Best Cowboy Quotes

288 Cowboy quotes by 216 unique authors

Why should I obtain by force that which I can obtain by cheating? — Doc Holliday
Conflict follows wrongdoing as surely as flies follow the herd. — Doc Holliday
Don't interfere with something that ain't bothering' you none. — Roy Bean
The bigger a man's gun the smaller his doodlewick. — Calamity Jane
You can't tell how good a man or a watermelon is 'til they get thumped. — 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 the… — Roy Bean
A railroad is like a lie you have to keep building it to make it stand. — Mark Twain
The Old West is not a certain place in a certain time, it's a state of mind. It's whatever you want it to be. — Unknown Author
In this situation I was constantly exposed to danger and death. — Daniel Boone
We have an unknown distance yet to run, an unknown river to explore. What falls there are, we know not; what rocks beset the channel,… — John Wesley Powell
To the goggling unbeliever Texans say, as people always say about their mangier dishes, 'But it's just like chicken, only tenderer.' Rattlesnake is, in fact,… — Alistair Cooke
No wonder, he thought, that the panhandle people were a godly lot, for they lived in sudden, violent atmospheres. Weather kept them humble. — Annie Proulx
Do right and risk the consequences. — Sam Houston
I worked around cattle all my life and I guess I learned all there is to know about it, and I think I can sum… — Unknown Author
We are rough men and used to rough ways. — Unknown Author
I have at all times tried to use my influence toward protecting the property holders and substantial men of the country from thieves, outlaws and… — Clay Allison
A cowboy never takes unfair advantage - even of an enemy. — Gene Autry
The most beautiful, the most spirited and the most inspiring creature ever to print foot on the grasses of America. — J. Frank Dobie
...there's nothin' in life that's worth doin', if it cain't be done from a horse... — Unknown Author
So instead of the Super Bowl, we've got the Stupor Bowl. Two once-proud teams, now 0-4 and stumbling through the season like zombies. And if… — Tony Kornheiser
The American ideal of sexuality appears to be rooted in the American ideal of masculinity. This idea has created cowboys and Indians, good guys and… — James A. Baldwin
The great cowboys are the ones with the biggest hearts. — Ty Murray
If you're a cowboy and you're dragging a guy behind your horse, I bet it would really make you mad if you looked back and… — Jack Handey
I'm just trying to unite the western crowd and the bluegrass crowd a little more. ... I get to do that again on my new… — Michael Martin Murphey
There are tons of people in the West who love fiddles, banjos and mandolins. If you got to any cowboy poetry and music gathering those… — Michael Martin Murphey

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