Joe Erin: Next time you draw near me, better say what you're aimin' to shoot at.
Benjamin Trane: If I have the time, I will.


--Gary Cooper (as Benjamin Trane) in Vera Cruz

Blacksmith: Say, don't I know you from some place?
Brant Royle: I've never been there.


--Gary Cooper (as Brant Royle) in Bright Leaf

Lawyer Calhoun: We all felt pretty bad about your... trouble.
Brant Royle: Yeah, I'll bet you cried hour after hour.


--Gary Cooper (as Brant Royle) in Bright Leaf

Penelope Day: Did you steal that necklace? You must answer.
Jerry Day: Oh.
Penelope Day: Well?
Jerry Day: Well what, dear?
Penelope Day: Well, you must answer. Did you steal that necklace?
Jerry Day: No, I didn't steal it.
Penelope Day: Honor bright?
Jerry Day: You're a funny one.
Penelope Day: No, you must answer. That's the whole point. Honor bright?
Jerry Day: Honor bright.


--Gary Cooper (as Jerry Day) in Now and Forever

Penelope Day: Here, I'm giving you this gold for an old pair of skates.
Boy With Skates: They aren't old. They're real ball-bearing, see?
Penelope Day: Do you know where gold comes from? From a hole in the ground, way down deep. They take a long time to find out. Months. Sometimes even years.
Boy With Skates: Oh, all right. Here.
Jerry Day: [to Toni] There's nothing funny about this.
Jerry Day: [to Penny] Penny, what are you doing?
Penelope Day: Putting on skates.
Jerry Day: Where did you get them?
Penelope Day: Oh, I just got them.
Jerry Day: I think you'd better give them back.
Boy With Skates: She gave me this gold for keeps. I don't want them back.
Jerry Day: Let me see that. Real gold, Penny?
Penelope Day: Yes.
Jerry Day: Honor bright, Penny?


--Gary Cooper (as Jerry Day) in Now and Forever

Toni Carstairs Day: If I want you, I'll have to take you as you are. I don't like it, Jerry, but I've been without you for a long time and I like that less. I know what I want and I don't get it, so I'm gonna do the next best thing. I'm gonna sell goldmines and chase trains with you for as long as you want me. If the trains wind up in rather ugly places, that's all right, too. We'll both be there togehter.
Jerry Day: Well, that wins. I guess I'm gonna get a job now. I guess I'll be anything you want, Toni, if you love me that much.


--Gary Cooper (as Jerry Day) in Now and Forever

McIntyre: Ah, but Colonel Maroon, this isn't the Wild West.
Colonel Clint Maroon: Worse! It's the Wild East!


--Gary Cooper (as Colonel Clint Maroon) in Saratoga Trunk

Pastor Corbett: You know, Morgan, I've often wondered how you would have fared with the wardens if you hadn't had that... shotgun.
Mr. Morgan: You know, Corbett... tell you a secret. After those first two shots, it was always empty. It still is.


--Gary Cooper (as ) in Return to Paradise

Benjamin Trane: [after shooting his horse] His leg was broke.
Joe Erin: Three-legged horse'll bring a price down here.
Benjamin Trane: He was sufferin'.
Joe Erin: Soft spot, hinh?
Benjamin Trane: Only for horses.


--Gary Cooper (as Benjamin Trane) in Vera Cruz

Blayde Hollister: [after hearing Weatherby's in love with Tonia] You ain't all Boston!
U.S. Marshal Martin Weatherby: What do you mean by that?
Blayde Hollister: Codfish ain't known for warm blood!


--Gary Cooper (as ) in Dallas