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Quotes from The Big Country (1958)

28 quotes
Alfonso Bedoya
James McKay: [attempting to ride "Old Thunder"] Any advice?
Ramón Guiteras: Yes! Don't do it.
- Alfonso Bedoya (as Ramón Guiteras) in The Big Country (1958)

Gregory Peck
James McKay: I was just about finished if it's okay with you.
- Gregory Peck (as James McKay) in The Big Country (1958)

Gregory Peck
James McKay: I'm not going to go on living in the middle of a civil war.
- Gregory Peck (as James McKay) in The Big Country (1958)

Gregory Peck
James McKay: Tell me Leech, what did we prove?
- Gregory Peck (as James McKay) in The Big Country (1958)

Charlton Heston
Steve Leech: All I can say, McKay, is you take a helluva long time to say good-bye.
- Charlton Heston (as Steve Leech) in The Big Country (1958)

Charlton Heston
Steve Leech: I don't know that I would wear that hat too long around here, Mr. McKay.
James McKay: Oh, why not?
Steve Leech: Oh, one of these wild cowboys might take it into their head to shoot it off ya.
- Charlton Heston (as Steve Leech) in The Big Country (1958)

Charlton Heston
Steve Leech: You know, McKay, you're a bigger fool than I thought you were. And to tell you the truth, that just didn't seem possible.
- Charlton Heston (as Steve Leech) in The Big Country (1958)

Chuck Connors
Buck Hannassey: Remember, the Terrills ain't no friend of ours.
Julie Maragon: I'll choose my own friends.
Buck Hannassey: Oh, that won't do. You got to be on one side or the other. You can't have it both ways.
- Chuck Connors (as Buck Hannassey) in The Big Country (1958)

Burl Ives
Buck Hannassey: You want me, Pa?
Rufus Hannassey: Before you was born I did.
- Burl Ives (as Rufus Hannassey) in The Big Country (1958)

Burl Ives
Rufus Hannassey: [examining McKay's dueling pistols] These guns loaded?
James McKay: All but the caps. They haven't been fired for a long time - the vents will have to be cleared out. I'll do it for you, if you like.
Rufus Hannassey: Teach your grandmother to suck eggs! I've been handling guns like this, flintlock and caplock, since before you were born.
- Burl Ives (as Rufus Hannassey) in The Big Country (1958)