Col. G. Stonehill Quotes in True Grit (1969)

Mattie Ross: Do you know a Marshal Rooster Cogburn?

Col. G. Stonehill: Most people around here have heard of Rooster Cogburn and some people live to regret it. I would not be surprised to learn that he's a relative of yours.

Mattie Ross: Now I'm sure you'll find a buyer for those ponies very soon.

Col. G. Stonehill: I have a tentative offer of ten dollars a head from the soapworks at Little Rock.

Mattie Ross: It seems such a shame to render such spirited horseflesh into soap.

Col. G. Stonehill: I'm confident the deal will fall through.

[Mattie returns later to buy a pony from Col. Stonehill]

Col. G. Stonehill: Do you entertain plans of ever leaving this city?

Mattie Ross: Yes, I'm off early tomorrow morning for the Indian nation. Marshal Rooster Cogburn and I are going after the murderer, Tom Chaney.

Col. G. Stonehill: Cogburn. How did you light on that greasy vagabond?

Mattie Ross: They say he has grit. I wanted a man with grit.

Col. G. Stonehill: Well, I suppose he has that. He's a notorious thumper. He's not a man I would care to share a bed with.

Mattie Ross: Nor would I.

[Mattie is arguing with Col. Stonehill]

Col. G. Stonehill: I'll take it up with my attorney.

Mattie Ross: And I will take it up with mine - Lawyer Daggett. And he will make money and I will make money and your lawyer will make money... and you, Mr. Licensed Auctioneer, you will foot the bill.

[Col. Stonehill is frustrated at Mattie's bargaining]

Col. G. Stonehill: I will pay a total of two hundred dollars to your father's estate when I have in my hand a letter absolving me of all liability from the beginning of the world to date!