Mattie Ross: I have no regard for you, but I'm sure you have enough for yourself to go around.
Mattie Ross: I will not bandy words with a drunkard. LaBoeuf: That's real smart. You've done nothing when you've bested a fool.
[first lines] Frank Ross: Little Frank... You take care of your mama. Little Frank: I will.
[Chen Lee wins the game] Rooster Cogburn: You can never tell what's in a Chinaman's mind, that's the way he bests you at cards. [the front door bell rings] Chen Lee: I go.
Mattie Ross: [referring to the dead LaBoeuf] We cannot leave him like this. Rooster Cogburn: I'm the one that's leaving him. If I don't get you to a doctor you're going to be deader than he is!
Capt. Boots Finch: So this is the man that shoot Ned Pepper's horse from under him. Rooster Cogburn: This is the famous Horse Killer from El Paso he believes in putting everyone a foot says there will be less mischief that way. LaBoeuf: Fewer Horses ...
Talkative Woman at Hanging: [Referring to face at courthouse window watching the triple hanging] It's Judge Parker. He watches all the hangings. Says it's his sense of duty. Mattie Ross: Who knows what's in a man's heart.
Mattie Ross: [about drinking whiskey] I would not put a thief in my mouth to steal my brains.
