula : It's true that you are larger than me... but only physically.
Rooster Cogburn : In this case, my dear lady, that is enough.
Eula : Do you mean to tell me that you are prepared to use brute force?
Rooster Cogburn : That is exactly what I mean.
Eula : [pause] Oh.
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McCoy : Do you know anything about rafts? There's rough water down river.
Rooster Cogburn : I can ride. Can't be much different.
McCoy : You ain't no sailor. I can see that. Water is like a woman: sly and fickle. You gotta watch it every minute.
Rooster Cogburn : You a sailor?
McCoy : I was once. Shanghai McCoy's my name. Been around the Horn, sailed the seven seas, seen everything, done everything, that's how I know people are rotten. I've seen 'em all.
Eula : You're wrong, old man. We're made in God's image, and goodness is in us. Even in you.
McCoy : Amazing! I never took you for a Bible-thumper.
Rooster Cogburn : Hold it. She is what she is 'cause she wants to be. That's the way you take her. Like me.
McCoy : You're wastin' your time preachin'. You too, Sister. I'm a ship that can't be salvaged.
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Eula : [Rooster is getting ready to take a swig of whiskey] Reuben, have you ever seen an enlarged picture of a drunkard's liver?
Rooster Cogburn : Damnation! Even in her sleep.
[hits head on bottom of wagon]
Rooster Cogburn : Ow!
[shouts]
Rooster Cogburn : Good night, Ms. Goodnight!
Eula : [whispers] Good night, Reuben.
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Eula : I do not fear a skunk. I simply do not care for its odor.
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Rooster Cogburn : How old are you?
Eula : Shall we say it has already struck midnight?
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Rooster Cogburn : Well, out in the territory, we prize a dead shot more'n we do a lady's charms.
Eula : Then I've come to the right place, haven't I? You mean the men in the West do not mind if their women outshoot and outsmart them?
Rooster Cogburn : If they're quiet about it. No, here we value a spirited woman almost as much as we do a spirited horse.
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Eula : [referring to her bible quotation] I will confess, Reuben, it is of my own invention. I just made it up!
Rooster Cogburn : Hallelujah and jubilee, that is one quotation I will remember!
Eula : And will you remember us, too, Reuben?
Rooster Cogburn : Longer than I'll remember that quotation, Miss Eula.
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Eula : [as Rooster first arrives at the mission] You're too late, lawman.
Rooster Cogburn : Too late to stop 'em, but not too late to hang 'em.
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Eula : There are nine men with him. How can you best them?
Rooster Cogburn : Well ma'am, I got my Navy Colt sidearm and a Winchester rifle on my saddle and a packet full of cartridges.
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Rooster Cogburn : That shows you know more about the Lord and His Good Book than you know about men!
Eula : That's my good fortune. I know enough about men to steer clear of them.
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Eula : [the Gatling gun falls in the river] The gun. The gun, Reuben! We've lost the gun!
Rooster Cogburn : Well, now, sister, just what the hell can I do about it?
