“The player looked over at the Virginian, doubtfully. "Well," he said, "I don't know what you folks call a dangerous man." "Not him!" exclaimed the dealer with admiration. "He's a brave man. That's different." The player seemed to follow this reasoning no better than I did. "It's not a brave man that's dangerous," continued the dealer. "It's the cowards that scare me.”
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Owen Wister was an American writer best known for his novel 'The Virginian', which is a classic in Western literature and has had a profound impact on subsequent Western films and literature. more
“Make ten men feel like a hundred.”
“...[T]hey shall not eat me without my protesting.”
“Be brave enough to live your best life.”
“I like that he does not apologize for his looks, that he throws them down like a gauntlet.”