The Treasure of the Sierra Madre tells the story of two friends who are trying to get rich.
1- “You two guys musta been born in a revival meeting.” –Dobbs, ‘The Treasure of the Sierra Madre’.
2- “[first lines] Say buddy, will you stake a fellow Am…” –Dobbs, ‘The Treasure of the Sierra Madre’.
3- “Nobody puts one over on Fred C. Dobbs.” – –Dobbs, ‘The Treasure of the Sierra Madre’.
4- “This is the country where the nuggets of gold are just crying out for you to take them out of the ground and make ’em shine in coins on the fingers and necks of swell dames.”-Dobbs, ‘The Treasure of the Sierra Madre’.
5- ” [in one sentence] Do you believe that stuff the old man was saying the other night at the Oso Negro about gold changin’ a man’s soul so’s he ain’t the same sort of man as he was before findin’ it?” –Dobbs, ‘The Treasure of the Sierra Madre’.
6- ” Hey, if there was gold in them mountains, how long would it have been there? Millions and millions of years, wouldn’t it? What’s our hurry? A couple of days, more or less, ain’t gonna make a difference.” –Dobbs, ‘The Treasure of the Sierra Madre’.
7- “Conscience. What a thing. If you believe you got a conscience it’ll pester you to death. But if you don’t believe you got one, what could it do t’ya? Makes me sick, all this talking and fussing about nonsense.”-Dobbs, ‘The Treasure of the Sierra Madre’.
8- “Let’s see, three times 35 – is a hundred and five. I’ll bet you 105,000 dollars that you go to sleep before I do.” –Dobbs, ‘The Treasure of the Sierra Madre’.
9- ” I think I’ll go to sleep and dream about piles of gold getting bigger and bigger and bigger.” –Dobbs, ‘The Treasure of the Sierra Madre’.
10- “Any more lip out of you and I’ll haul off and let you have it. If you know what’s good for you, you won’t monkey around with Fred C. Dobbs.” –Dobbs, ‘The Treasure of the Sierra Madre’.
11- ” Without me, you two would die here, more miserable than rats.” – Howard, ‘The Treasure of the Sierra Madre’.
12- “I know what gold does to men’s souls.” – Howard, ‘The Treasure of the Sierra Madre’.
13- “[Howard eats, while Dobbs and Curtin snooze] Hey you fellas, how ’bout some beans? You want some beans? Goin’ through some mighty rough country tomorrow, you’d better have some beans.” – Howard, ‘The Treasure of the Sierra Madre’.
14- ” Water’s precious. Sometimes may be more precious than gold.” – Howard, ‘The Treasure of the Sierra Madre’.
15- “If I were you boys, I wouldn’t talk or even think about women. T’aint good for your health.” – Howard, ‘The Treasure of the Sierra Madre’.
16- “Now here’s where we’re bound for, hereabouts. Don’t show properly whether there’s mountains, swamp, or desert. That shows the makers of the map themselves don’t know for sure. Once on the ground, all we gotta do is open our eyes and look around. Yes, and blow our noses, too. Believe it or not, I knew a fellow once who could smell gold like a jackass can smell water.” – Howard, ‘The Treasure of the Sierra Madre’.
17- “Ah, as long as there’s no find, the noble brotherhood will last but when the piles of gold begin to grow… that’s when the trouble starts.” – Howard, ‘The Treasure of the Sierra Madre’.
18- “You know, you’ve got to hand it to the Mexicans when if comes to swift justice. Once the Federales get their mitts on a criminal, they know just what to do with him. They hand him a shovel, tell him where to dig, when he’s dug deep enough, they tell him to put the shovel down, smoke a cigarette, and say his prayers. In another five minutes, he’s being covered over with the dirt he dug out.”-Cody, ‘The Treasure of the Sierra Madre’.
19- “You know, the worst ain’t so bad when it finally happens. Not half as bad as you figure it’ll be before it’s happened.” –Curtin, ‘The Treasure of the Sierra Madre’.
