Once Upon a Time in the West Quotes
Frank's lieutenant : [ Morton just passed out 500 dollars each to four of Frank's men ] How do you, uh - how do you play this game, Mr. Morton?
Morton : It's very simple. As long as you use your head, you'll never lose.
Morton : It's very simple. As long as you use your head, you'll never lose.
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Morton : [ to Wobbles ] You should learn to live as if you didn't exist!
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Harmonica : [ to Frank, spotting a gunman above a painted clock ] Time sure flies! It's already past twelve.
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Cheyenne : [ to Jill ] You know what? If I was you, I'd go down there and give those boys a drink. Can't imagine how happy it makes a man to see a woman like you. Just to look at her. And if one of them should pat your behind, just make believe it's nothing. They earned it.
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Cheyenne : You deserve better.
Jill : The last man who told me that... is buried out there.
Jill : The last man who told me that... is buried out there.
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[ first lines ]
Station agent : Hey - hey hey hey hey, if you want any tickets, you'll have to go around to, eh, to, eh, the front of the, eh... oooh, well, I s'pose it'll be all right.
Station agent : Hey - hey hey hey hey, if you want any tickets, you'll have to go around to, eh, to, eh, the front of the, eh... oooh, well, I s'pose it'll be all right.
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Cheyenne : Hey what in the hell are you standing around for!
Cheyenne's Lieutenant : But chief, what are we supposed to do?
Cheyenne : What are you supposed to do? Build a station! Idiots! [ tosses them pickaxes and other tools ]
Cheyenne : I figure it ain't gonna look like much, but it'll be the first thing she sees, when she gets back.
Harmonica : [ looks up ] If she gets back.
Cheyenne's Lieutenant : But chief, what are we supposed to do?
Cheyenne : What are you supposed to do? Build a station! Idiots! [ tosses them pickaxes and other tools ]
Cheyenne : I figure it ain't gonna look like much, but it'll be the first thing she sees, when she gets back.
Harmonica : [ looks up ] If she gets back.
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Jill : You wake up one morning and say "World, I know you! From now on there are no more surprises!".
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Frank : You paid five thousand dollars for something that belongs to me! [ puts down a bunch of dollar bills ]
Frank : Five thousand... [ pulls out a silver dollar ]
Frank : Plus one! [ puts the dollar on the table ]
Frank : You got a right to make a profit too.
Frank : Five thousand... [ pulls out a silver dollar ]
Frank : Plus one! [ puts the dollar on the table ]
Frank : You got a right to make a profit too.
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Cheyenne : [ drinking coffee ] Good. My mother used to make it this way. Hot, strong, and good.
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Jill : [ stares at Harmonica from her window ] Cheyenne. What's he waiting for out there? What's he doing?
Cheyenne : He's whittling on a piece of wood. I got a feeling that when he stops whittling, something's gonna happen.
Cheyenne : He's whittling on a piece of wood. I got a feeling that when he stops whittling, something's gonna happen.
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Frank : Surprised to see me here?
Harmonica : I knew you'd come.
Harmonica : I knew you'd come.
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Jill : Hey, you know you're kind of a handsome man.
Cheyenne : But I'm not the right man.
Cheyenne : But I'm not the right man.
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Cheyenne : What the hell is this?
Harmonica : [ off screen ] Can't you see? [ emerges from behind a pile of wood ]
Harmonica : It's a station. And all around it a town. Brett McBain's town.
Cheyenne : [ starts to laugh ] Was he crazy, heh!
Harmonica : Yeah in a very special way. An Irishman. [ starts measuring out a square and hammers wood spikes into the ground ]
Harmonica : He knew someday or another that railroad through Flagstone would continue on west. So he looked over all this county here. Until he found this hunk of desert. Nobody wanted it! But he bought it. [ continues with work ]
Harmonica : Then he tightened his belt, and for years he waited.
Cheyenne : Waited for what?
Harmonica : For the railroad to reach this point.
Cheyenne : Ah, but how in the hell did he know the railroad would pass through his property?
Harmonica : Them steam engines can't roll without water. And the only water within fifty miles west of Flagstone is right here. Under this land!
Cheyenne : Ah ha, he was no fool, our dead friend, ah? [ chuckles ]
Cheyenne : He was gonna sell this piece of desert for his weight in gold, wasn't he?
Harmonica : [ looks at Cheyenne ] You don't sell the dream of a lifetime! Brett McBain wanted his station: he got the rights to build it.
Cheyenne : How do you know all this?
Harmonica : I saw a document. It was all in order, seals, signatures, everything! One thing though, in very small print, there is a short clause. Which says that McBain or his heirs lose all rights, if by the time the railroad reaches this point... [ turns to Cheyenne again ]
Harmonica : ...the station ain't built yet.
Harmonica : [ off screen ] Can't you see? [ emerges from behind a pile of wood ]
Harmonica : It's a station. And all around it a town. Brett McBain's town.
Cheyenne : [ starts to laugh ] Was he crazy, heh!
Harmonica : Yeah in a very special way. An Irishman. [ starts measuring out a square and hammers wood spikes into the ground ]
Harmonica : He knew someday or another that railroad through Flagstone would continue on west. So he looked over all this county here. Until he found this hunk of desert. Nobody wanted it! But he bought it. [ continues with work ]
Harmonica : Then he tightened his belt, and for years he waited.
Cheyenne : Waited for what?
Harmonica : For the railroad to reach this point.
Cheyenne : Ah, but how in the hell did he know the railroad would pass through his property?
Harmonica : Them steam engines can't roll without water. And the only water within fifty miles west of Flagstone is right here. Under this land!
Cheyenne : Ah ha, he was no fool, our dead friend, ah? [ chuckles ]
Cheyenne : He was gonna sell this piece of desert for his weight in gold, wasn't he?
Harmonica : [ looks at Cheyenne ] You don't sell the dream of a lifetime! Brett McBain wanted his station: he got the rights to build it.
Cheyenne : How do you know all this?
Harmonica : I saw a document. It was all in order, seals, signatures, everything! One thing though, in very small print, there is a short clause. Which says that McBain or his heirs lose all rights, if by the time the railroad reaches this point... [ turns to Cheyenne again ]
Harmonica : ...the station ain't built yet.
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Harmonica : Now I gotta go. Gonna be a beautiful town, Sweet water.
Jill : [ with tears ] I hope you'll come back someday.
Harmonica : Someday!
Jill : [ with tears ] I hope you'll come back someday.
Harmonica : Someday!
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