“Destry Rides Again” quotes

“Please don't mind my brother, Mr. Destry. He's always threatening to blow people's heads off.”
Irene Hervey - Janice Tyndall

“You know he would rather be cheated by me than married to you.”

Marlene Dietrich - Frenchy

“I used to have a friend that was an opera singer. Then he went into the cement business - and one day he fell into the cement. And now he's the cornerstone of the post office in St. Louis, Missouri. He shoulda stuck to his own trade. You better stick to yours.”

James Stewart - Tom Destry Jr.

“- Kent: I collect Deputy Sheriff's guns. Whenever I meet a new deputy, I ask him for his gun and I ask him real nice.
- Tom Destry Jr.: I'm sorry, Mr. Kent. I'm afraid this here's one gun your collection's going to be minus.”
Brian Donlevy - Kent
James Stewart - Tom Destry Jr.

The judge said to him, "Do you got anything to say for yourself?". And the kid said, "Well I just hope that Your Honor has some regard for the feelings of a poor orphan".

James Stewart - Tom Destry Jr.

“Oh, I think I'll stick around. Y'know, I had a friend once used to collect postage stamps. He always said the one good thing about a postage stamp: it always sticks to one thing 'til it gets there, y'know? I'm sorta like that too.”
James Stewart - Tom Destry Jr.

“- Frenchy: Get out before I kill you!
- Tom Destry Jr.: You mean you haven't been tryin'?”
Marlene Dietrich - Frenchy