Tumbleweeds Quotes
[to his recalcitrant horse]
Satchel: Come on, Seabiscuit, back to the stable. This jockey's going to hitchhike home.
Satchel: Come on, Seabiscuit, back to the stable. This jockey's going to hitchhike home.
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Dr. Parker: Ladies and gentlemen, your reception does not go unrewarded. Doctor Parker's perfection performers invite you to a feast of fun and frolic free, gratis and for nothing. This way, please.
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Dr. Parker: Ladies and gentlemen, your reception does not go unrewarded. Doctor Parker's perfection performers invite you to a feast of fun and frolic free, gratis and for nothing. This way, please.
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Dr. Parker: Well, if this is the way squatters live, I should think that they'd have been glad to get run off. I know I never could stand squatting.
Smiley: I never knew it was possible.
Dr. Parker: You never knew what was possible?
Smiley: To stand squatting.
Smiley: I never knew it was possible.
Dr. Parker: You never knew what was possible?
Smiley: To stand squatting.
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Gene Autry: Hadn't you better introduce me to your friend?
Jerry Brooks: Do you mean you don't know me? Why, I'm Jerry, Janet's little sister!
Gene Autry: The little freckle-faced kid that never could keep her stockings up?
Jerry Brooks: Uh-huh.
Gene Autry: I can't believe it! I don't know whether to kiss you or spank you.
Jerry Brooks: Don't you think I'm a little old to spank?
Gene Autry: I suppose you are. And it's probably a little too public to, ah, well anyway, it's too public.
Jerry Brooks: Do you mean you don't know me? Why, I'm Jerry, Janet's little sister!
Gene Autry: The little freckle-faced kid that never could keep her stockings up?
Jerry Brooks: Uh-huh.
Gene Autry: I can't believe it! I don't know whether to kiss you or spank you.
Jerry Brooks: Don't you think I'm a little old to spank?
Gene Autry: I suppose you are. And it's probably a little too public to, ah, well anyway, it's too public.
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Gene Autry: I'm no politician.
Mary Ford: You were no radio singer, either, until I shoved a microphone in front of you.
Mary Ford: You were no radio singer, either, until I shoved a microphone in front of you.
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Gene Autry: What's the fellow wanted for, Sheriff?
Sheriff Manton: Murder! If you see him, shoot first and shoot straight.
Sheriff Manton: Murder! If you see him, shoot first and shoot straight.
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Hutton: I'm working for the boys who know how to take care of me.
Gene Autry: Well, here's my way of taking care of boys like you.
[Gene slugs him]
Gene Autry: Well, here's my way of taking care of boys like you.
[Gene slugs him]
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Man in store: Say, maybe you're lookin' for Gene Autry. He's a right good singer. Got a ranch up the valley a-piece.
Storekeeper: It's down the valley.
Man in store: It's up.
Storekeeper: Tain't neither. It was up, but since the flood, it's down!
Storekeeper: It's down the valley.
Man in store: It's up.
Storekeeper: Tain't neither. It was up, but since the flood, it's down!
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Mary Ford: This is Mary Ford, your KYX news commentator spot broadcasting from the edge of the raging Green Valley flood waters. Hundreds of men are fighting desperately to hold the river in its course. Their own houses are underwater, but they're fighting to save the rest of the valley. If you'll stand by for just a minute, I'll try to get one of the workers to say a few words. Pardon me, won't you say a few words to the radio audience?
Gene Autry: No! Pile 'em high over there, boys! Hey, wait a minute - yes, I will. I just want to tell you people we wouldn't have suffered this loss of life and property if that cheap politician, Congressman Fuller, had put through that flood control bill.
Mary Ford: Hey! You want me to lose my job?
Gene Autry: What did you expect me to say? Having a wonderful time - wish you were here!
Gene Autry: No! Pile 'em high over there, boys! Hey, wait a minute - yes, I will. I just want to tell you people we wouldn't have suffered this loss of life and property if that cheap politician, Congressman Fuller, had put through that flood control bill.
