: Why are you telling our gals that I was hit by a train? Lots.But it does put me in a damn awkward position, vis-a-vis my progeny. Ulysses Everett McGill: Uh, I take your point. What was I gonna tell them, that you got sent to the penal farm and I divorced you from shame? Judge Hobbie over in Cookville was hit by a train. Penny Wharvey McGill: Lots of respectable people have been hit by trains. Ulysses Everett McGill: Why are you telling our gals that I was hit by a train? : Me an' the old lady are gonna pick up the pieces and retie the.Me an' the old lady are gonna pick up the pieces and retie the knot, mixaphorically speaking. : Say, any of you boys smithies? Or, if not smithies per se, were.Say, any of you boys smithies? Or, if not smithies per se, were you otherwise trained in the metallurgic arts before straitened circumstances forced you into a life of aimless wanderin'? : I'll tell you what I am - I'm the damn paterfamilias! You can't.I'll tell you what I am - I'm the damn paterfamilias! You can't marry him! : You ever been with a woman? I gotta get the family farm back.Ulysses Everett McGill: You ever been with a woman?ĭelmar O'Donnell: I gotta get the family farm back before I start worrying about that. Who elected you leader of this outfit? Well Pe. Ulysses Everett McGill: Well I'm voting for yours truly too. But if that ain't the consensus view, then hell, let's put it to a vote. Ulysses Everett McGill: Well Pete, I figured it should be the one with the capacity for abstract thought. : I like the smell of my hair treatment the pleasing odor is hal.I like the smell of my hair treatment the pleasing odor is half the point. : Care for some gopher? No thank you, Delmar.One third of a gopher would only arouse my appetite without bedding it down.ĭelmar O'Donnell: Oh, you can have the whole thing. Ulysses Everett McGill: No thank you, Delmar. : You work for the railroad, Grampa? I work for no man.You see, in the mart of competitive commerce. Ulysses Everett McGill: Well, that right there may be the reason you've had difficulty findin' gainful employment. Never trust a female Delmar, re.ĭelmar O'Donnell: You work for the railroad, Grampa? Believe me Delmar, woman is the most fiendish instrument of torture ever devised to bedevil the days of man. Ulysses Everett McGill: That's right, if then. I gotta get the family farm back before I can start thinking about that. You ever been with a woman?ĭelmar O'Donnell: Well, I. Ulysses Everett McGill: Hit by a train! Truth means nothing to a woman, Delmar. Never trust a female Delmar, remember that one simple precept and your time with me will not have been ill spent. I’m George Nelson, and I’m feeling ten feet tall.”ĭelmar: "Looks like George is right back on top again." (1:33)Įverett tells the others, "Well, any human being will cast about in a moment of stress.Ulysses Everett McGill: Deceitful, two-faced she-woman. George, laughing: ”Looks like the chair for George Nelson. Musician Pete: "Don’t be crazy, Tommy." (1:17)Įverett tells his wife Penny, referring to her wedding ring, "It’s just a symbol, honey" He’ll be back on top again." (0:37)īible salesman Daniel “Big Dan Teague tells Everett and his fellow escapee Delmar, "It’s an exercise in psychology, so to speak." (0:53) Yes, sir, it’s as if our old friend George is a alley cat, and his own damn humors are swingin’ him by the tail. His farmer cousin Washington Bartholomew “Wash” Hogwallop tells Pete, referring to cousin Bishop, He hanged hisself a year come May." (0:10)Įverett: “Well, Delmar, they say that with the thrill-seeking personality, what goes up must come down, top of the world one minute, haunted by meekness the next. Escaped convict Ulysses Everett McGill answers a fellow escapee, "Well Pete, I figured it should be the one with the capacity for abstract thought." (0:05)
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