The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Quotes

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is a television program that first aired in 1970 . The Ballad of Buster Scruggs ended in 1970.

It features Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Megan Ellison; Sue Naegle, and Robert Graf as producer, Carter Burwell in charge of musical score, and Bruno Delbonnel as head of cinematography.

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is 133 minutes long. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is distributed by Netflix.

The cast includes: Tim Blake Nelson as Buster Scruggs.

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Quotes

Tim Blake Nelson as Buster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")

• (Tim Blake Nelson) "I'm not a devious man by nature -- but when you're unarmed, your tactics might gonna be downright Archimedean."

• (Tim Blake Nelson) "Don't let my white duds and pleasant demeanor fool ya. I, too, have been known to violate the statutes of man -- and not a few of the laws of the Almighty."

• (Tim Blake Nelson) "I'd like me a splash of whiskey to wash the trail dust off my gullet and keep my singing voice in fettle."
• (Cantina Bartender (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")) "Whiskey's illegal. This is a dry country."
• (Tim Blake Nelson) "Well, what are they drinking?"
• (Cantina Bartender (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")) "-- whiskey. They's outlaws."

• (Tim Blake Nelson) "Misanthrope? I don't hate my fellow man, even when he's tiresome and surly and tries to cheat at poker. I figure that's just a human material, and him that finds in it cause for anger and dismay is just a fool for expecting better."

• (Tim Blake Nelson) "Another young fella with something to prove. I gotta set myself up in the undertaking business. Stop doing all the skill work so another man can profit. But then, do I want to wear a black suit?"

• (Tim Blake Nelson) "Surly Joe, the gambler, he will gamble nevermore, his days of stud and hold'em they are done. It was long about last April, he stepped into this saloon, but he never really took to anyone. Surly Joe, Surly Joe. Oh, wherever he's damned and now, I don't know. He was slick but I was slicker, he was quick, but I was quicker, and the table stopped his ticker, Surly Joe. Surly Joe, Surly Joe. Won't be missed by anyone, will Surly Joe. Humankind he frowned upon, but not now, his face is gone. Guess your frowning days are over, oh Surly Joe. Surly Joe, Surly Joe. A cedilla on the "c" of Curly Joe. He was mean in days of yore, now they're moppin up the floor oh Surly Joe. Surly Joe, Surly Joe. Where the rest his face has got to, we don't know. He was never any fun, now his grumpy race has run, kisser blown to kingdom come oh Surly Joe."

• (Tim Blake Nelson) "A song never fails to ease my mind out here in the West, where the distances are great and the scenery monotonous. Additionally, my pleasing baritone seems to inspirit ol' Dan here and keep him in good heart during the day's measure of hoof clops. Ain't that right, Dan?"
• (Tim Blake Nelson) "Maybe some of y'all have heard of me. Buster Scruggs, known to some as the San Saba Songbird. I got other handles, nicknames, appellations, and cognomens. But this one here I don't consider to be even halfway earned."
• (Tim Blake Nelson) ""Misanthrope"? I don't hate my fellow man, even when he's tiresome and surly and tries to cheat at poker. I figure that's just a human material, and him that finds in it cause for anger and dismay is just a fool for expecting better. Ain't that right, Dan?"

• (Tim Blake Nelson) "Sir, it seems that you're are a no better a judge of human beings than you are a specimen of one. Just on a brief inventory I'd say you could use yourself a shave and a better disposition. And lastly, if you don't my mind me aspersing your friends -- a better class of drinking buddies."

• (Tim Blake Nelson) "It appears the vitals of this lucky son-of-a-gun remain unpunctured. Sloppy shootin' on my part."

• (Tim Blake Nelson) "Well -- that ain't good."

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