Quotes

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Gen. Sam Houston: Where's Jim Bowie? Capt. James Butler Bonham: He's indisposed, sir. Gen. Sam Houston: Indisposed? By God if you mean drunk, you say drunk, sir! Capt. James Butler Bonham: He's drunk, sir!

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Bowies' man: What are we doing here. I volunteered to fight, not build no fort. Why are we building a fort? Col. Bowie: Because Houston told Travis, and Travis told m, and I'm tellin' you.

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Travis' man: Hey, Davy! Is it true that you and Mike Fink fought a three day fight on the Mississippi? Davy Crockett: That's just an example of the tall tales folks tell about me! Me and Mike fought all right, but we quit at dark. It wouldn't of been the third day until the next morning! [laughs and rides off]

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Col. Davy Crockett: Travis says Fannin's coming. Jim Bowie: Travis says! I wouldn't take Travis' word that night's dark and day's light!

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Smitty: So many times every day you stop and give thanks, but mostly I don't catch on what you're thanking the Lord for. I mean, there's nothing special. Parson: I give thanks for the time and for the place. Smitty: The time and the place, Parson? Parson: The time to live and the place to die. That's all any man gets. No more, no less.

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Tennesseean: We sure killed many brave men today. Thimblerig: Funny, I was proud of 'em. Even while I was killing 'em, I was proud of 'em. It speaks well for men that so many ain't afraid to die when they think right is on their side. It speaks well.