Molly Stark Wood: I have several little boys just your age.
The Virginian: Do book learnin' do a cowhand any good?

- Gary Cooper (as The Virginian) in The Virginian (1929)

Steven 'Steve': The only thing I don't like about this stealin' business is the hard work.
Trampas: [laughs] Hard work but easy pickin's.

- Walter Huston (as Trampas) in The Virginian (1929)

Trampas: This world isn't big enough for the both of us!

- Walter Huston (as Trampas) in The Virginian (1929)

Trampas: Well, I heard the only way a man can get shot in the back is runnin' away.

- Walter Huston (as Trampas) in The Virginian (1929)

Trampas: Well, who's talkin' to you?
The Virginian: I'm talkin' to you, Trampas!
Trampas: When I want to know anything from you, I'll tell ya, you long-legged son-of-a -...
The Virginian: [Trampas stops talking abruptly as the Virginian's pistol is pressed against his abdomen] If you want to call me that, smile!
Trampas: With a gun against my belly, I - I always smile!
[He grins broadly]

- Walter Huston (as Trampas) in The Virginian (1929)

Trampas: You're liable to talk yourself into a heap of trouble, my friend.
The Virginian: Since when was I your friend, Trampas?

- Gary Cooper (as The Virginian) in The Virginian (1929)