---
title: "2 Cowboys Quotes By Jack Schaefer"
description: "2 Cowboys quotes by Jack Schaefer. Plus more from Jack Schaefer and more Cowboys sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa3/jack-schaefer-58506_cowboys_ernie-s-past-friendship-your-debt-is-to_1515779.jpg"
---

> [“Ernie's past friendship. Your debt is to the living.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-schaefer/ernie-s-past-friendship-your-debt-is-to-the-living/)

[Jack Schaefer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-schaefer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa3/jack-schaefer-58506_cowboys_ernie-s-past-friendship-your-debt-is-to_1515779.jpg)

> [“They did not look at each other. They did not say a word to each other... They knew that talk is meaningless when a common knowledge is already there. The silence bound them as no words ever could.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-schaefer/they-did-not-look-at-each-other-they-did-not-say-a-word-to-each-other/)

[Jack Schaefer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-schaefer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23c/jack-schaefer-58506_cowboys_they-did-not-look-at-each-other-they-did_2081215.jpg)

## Other authors on Cowboys

- [B.J. Daniels 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cowboys/b-j-daniels/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-troy-aikman-92300.jpg) Troy Aikman 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cowboys/troy-aikman/)
- [Micah Parsons 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cowboys/micah-parsons/)

## More by Jack Schaefer

> [What a man knows isn’t important. It’s what he is that counts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-schaefer/what-a-man-knows-isn-t-important-it-s-what-he-is-that-counts/)

[Jack Schaefer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-schaefer/)

> [“Ernie's past friendship. Your debt is to the living.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-schaefer/ernie-s-past-friendship-your-debt-is-to-the-living/)

[Jack Schaefer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-schaefer/)

> [“Listen, Bob. A gun is just a tool. No better and no worse than any other tool, a shovel- or an axe or a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-schaefer/listen-bob-a-gun-is-just-a-tool-no-better-and-no-worse-than-any-other/)

[Jack Schaefer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-schaefer/)

> [“They did not look at each other. They did not say a word to each other... They knew that talk is meaningless when a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-schaefer/they-did-not-look-at-each-other-they-did-not-say-a-word-to-each-other/)

[Jack Schaefer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-schaefer/)

> [Enjoy yourself. If you can't enjoy yourself, enjoy someone else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-schaefer/enjoy-yourself-if-you-can-t-enjoy-yourself-enjoy-someone-else/)

[Jack Schaefer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-schaefer/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cowboys/jack-schaefer/#itemlist",
            "name": "2 Cowboys Quotes By Jack Schaefer",
            "numberOfItems": 2,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“Ernie's past friendship. Your debt is to the living.”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Jack Schaefer"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-schaefer/ernie-s-past-friendship-your-debt-is-to-the-living/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa3/jack-schaefer-58506_cowboys_ernie-s-past-friendship-your-debt-is-to_1515779.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa3/jack-schaefer-58506_cowboys_ernie-s-past-friendship-your-debt-is-to_1515779.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa3/jack-schaefer-58506_cowboys_ernie-s-past-friendship-your-debt-is-to_1515779.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Ernie's past friendship. Your debt is to the living.” — Jack Schaefer",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“They did not look at each other. They did not say a word to each other... They knew that talk is meaningless when a common knowledge is already there. The silence bound them as no words ever could.”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Jack Schaefer"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-schaefer/they-did-not-look-at-each-other-they-did-not-say-a-word-to-each-other/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23c/jack-schaefer-58506_cowboys_they-did-not-look-at-each-other-they-did_2081215.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23c/jack-schaefer-58506_cowboys_they-did-not-look-at-each-other-they-did_2081215.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23c/jack-schaefer-58506_cowboys_they-did-not-look-at-each-other-they-did_2081215.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“They did not look at each other. They did not say a word to each other... They knew that talk is meaningless…” — Jack Schaefer",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cowboys/jack-schaefer/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cowboys/jack-schaefer/",
            "name": "Cowboys Quotes by Jack Schaefer",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cowboys/jack-schaefer/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa3/jack-schaefer-58506_cowboys_ernie-s-past-friendship-your-debt-is-to_1515779.jpg"
            },
            "description": "2 Cowboys quotes by Jack Schaefer. Plus more from Jack Schaefer and more Cowboys sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cowboys/jack-schaefer/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cowboys/jack-schaefer/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Cowboys",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cowboys/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "Jack Schaefer",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cowboys/jack-schaefer/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```