The Quick and the Dead Quotes

“I wonder why it is the man who pleads for mercy never gives it.”
― Louis L'Amour, The Quick and the Dead

“Out here you better have a gun, and a gun in the wagon ain't good for nothin'. I believe what the old Quaker said, 'Trust in the Lord, but keep your powder dry.”
― Louis L'Amour, The Quick and the Dead

“You never learn anything when you’re talkin’, boy, only when you’re listenin’.”
― Louis L'Amour, The Quick and the Dead

“Women were nothing if not realistic. They were practical. Their very nature as bearers of children made them so. For whenever they looked at a man there must always be the subconscious question of whether that man could take care of her and her children?”
― Louis L'Amour, The Quick and the Dead

“No, ma’am, but you have to fight for most of the things worth havin’…or somebody does.”
― Louis L'Amour, The Quick and the Dead

“You think too much. Thinkin’ never got a man any place. You start to study on things and all you get is mixed up.”
― Louis L'Amour, The Quick and the Dead