Angel and the Badman Quotes

Dr. Mangrum: But of course if you're determined to watch over him, Penny, perhaps you'd better take a pencil and paper with you. His first conscious words should be recorded. They may be of great interest to history... or more possibly to the United States Marshal! Who knows what violence is involved with his battered frame and his bullet holes.

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[Bradley has come into the saloon and tells Laredo that Quirt's waiting for him. Laredo gets up and pours himself a drink]
Laredo Stevens: Well, they say a cat's got nine lives. Maybe old Quirt's part cat.
Bradley: He also said he was curious to know how much whiskey it would take... to build up your nerve to come out.
Hondo Jeffries: You're fixin' to get your ears pinned back.
Laredo Stevens: There's a better pair of ears out in the street if you wanna pin somebody's ears back! [hands the glass to Bradley]
Laredo Stevens: Here, you drink this.
Bradley: Sure... if I don't have to stand near ya.
Laredo Stevens: Come on.
Hondo Jeffries: I wonder if that sharpshootin' marshal's around town?
Bradley: Oh, I saw him ride out of town an hour ago.
Hondo Jeffries: That's good. I wouldn't want him around here to spoil our play.
Laredo Stevens: Yeah. I bet that's just exactly how you meant that.

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[Dr. Mangrum has been tending to Penny after the accident with the wagon; he takes a bottle from his buggy, drinks, and offers the bottle to Quirt]
Dr. Mangrum: Drink? [no response from Quirt]
Dr. Mangrum: It's amazing the varied uses to which men put alcohol. To each different individual it's either a stimulant, a depressant or an anodine. Just now I'm using it as an anodine.
Quirt Evans: Get to the point.
Dr. Mangrum: The practice of medicine is one of the most infuriating professions known to man. It takes thirty years of experience to teach you that - in the final analysis - there's nothing to do but stand and watch.

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[after questioning Quirt about the cattle stampede near Casa Verdes, Marshal McClintock calls to his horse]
Territorial Marshal Wistful McClintock: C'mere, Jughead, you dollar-and-a-half brush-jumper! [he mounts]
Territorial Marshal Wistful McClintock: Well, I guess I missed you again, Quirt. But I'm patient. That's what hangs all you fellas in the end - I'm patient.

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[after Laredo visits the ranch and pays Quirt for the land, Quirt prepares to leave and puts some of the money in a can for the Worths]
Mrs. Worth: Oh no, Quirt, no!
Quirt Evans: What kind of a boarder do you think I am?
Thomas Worth: You can't do that. We'd tend to any wounded human... and not for pay.
Quirt Evans: You don't believe in force - so you can't force me to take it back.
Mrs. Worth: I'm afraid you're outwitted, Thomas.
Quirt Evans: How long have I been here?
Quirt Evans: Almost three weeks.
Quirt Evans: Kinda hate to get goin'.
Mrs. Worth: Oh, but you can't... your leg... you're in no condition to travel.
Quirt Evans: Don't worry. Your cooking's got me grained up and ready for market. Adios amigos.

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[Quirt got Frederick Carson to release some water, and they've come to the Worth farm]
Quirt Evans: [to Penny] Well, looks like your prayers straightened everything out.
Penelope Worth: So you think your gun changed Frederick Carson, hmm?
Quirt Evans: Who says I pointed a gun?
Penelope Worth: I do.
Quirt Evans: Well, I didn't.
Penelope Worth: Then he gave in more easily than I expected. Thee remember this, Quirt: the Lord moves in mysterious manner at times, using strange methods and odd instruments.
Quirt Evans: Me?
Penelope Worth: [nods "yes]
Quirt Evans: Well that would be odd.

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