20- “Badges? We ain’t got no badges. We don’t need no badges. I don’t have to show you any stinking badges.” – Gold Hat, ‘The Treasure of the Sierra Madre’.
21- “-Dobbs: What a town. Tampico.
-Curtin: You said it, brother. If I could just get me a job that would bring in enough to buy passage, I’d shake its dust off my feet soon enough, you bet.” –‘The Treasure of the Sierra Madre’.
22- ” -Howard: Ah, $25,000.00 is plenty as far as I’m concerned. Enough to last me out the rest of my lifetime.
-Dobbs: Sure. You’re old, I’m young. I need dough and plenty of it!” –‘The Treasure of the Sierra Madre’.
23- “[last lines] -Howard: Well, goodbye Curtin.
-Curtin: Goodbye, Howard.
-Howard: Good luck.
-Curtin: Same to you.” –‘The Treasure of the Sierra Madre’.
24- ” -Gold Hat: We are the Federales… You know… The mountain police.
-Dobbs: If you’re the police, where are your badges?
-Gold Hat: Badges?… We ain’t got no badges. We don’t need no badges. I don’t have to show you any stinking badges!” –‘The Treasure of the Sierra Madre’.
25- ” -Curtin: Remember what you said back in Tampico about having to carry that old man on our backs?
-Dobbs: That was when I took him for an ordinary human being, not part goat.” –‘The Treasure of the Sierra Madre’.
26- ” -Howard: We’ve wounded this mountain. It’s our duty to close her wounds. It’s the least we can do to show our gratitude for all the wealth she’s given us. If you guys don’t want to help me, I’ll do it alone.
-Curtin: You talk about that mountain like it was a real woman.
-Dobbs: She’s been a lot better to me than any woman I ever knew. Keep your shirt on, old-timer. Sure, I’ll help ya.” –‘The Treasure of the Sierra Madre’.
27- “-Dobbs: You’re sure he was trailin’ you are ya?
-Curtin: Absolutely.
-Dobbs: How come?
-Curtin: Cuz there he is.” –‘The Treasure of the Sierra Madre’.
28- “-Dobbs: You know, if I was a native, I’d get me a can of shoe polish and I’d be in business. They’d never let a gringo. You can sit on a bench ’til you’re three-quarters starved… you can beg from another gringo… you can even commit burglary. You try shinin’ shoes in the street, peddlin’ lemonade out of a bucket, and your hash is settled. You’ll never get another job from an American.
-Curtin: Yeah, and the natives would hound and pester you to death.
-Dobbs: Some town to be broke in.
-Curtin: What town isn’t?” –‘The Treasure of the Sierra Madre’.
29- “-Curtin: Wouldn’t it be better, the way things are, to separate tomorrow, or even tonight?
-Dobbs: That would suit you fine, wouldn’t it?
-Curtin: Why me more than you?
-Dobbs: So you could fall on me from behind, sneak up and shoot me in the back.
-Curtin: All right, I’ll go first.
-Dobbs: And wait for me on the trail to ambush me?” –‘The Treasure of the Sierra Madre’.
30- ” -Dobbs: Why am I elected to go to the village? Why me instead of you and Curtin? Oh, don’t think I don’t see through that. You two’ve thrown in against me. The two days I’d be gone would give you plenty of time to discover where my goods are, wouldn’t it?
-Howard: If you feel along those lines, why don’t you take your goods with you?
-Dobbs: And run the risk of having them taken from me by bandits?
-Howard: If you was to run into bandits, you’d be out of luck anyway. They’d kill you for the shoes on your feet.
-Dobbs: Oh, so that’s it. Everything’s clear now. You’re hoping bandits will get me. That would save you a lot of trouble, wouldn’t it? And your consciences wouldn’t bother you none, neither.” –‘The Treasure of the Sierra Madre’.
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