Cowboy wisdom Quotes by Roy Bean

Spring with its wavin' green grass and heaps of sweet-smellin' flowers on every hill and in every dale.

— Roy Bean

Don't interfere with something that ain't bothering' you none.

— Roy Bean

And finally Winter, with its bitin', whinin' wind, and all the land will be mantled with snow.

— Roy Bean

A decent cowboy does not take what belongs to someone else and if he does he deserves to be strung up and left for…

— Roy Bean

You have been tried by twelve good men and true, not of your peers but as high above you as heaven is of hell,…

— Roy Bean

Gentlemen, I find the law very explicit on murdering your fellow man, but there's nothing here about killing a Chinaman. Case dismissed.

— Roy Bean

Hang 'em first, try 'em later.

— Roy Bean

You can't tell how good a man or a watermelon is 'til they get thumped.

— Roy Bean

Time will pass and seasons will come and go.

— Roy Bean

And Fall, with her yeller harvest moon and the hills growin' brown and golden under a sinkin' sun.

— Roy Bean

I find this corpse guilty of carrying a concealed weapon and I fine it $40.

— Roy Bean

I know the law... I am it's greatest transgressor.

— Roy Bean