Mary Ford: Hey! You want me to lose my job?
Gene Autry: What did you expect me to say? Having a wonderful time - wish you were here!
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Mary Ford: This is Mary Ford, your KYX news commentator spot broadcasting from the edge of the raging Green Valley flood waters. Hundreds of men are fighting desperately to hold the river in its course. Their own houses are underwater, but they're fighting to save the rest of the valley. If you'll stand by for just a minute, I'll try to get one of the workers to say a few words. Pardon me, won't you say a few words to the radio audience?
Gene Autry: No! Pile 'em high over there, boys! Hey, wait a minute - yes, I will. I just want to tell you people we wouldn't have suffered this loss of life and property if that cheap politician, Congressman Fuller, had put through that flood control bill.
Mary Ford: Hey! You want me to lose my job?
Gene Autry: What did you expect me to say? Having a wonderful time - wish you were here!
Gene Autry: No! Pile 'em high over there, boys! Hey, wait a minute - yes, I will. I just want to tell you people we wouldn't have suffered this loss of life and property if that cheap politician, Congressman Fuller, had put through that flood control bill.
Mary Ford: Hey! You want me to lose my job?
Gene Autry: What did you expect me to say? Having a wonderful time - wish you were here!
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McWade: They're comin' down the east road!
Autry Sr.: They'll never get this far. This wagon is loaded with dynamite. We'll mine the road at the bend and when the nesters get there, we'll see how high they can fly!
Autry Sr.: They'll never get this far. This wagon is loaded with dynamite. We'll mine the road at the bend and when the nesters get there, we'll see how high they can fly!
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Opening crawl: In the old West, there was no law. Men came, saw good land and took what they wanted - the stronger divided empires. Later arrivals asked only water and a plot of ground where they might live in peace. These were the Nesters. And the great land lords hated them. From this hatred came bitter range warfare.
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Opening crawl: In the old West, there was no law. Men came, saw good land and took what they wanted - the stronger divided empires. Later arrivals asked only water and a plot of ground where they might live in peace. These were the Nesters. And the great land lords hated them. From this hatred came bitter range warfare.
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Opening title cards: Water - man's greatest friend but unleashed - man's greatest foe.
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Smiley: You better keep this
[Harry's pistol]
Smiley: in case he wakes up.
Gene Autry: I don't need it. He's a friend of mine.
Smiley: In that case, I'll keep it. We may meet some more friends of yours.
[Harry's pistol]
Smiley: in case he wakes up.
Gene Autry: I don't need it. He's a friend of mine.
Smiley: In that case, I'll keep it. We may meet some more friends of yours.
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[first lines]
[leading the ranchers as they try battle mounting floodwaters]
Gene Autry: Watch out for a break on the left, men. Hey! Pile them four deep over there!
[leading the ranchers as they try battle mounting floodwaters]
Gene Autry: Watch out for a break on the left, men. Hey! Pile them four deep over there!
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[last lines]
Gene Autry: Folks, if you're as tired of listenin' to your favorite commentator as I am, you'll be glad to know this is her last broadcast. From now on, she'll do her broadcastin' from the kitchen, 'cause I'm going to marry her.
Gene Autry: Folks, if you're as tired of listenin' to your favorite commentator as I am, you'll be glad to know this is her last broadcast. From now on, she'll do her broadcastin' from the kitchen, 'cause I'm going to marry her.
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[first lines]
[leading the ranchers as they try battle mounting floodwaters]
Gene Autry: Watch out for a break on the left, men. Hey! Pile them four deep over there!
[leading the ranchers as they try battle mounting floodwaters]
Gene Autry: Watch out for a break on the left, men. Hey! Pile them four deep over there!
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[Gene and his friends chase away a would-be murderer]
Shorty: You shoulda shot the polecat when you had a chance!
Smiley: Yeah, but I ain't got no huntin' license.
