381 Quotes by Larry McMurtry

A man who wouldn't cheat for a poke don't want one bad enough. --Augustus "Gus" McCrae

I don’t claim to know much: cards, fucking, and dentistry about covers it,” Doc said.

Certainly on the vast windy plain, there was plenty of nothing to be looked at.

If you want one thing too much it’s likely to be a disappointment. The healthy way is to learn to like the everyday things, like soft beds and buttermilk—and feisty gentlemen.

That's one of the only things I look forward to about an evening like this, you know -someone to drink tea with at the end of it. For all I know, the whole point of civilization is to provide one with someone to drink tea with at the end of an evening. Otherwise you have no one with whom to talk over whatever may have happened during the evening. Dinner parties are often more fun to talk about than they are to attend - at least they aren't complete until they've been discussed.

It was wearying, trying to adjust to all the paces life required.

His purpose was to get done what needed to be done, and what needed to be done was simple, if not easy.

A sleeping man would miss the best of the evening, and the moonrise as well.

He had ridden his horse into the saloon on a dare from a whore – his practice was always to accept dares; it spiced life up a little.