John Herod Quotes in The Quick and the Dead (1995)

John Herod: I was married to a beautiful woman. She was unfaithful.

Ellen: Where is she now?

John Herod: I told you, she was unfaithful.

John Herod: Like I always say - put a fox in the henhouse and you'll have chicken for dinner every time.

John Herod: Mr. Hanlon, I wanted to ask you about Indian Wells. Did that fight really take place?

Ace Hanlon: It sure did.

John Herod: And it's true that you gunned down four men?

Ace Hanlon: Two with my left hand. Two with my right hand. You see, the truth is that I am just as good with either.

John Herod: You must be the fastest gun in the west... That, or the biggest liar.

Ace Hanlon: It's a pity you weren't there to find out.

John Herod: [laughter] Oh, but I was, Ace. You see, I was the one that really killed the Terrence brothers, and I doubt if a lying little chickenshit like you was even in the same state.

John Herod: All I hear from you, you spineless cowards, is how poor you are; how you can't afford my taxes. Yet somehow, you managed to find the money to hire a gunfighter to kill me. If ya got so much money, I'm just gonna have to take some more. Because clearly some of you haven't got the message! This is my town! I run everything! If you live to see the dawn, it's because I allow it! I decide who lives and who dies!

John Herod: I said, are you still fast?

Cort: Faster than you.

John Herod: You must be the fastest gun in the west. That or the biggest liar!

John Herod: I could give you more money than you could ever spend.

Ellen: I wouldn't feel like I'd earned it.

John Herod: [Knowingly] Oh yes, you would.

John Herod: Like I always say - put a fox in the henhouse and you'll have chicken for dinner every time.

Ellen: [after Herod accepts the Kid's challenge] You would fight your own son? I'm gonna kill you if I have to ride all the way to Hell to do it.

John Herod: Do you have some particular problem with me?

Ellen: I'll let you know.

John Herod: You're not fast enough for me!

Ellen: Today I am.

John Herod: Your gunfighter's dead. Old news.

John Herod: The rules say you have to accept every challenge. You got a problem with that, scuttle your butt out of town.

John Herod: You must be the fastest gun in the west. That or the biggest liar!

John Herod: I'm confused. All I hear from you, you spineless cowards, is how poor you are; how you can't afford my taxes, my protection. Yet somehow, you managed to find the money to hire a professional gunfighter to kill me. Where's all this money coming from? What am I to think... If ya got so much to spare, I'm just gonna have to take some more off you. Because clearly you haven't got the message! This is my town! If you live to see the dawn, it's because I allow it! I'm in charge of everything! I decide who lives or who dies! Your gunfighter's dead. Old news.

John Herod: [shouting] This is my town! If you live to see the dawn, it's because I allow it. I'm in charge of everything! I decide who lives or who dies!