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"Shane" Quotes

A mysterious stranger becomes a hero to a family in the Old West.

Quotes

A man is what he is, Joey. There's no breaking the mold.

Jack Schaefer

self-acceptance

A gun is a tool, no better or no worse than any other tool: an axe, a shovel or anything. A gun is as good or as bad as the man using it.

Jack Schaefer

responsibilitygun control

A man's got to do what a man's got to do.

Jack Schaefer

dutyresponsibility

There's no living with a killing. There's no going back from it. Right or wrong, it's a brand. A brand sticks. There's no going back. Now you run on home to your mother, and tell her... tell her everything's all right. And there aren't any more guns in the valley.

Jack Schaefer

consequencesviolence

A man can be a lot of things, Joey. He can be a good man or a bad man. It's not what he is, but what he does that makes him one or the other.

Jack Schaefer

characteractions

There's no question about it--the gun is the only thing that counts today. Everything else is just a decoration.

Jack Schaefer

violenceweapons

It's not enough to be sorry, Joey. You have to show it.

Jack Schaefer

remorseactions

A man has to be what he is, Joey. Can't break the mold.

Jack Schaefer

self-acceptance

A man is a man, Joey. You have to take him for what he is.

Jack Schaefer

acceptancecharacter

There's only one way to find out what a man is really like. Take him fishing.

Jack Schaefer

characterhonesty