Lije Evans Quotes in The Way West (1967)

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[Mercy flirts silently with Brownie]

Lije Evans: Best not be lookin', Brownie.

Brownie Evans: I ain't lookin'... as hard as I can.

Lije Evans: Them pretty peach trees are sure a long way from Georgia.

Mr. McBee: Yep, but I expect to plant 'em where the ground is forty feet deep, black as charcoal and soft as a woman.

Lije Evans: Now, whereabouts would that be? Heaven?

Mrs. McBee: Oregon, Mister! Ain't ya heard?

Rebecca 'Becky' Evans: Lije, Lije, stay home this time!

Lije Evans: I wish I could, but I can't.

Rebecca 'Becky' Evans: Why?

Lije Evans: I don't know why. It's just that I got to go where I've not been. And where I can say, "This far I've come, I can't go no further. Do you understand that?

[the wagon train is surrounded by Indians]

Dick Summers: He doesn't like what you're giving him.

Sen. William J. Tadlock: What does he want?

Dick Summers: Whiskey.

Sen. William J. Tadlock: Whiskey?

Lije Evans: Get 'em liquored up and maybe we could sneak off.

Dick Summers: You got a choice: you could give it to 'em or they'll take it. I agree that the first one might be a little dangerous, but the second one could prove fatal.

Lije Evans: I guess we'll have to fight, Dick.

Dick Summers: Well, all right, but some of us are gonna have to settle for a piece of ground a little short of Oregon.

Lije Evans: You know, for a smart man you ain't got a lick of sense! Not a speck!