Quotes from Eli Wallach movies and TV shows

Lynn Forshay: Let me give you one piece of advice, one old salt to another... Ah, to hell with advice.

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Tuco: I'll kill you.
Man With No Name: If you do that... You'll always be poor... Just like the greasy rat you are.

Tuco: Hurrah! Hurrah for the Confederacy! HURRAH! Down with General Grant! Hurrah for General... What's his name? Lee! LEE! Ha ha. God is with us because he hates the Yanks too. HURRAH!
Man With No Name: God is not on our side because he hates idiots also.

Tuco: You became a priest because you were too much of a coward to do what I do.

Tuco: There are two kinds of spurs, my friend. Those that come in by the door; those that come in by the window.

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Calvera: Last month we were in San Juan. Rich town. Sit down. Rich town, much blessed by God. Big church. Not like here - little church, priest comes twice a year. BIG one. You'd think we'd find gold candlesticks. Poor box filled to overflowing. Do you know what we found? Brass candlesticks. Almost nothing in the poor box.
Sidekick: But we took it anyway.
Calvera: I know we took it anyway. I'm trying to show him how little religion some people now have.

Calvera: I should have guessed. When my men didn't come back I should have guessed. How many of you did they hire?
Chris: Enough.

Calvera: Somehow I don't think you've solved my problem.
Chris: Solving your problems isn't our line.

Calvera: What if you had to carry my load? The need to provide food, like a father, to fill the mouths of his hungry men?

Calvera: Generosity... that was my first mistake. I leave these people a little bit extra, and then they hire these men to make trouble. It shows you, sooner or later, you must answer for every good deed.

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