Trampas quotes from The Virginian

Trampas, if you were in trouble with the law would you go to a woman lawyer?

Trampas

Why not, if she were pretty.

No, I'm serious.

Trampas

I think women would make good lawyers. They're born devious.

Women are devious? Who was it that made a date with two girls for the same dance and then told them he was sick with quinsy and couldn't go?

Trampas

That wasn't being devious. That's what you call self preservation.

Trampas

I'll admit your diaper looks better than mine. Thought you said you didn't know anything about babies.

Oh, there's just some things that anybody knows, except those that are just plain stupid.

Trampas

I'm not stupid. I'm ignorant. There's a difference.

Trampas

That ain't nothing. Why I had a rifle one time that could knock down a prairie dog two miles away.

That so?

Trampas

Why I had the range measured by a licensed surveyor. Two miles even. That was his sworn testimony.

I had a long rifle like that one time. Carried quite a bit further though.

Trampas

Furthur?

Three miles.

Carried so far I had to use smoked and salted bullets.

Trampas

Smoked and salted bullets?

Well like I said, it killed at such a distance, if I didn't use them smoked and salted bullets, the game would spoil before I could get to it.

Stacey

What happened in town?

Trampas

Plenty. She's staying here while they try and locate her real parents.

Virginian

Stace told me what happened.

Stacey

Is she still claiming to be an Indian?

Trampas

It doesn't much matter to her what she is. She feels Indian, she thinks Indian, and that's the way she likes it.

Virginian

What happened to the rustlers?

Trampas

Old Man Grainger... (Trampas looks at Stacey) Uh... Mr. Grainger told the sheriff to send them back to the reservation.

Stacey

Well that was real kind of Old Man Grainger. (Turns to The Virginian) You mind if I go up and see what's happening?

Virginian

Go ahead.

Trampas

How come Grainger sent me into town with him and sent Stace back to the range?

Virginian

I guess he's just trying not to show favoritism.

Trampas

Why he doesn't have to do that! I never think of Stace as being the boss's grandson. Until I call him Old Man Grainger.

Trampas, I wouldn't want her to know that we discussed this.

Trampas

"You're right. Well, I guess I'll have to be sneaky about it. I'm pretty good at that."

Virginian

Well, today's the big day. I'll be glad when this race is over and we can get some work done around here.

Trampas

Well, all right, so I took a minute or two or three or four to--

Virginian

Any regrets? About getting her to race with you.

Trampas

Now that you bring the subject up, no. Not after I saw the look on her face when she won.

Trampas

There's not much to see in Medicine Bow.

It's not Medicine Bow I'm interested in.

Trampas

What are you interested in?

You.

Trampas

Why me?

I don't know.

Trampas

Well, let's see if I can figure it out. Uh.. wealthy, spoiled Eastern girl comes west, finds things kind of dull, meets cowhand. Wants to stir up a little excitement, something she can tell her friends about back in Chicago. Hmm?

Well, maybe. But, I don't think so. But what about you? Why did you kiss me?

Trampas

I don't know.

Well, maybe I can figure it out. Hard working, hard-headed cowhand gets a little bored with pretty little girls in calico. Meets wealthy spoiled Eastern girl, stir up a little excitement, something to tell the boys back in the bunkhouse.

Trampas

[Smiles] Well. Let's find out.

Stacey

Here's your mail, lover.

Trampas

Thank you sir.

Stacey

You sure you're not advertising for a wife or something?

Trampas

Some people don't have to advertise.

Stacey

Apparently not.

A lot can happen in six days. You got friends outside? I mean real friends, not just poker playing and howdy-do friends.

Trampas

No, They're real friends.

Then you still got something left. You know a man comes in here, they take his pride and his pocketbook and they put them in a box in the warden's office. But if you've got friends outside, you've still got something left. Maybe the most important thing, boy.

The Virginian

"You're really letting him get under your skin, aren't you."

Trampas

"Well, you're not making it any easier for me, making me work with him every day."

The Virginian

"Because he's actin' like a kid is no reason for me to treat you like one."

Trampas

"You mean to tell me with all the hired hands you've got I'm the only one that can work with Frank?"

The Virginian

"I figure you're the best one to work with Frank."

Anybody here know how to play poker?

Matter of fact, I give lessons.

Trampas

Now, that's what I like to hear. Why, I got so I know personally every dollar bill in the house. Over here, boys.

Trampas

So we've uh.. inherited Miss Melissa Wainwright for one week.

Virginian

Not we!

Trampas

Now wait a minute!

Virginian

Me!

Trampas

Oh.

Trampas

How about it Stace? Want to come along?

Stacey

Nah, I've got something more exciting to do.

Trampas

Yeah? Like what?

Stacey

You know that patch of grass up on the porch?

Trampas

Yeah.

Stacey

I'm going to sit in the shade and watch it grow.

Trampas

You're going to si-- Well. Alright.

Trampas

Oh, Ohhh. Well, looks like the party's over. And you did a pretty good job of keeping me here while your sister and her boyfriend pulled off another robbery.

Where are you going?

Trampas

To complain about the champagne. It was flat.

Trampas

I... it... well, it just couldn't be helped, that's all.

Virginian

Just couldn't be helped. You had to step in there and start swinging at Kimbro's man.

Trampas

Well they... I couldn't let them beat up on a man like that.

Virginian

Well why'd he start the fight in the first place? He got a hot temper or something?

Trampas

Well no, not exactly... Oh you'll like him. Wait till you meet him.

Virginian

I'm going to meet him right now. Grainger's invited me to supper.

Trampas

Good, good.

Virginian

Now look Trampas, I hope your new friend hasn't said anything to Mr. Grainger about this fight in town.

Trampas

Yeah.

Virginian

He'd be pretty unhappy to hear about it.

Trampas

Ummhum.... Yeah, he would.

Virginian

He wants those water rights settled in court, not in a bar room rout on the range.

Trampas

Uh huh..

Virginian

Yeah, you say "Uh huh" and you nod, but this isn't anything I want you to shrug off. Now I mean it Trampas! You better learn to control yourself when you get in a situation-

(enters) Hey, hey, hey, what's all the yelling about, huh?

Trampas

Oh we're not yelling. Uh, this here's the foreman - this here's Danny.

Oh well, you're the one Mr. Grainger sent me down to fetch. Supper's almost ready.

Virginian

I'll get my hat.

You know from the way Trampas described you, I'd expected somebody different.

Trampas

Uh Danny...

The Virginian

You saying something to me?

I just don't like being yelled at, or seeing my friends yelled at.

Trampas

Denny. (in a nervous voice) Denny... uh..he's the foreman.

The Virginian

You keep in mind what I said.

Trampas

Oh, you bet. (The Virginian walks out) Uh, Denny look, uh, thanks for trying to help but uh... Denny? No, not with him... See, he'd my best friend! Best friend I got. And, uh, sometimes we just yell at each other...you know, doesn't mean anything... I yell at him...he yells at me.