Ride, Vaquero! (1953)

Ava Gardner: Cordelia Cameron

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Quotes 

• Jose Esqueda : The strong will fight the strong, Señora, for possession of the weak. You see, it's not a personal matter at all.

  Cordelia Cameron : And the meek shall never inherit the earth.

  Jose Esqueda : Only six feet of it, Señora.

• Cordelia Cameron : It's too much and too long and I'm sick of it. Men killing each other for somebody's land or somebody's crop or dream! Does it all end in a killing? And then begin again with another killing? Is that all we are? Is that all there is?

• Sheriff Parker : [to King]  I told you when you first came here what kind of country this was and what kind of men were loose in it. I told you what kind of a gamble it was. But, you still wanted to play. Well, you lost. But, you still got a Mexican standoff.

  Cordelia Cameron : And what is that?

  Sheriff Parker : He's alive.

• Jose Esqueda : I understand him, Señora. He likes to be insolent. He likes to be insolent. He hides behind his contempt like some women do behind their beauty.

  [laughs] 

  Jose Esqueda : But, I understand him. I do not understand you.

  Cordelia Cameron : I wish you would try, Señor.

  Jose Esqueda : I'm finding it irresistible.

• Cordelia Cameron : You're not a man who takes a job to brand another man's cattle. You're not a Vaquero someone hires for a round up.

  Rio : What am I?

  Cordelia Cameron : I don't know what you are.

• [last lines] 

  Cordelia Cameron : Let me take you home.