Goudy Quotes in True Grit (1969)

Goudy: I believe you testified that you backed away from old man Wharton?

Rooster Cogburn: Yes, sir.

Goudy: Which direction were you going?

Rooster Cogburn: Backward. I always go backward when I'm backin' away.

Goudy: [cross-examining Rooster] How many men have you shot since you became a marshal, Mr. Cogburn?

Rooster Cogburn: I never shot nobody I didn't have to.

Goudy: That was not the question. How many?

Rooster Cogburn: Uh... shot or killed?

Goudy: Oh, let's restrict it to "killed" so we may have a manageable figure.

Goudy: Now is it not true that you sprang up on old man Wharton and his two sons with a deadly, six shot revolver in your hand?

Rooster Cogburn: I always try to be ready.

Goudy: Was this revolver loaded and cocked?

Rooster Cogburn: Well, a gun that's unloaded and cocked ain't good for nothin'.