What have you done when you have bested a fool?

My Master of Arts degree means nothing at all to these monkeys and I have come to share their indifference.

Nothing I like to do pays well.

MR.GOUDY: I believe you testified that you backed away from Aaron Wharton. MR.COGBURN: That is right. MR.GOUDY: You were backing away? MR.COGBURN: Yes sir. He had that ax raised. MR.GOUDY: Which direction were you going? MR.COGBURN: I always go backwards when I am backing up.

If you want anything done right you will have to see to it yourself every time.

You do not think much of me, do you, Cogburn?" "I don't think about you at all when your mouth is closed.

You must pay for everything in this world one way and another. There is nothing free except the Grace of God. You cannot earn that or deserve it.