Tombstone quotes

View Quote Johnny: And you must be Doc Holliday.
Doc: That's the rumor.
Johnny: What about you, are you retired?
Doc: Not me. I'm in my prime.
Johnny: Yeah, you look it.
Doc: [incredulously] And you must be Ringo. Look, darling, Johnny Ringo. The deadliest pistoleer since Wild Bill, they say. What do you think, darling? Should I hate him?
Big Nose Kate: You don't even know him.
Doc: Yes, but there's just something about him. Something around the eyes, I don't know, reminds me of... me. No. I'm sure of it, I hate him.
Wyatt: [haltingly, to Ringo] He's drunk..
Doc: En vino veritas. [Latin: "In wine is truth".]
Johnny: Age quod agis. [Latin: "Do what you do best".]
Doc: Credat Judaeus apella, non ego. [Latin: "The Jew Apella may believe it, not I", loosely meaning "I do not believe drinking is what I do best".]
Johnny: Eventus stultorum magister. [Latin: "Events are the teachers of fools.", loosely meaning "Fools have to learn from their experiences."]
Doc: [flashing an evilly playful smirk] In pace requiescat. [Latin: "Rest in peace." loosely meaning "The experience that you learn from will be your funeral."]
Marshal Fred White: Come on boys. We don't want any trouble in here. Not in any language.
Doc: That's Latin, darlin', evidently Mr. Ringo here's an educated man. Now I really hate him.

View Quote Johnny Tyler: Christ, it's like I am playing cards with my brothers kids or somethin'. You nerve-wracking sons of bitches!!

View Quote I'm your Huckleberry.

View Quote It appears my hypocrisy knows no bounds.

View Quote I spent my whole life not knowing what I want out of it, just chasing my tail. Now for the first time I know exactly what I want...and who... and that's the damnable misery of it.

View Quote [Johnny Ringo is awaiting Wyatt Earp's arrival in anticipation of a pistol duel.]
Johnny: Well... I didn't think you had it in you.
Doc: [lifting head to reveal his face] I'm your huckleberry..
[Ringo stops short, looking startled.]
Doc: Why, Johnny Ringo. You look like somebody just...walked over your grave.
Johnny: Fight's not with you, Holliday....
Doc: Oh, I beg to differ, sir. You and I started a game we never got to finish. Play for blood, remember?
Johnny: I was just fooling about.
Doc: [smirks] I wasn't. And this time...[opens overcoat to reveal badge] It's legal.

View Quote I have not yet begun to defile myself.

View Quote There is no normal life Wyatt, There's just life.

View Quote You've called down the thunder, well now you've got it

View Quote Fred White: Law and order every time, that's us.

View Quote [Doc Holliday, Jack Johnson, Jack Vermillion and Sherman McMasters have just witnessed an improbable gunbattle victory in which Wyatt Earp stepped directly into the open line of fire and came out unharmed.]
Jack Johnson: Where is he?
Doc: Down by the creek..[sarcastically] Walkin' on the water.

View Quote You're no daisy. You're no daisy at all!

View Quote It would appear that the strain was more than he could bear.

View Quote I stand corrected. You are an oak.

View Quote Poor soul, you were just too high strung.