"If he [Tom Chaney] is not in a shallow grave somewhere between here and Fort Smith, he is gone, long gone. Thanks to …"

"[Opening voice-over, as an adult] People do not give it credence that a young girl could leave home and go off in the…"

"And "futile," Marshal Cogburn, "pursuit would be futile"? It's not spelled "f-u-d-e-l.""

"[Final voice-over, as an adult, after learning of Rooster's death] I had the body removed to our plot, and I have vis…"

"I do not entertain hypotheticals. The world as it is, is vexing enough."

"I would not pay three hundred and twenty-five dollars for winged Pegasus!"

"Repentant condemned man: [sobbing] Ladies and gentlemen, beware, and train up your children in the way that they shou…"

"Unrepentant condemned man: Well, I killed the wrong man is the which of why I'm here. Had I killed the man I meant to…"

"Condemned Indian: Before I am hanged, I would like to say— [executioner places hood over his head]"

"You go for a man hard enough and fast enough, he don't have time to think about how many's with him; he thinks about …"