The Good, the Bad and the Ugly quotes

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Angel Eyes
Blondie
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Tuco

View Quote [to Blondie] You're smart enough to know that talking won't save you.

View Quote [to Blondie] You're not digging.

View Quote People with ropes around their necks don't always hang. Even a filthy beggar like that has a protecting angel. A golden-haired angel watches over him.

View Quote Oh, I almost forgot, he paid me a thousand. I think his idea was that I kill you. But you know, the pity is when I'm paid, I always follow my job through. You know that. [Angel Eyes shoots his boss]

View Quote Stevens: You're... from Baker... Tell Baker that I told him all that I know already. Tell him I want to live in peace, understand? That it's no use to go on tormenting me! I know nothing at all about that case of coins. Now that gold has disappeared, but if he'd listened, we could have avoided this altogether. I went to the Army court; there were no witnesses. They couldn't uncover any more. I can't tell Baker what happened to the money; go back and tell him that!

View Quote No-Legged Soldier: Hand me down a whiskey!

View Quote [Approaching a column of grey-clad cavalry]
Tuco: (shouting) God's with us because he hates the Yanks too!
[Officer pats the grey dust from his blue uniform.]
Blondie: God's not on our side because he hates idiots also.

View Quote Angel Eyes: Like a little music with your meal, Tuco?
Tuco: Music? Yeah, it's very good. It's very good for the digestion.

View Quote Tuco: The name of the cemetery is ... (hesitating) .. Sad Hill. Now it's your turn.
Blondie: The name on the grave is ... Arch Stanton.
Tuco: Arch Stanton? You sure?
Blondie: Yeah. Sure I'm sure.

View Quote Blondie: [Seeing blood on the floor] You're not going to give me the same treatment?
Angel Eyes: Would you talk?
Blondie: No... probably not.

View Quote [Angel Eyes prepares to board a stagecoach during Tuco's execution]
Woman on stagecoach: Glad they got him. A man guilty of all those crimes!
Angel Eyes: People with ropes around their necks don't always hang.
Woman on stagecoach: What do you mean?
Angel Eyes: Even a filthy beggar like that has a protecting angel.
[Angel Eyes looks around and catches sight of Blondie]
Angel Eyes: A golden-haired angel watches over him.

View Quote Tuco: [trying to read a note] "See you soon, id..." "id..." "ids..."
Blondie: [taking the note] "Idiots". It's for you.

View Quote Baker: Here, this is for you. You did a good job for me. [hands over a purse]
Angel Eyes: Oh I almost forgot. He paid me a thousand. I think his idea was that I kill you. [they both laugh] But you know the pity is when I'm paid, I always follow my job through. You know that.
Baker: Noo! Angel Eyes!

View Quote One Armed Man: I've been looking for you for 8 months. Whenever I should have had a gun in my right hand, I thought of you. Now I find you in exactly the position that suits me. I had lots of time to learn to shoot with my left.
[Tuco kills him with a hidden gun]
Tuco: When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk.

View Quote Tuco: I'll kill you.
Blondie: If you do that... you'll always be poor... just like the greasy rat you are.