From John Wayne's films True Grit and Rooster Cogburn:
"I do not fear a skunk, I merely do not care for its odor." - Eula Goodnight
"Mr. Rat, I have a writ here that says you are to stop eating Cheng Lee's cornmeal forthwith. Now, It's a rat writ, writ for a rat, and this is lawful service of same! See? He doesn't pay any attention to me. (BAM! he shoots the rat) You can't serve papers on a rat, baby sister. You either kill him or let him be." - Rooster Cogburn
To the Texas Ranger: "How long you boys down there been mounted on sheep?" - Rooster Cogburn
Attorney: How many men have you shot since you became a marshal, Mr. Cogburn?
Rooster: I never shot nobody I didn't have to.
Attorney: That was not the question. How many?
Rooster: Uh… shot, or killed?
Attorney: Oh, let us restrict it to killed, so that we may have a manageable figure!
Rooster: Well, twelve to fifteen, stopping men in flight and defending myself.
Attorney: Twelve to fifteen? So many that you cannot keep an accurate count! I have examined the record, Mr. Cogburn. A much more accurate figure is available. Come now — how many?
Rooster: Counting them two Whartons… twenty-three.
Attorney: Twenty-three men in four years. That makes about six men a year!
Rooster: It's a dangerous business.
My regards,
Widewing