Shorty: You shoulda shot the polecat when you had a chance!
Smiley: Yeah, but I ain't got no huntin' license.
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[Gene is treating Harry's gunshot wounds]
Gene Autry: Is that dope you sell really good for anything, Doc?
Dr. Parker: What? Doctor Parker's painless panacea is compounded from the healing roots and herbs brewed from the formula of a Kickapoo Indian chief whose daughter...
Gene Autry: I've heard that forty times a day for six months, but is it really good for anything?
Dr. Parker: Well, it won't hurt him any, but maybe we'd better get the iodine.
Gene Autry: Is that dope you sell really good for anything, Doc?
Dr. Parker: What? Doctor Parker's painless panacea is compounded from the healing roots and herbs brewed from the formula of a Kickapoo Indian chief whose daughter...
Gene Autry: I've heard that forty times a day for six months, but is it really good for anything?
Dr. Parker: Well, it won't hurt him any, but maybe we'd better get the iodine.
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[Harry waves his pistol at the medicine show performers]
Harry Brooks: Turn around and face the wall. Take a rope off this bundle, boy, and tie there hands behind them. Work fast! If I start to pass out, I may take some of you with me for luck!
Harry Brooks: Turn around and face the wall. Take a rope off this bundle, boy, and tie there hands behind them. Work fast! If I start to pass out, I may take some of you with me for luck!
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[last lines]
Gene Autry: Folks, if you're as tired of listenin' to your favorite commentator as I am, you'll be glad to know this is her last broadcast. From now on, she'll do her broadcastin' from the kitchen, 'cause I'm going to marry her.
Gene Autry: Folks, if you're as tired of listenin' to your favorite commentator as I am, you'll be glad to know this is her last broadcast. From now on, she'll do her broadcastin' from the kitchen, 'cause I'm going to marry her.
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Congressman Fuller: Did you hear what they said about me in that radio broadcast last night?
Stephen Holloway: Yes, I heard.
Congressman Fuller: That's liable to hurt my political career. I'll sue that station!
Stephen Holloway: You can sue anybody for telling the truth.
Congressman Fuller: But...
Stephen Holloway: Oh, button your mouth.
Congressman Fuller: But, he called me a cheap politician!
Stephen Holloway: What would you call yourself?
Stephen Holloway: Yes, I heard.
Congressman Fuller: That's liable to hurt my political career. I'll sue that station!
Stephen Holloway: You can sue anybody for telling the truth.
Congressman Fuller: But...
Stephen Holloway: Oh, button your mouth.
Congressman Fuller: But, he called me a cheap politician!
Stephen Holloway: What would you call yourself?
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Congressman Fuller: Did you hear what they said about me in that radio broadcast last night?
Stephen Holloway: Yes, I heard.
Congressman Fuller: That's liable to hurt my political career. I'll sue that station!
Stephen Holloway: You can sue anybody for telling the truth.
Congressman Fuller: But...
Stephen Holloway: Oh, button your mouth.
Congressman Fuller: But, he called me a cheap politician!
Stephen Holloway: What would you call yourself?
Stephen Holloway: Yes, I heard.
Congressman Fuller: That's liable to hurt my political career. I'll sue that station!
Stephen Holloway: You can sue anybody for telling the truth.
Congressman Fuller: But...
Stephen Holloway: Oh, button your mouth.
Congressman Fuller: But, he called me a cheap politician!
Stephen Holloway: What would you call yourself?
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Dr. Parker: I proclaim with pride, gentlemen, that we possess the most potent of panaceas for a plague-ridden people, and the most musical minstrels that ever mangled a melody.
Shorty: If you didn't have the latter, you wouldn't sell much of the former!
Dr. Parker: I resent that, sir! It's unbecoming a gentleman, a scholar and a good bassoon player.
Shorty: If you didn't have the latter, you wouldn't sell much of the former!
Dr. Parker: I resent that, sir! It's unbecoming a gentleman, a scholar and a good bassoon player.
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