The Back Country Quotes

Diane Jackson: [Awakened by distant gun shots]Are those hunters?
Jim Quaid: Only animals and murderers hunt at night.

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Jim Quaid: I'm just grateful you were there. He may have taught me everything I know about fishing, but you, you pretty much taught me everything else.
Chuck Quaid: Oh, I just taught you what he taught me.
Jim Quaid: But you didn't have to.
Chuck Quaid: Well I had no choice. I made a solemn promise to the old man and the good Lord that I'd always look after you and ma, you just don't break a promise like that.

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Hagen Keller: You know, it's hard to believe. I'm gonna make more money in one year, than my old man did slaving away at that mill in ten.
Martin McGlagen: I guess he'd be pretty proud of you huh?
Hagen Keller: No he wouldn't. [lights up his cigarette and takes a puff]
Hagen Keller: He never stole a dime in his life. You know, he actually believed that trash about an honest day's work for an honest day's pay. Well I never knew a man who worked harder. And what did he have to show for it? A mountain of debt and an early grave? Well, he couldn't even afford a proper burial. [takes another puff]
Hagen Keller: So much for an honest day's pay. No, he wouldn't be proud of me, but I think now, he'd understand why.

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Martin McGlagen: Sometimes I wonder if I'm killing myself in there.
Hagen Keller: You want to be rich, you've got to take a few risks.
Martin McGlagen: Risks I can handle, it's that stinkin' odor I can't stand.
Hagen Keller: That's what big money smells like. Get used to it.

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