Zebulon 'Zeb' Rawlings: Mike King don't own the railroad!
Jethro Stuart: Oh? I don't think he knows that.


--Henry Fonda (as Jethro Stuart) in How the West Was Won

Mrs. Hubbard: Mr. Watson, please eat something. You must have the appetite of a bird.
Thomas Watson: Yes, Ma'am, a vulture.


--Henry Fonda (as ) in The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

Evelyn Pittman: It's obvious you and your men are hired killers down from the northern range wars.
Bob Larkin: We work in the open. We eat and drink with the ranchers who hire us... and are as much respected as anyone in the country.
Evelyn Pittman: Don't quibble any fine line with me, Mr. Larkin. You're as dishonest as any common road bandit.
Bob Larkin: I'm not ashamed of the part I play. There's not a territorial border we cross where there's men waiting... hoping I can take them on... waiting to call themselves Larkin men.
Evelyn Pittman: You're admitting your only importance is collecting men who don't care whether they live or die... who only live for the moment.
Bob Larkin: It's been a long road to make a name men will follow. You'll get no apology out of me.
Evelyn Pittman: It won't be long before you'll be running out of borders. You'll come full circle against the law that made you move on.
Bob Larkin: You tie me up pretty good, Evelyn.
Evelyn Pittman: Why fight against times changing? Why not join in changing them.
Bob Larkin: Then I'll be like all the rest. Today I'm one of the few. I lead. That's important to me.


--Henry Fonda (as ) in Firecreek

Bob Larkin: [to Evelyn, defending his continued choice of the outlaw life] I can't gamble with bein' nobody. I been that! It don't work for me!


--Henry Fonda (as ) in Firecreek

Bob Larkin: It's a lesson I learned a long time ago. A man worth shootin' is a man worth killin'.


--Henry Fonda (as ) in Firecreek

Bob Larkin: Your so-called town sheriff and me are quite a bit alike.
Evelyn Pittman: How do you see that?
Bob Larkin: We're both ridin' a greased pig - nothin' to hold on!


--Henry Fonda (as ) in Firecreek

Charles Pike: A girl of sixteen is practically an idiot anyway, so I can't very well blame you for something that was practically done by somebody else.


--Henry Fonda (as Charles) in The Lady Eve

Charles Pike: What I am trying to say is: I'm not a poet, I'm an ophiologist.


--Henry Fonda (as Charles) in The Lady Eve

Charles Pike: You ought to put handles on that skull. Maybe you could grow geraniums in it.


--Henry Fonda (as Charles) in The Lady Eve

Clay Spencer: I learned to cuss before I could walk.


--Henry Fonda (as ) in Spencer's Mountain