Roy Bean Professions : Justice of the peaceBorn : 1825Died : March 16, 1903 Browse All Authors Top 13 quotes by Roy Bean You can't tell how good a man or a watermelon is 'til they get thumped. Roy Bean cowboy-wisdomcowboymen Time will pass and seasons will come and go. Roy Bean comes-and-goesseasons Don't interfere with something that ain't bothering' you none. Roy Bean bothering-youinterferecowboy A decent cowboy does not take what belongs to someone else and if he does he deserves to be strung up and left for the flies and coyotes Roy Bean coyotescowboydoe Spring with its wavin' green grass and heaps of sweet-smellin' flowers on every hill and in every dale. Roy Bean flowerspringsweet And finally Winter, with its bitin', and whinin' wind, and all the land will be mantled with snow. Roy Bean landwinterwind I find this corpse guilty of carrying a concealed weapon and I fine it $40. Roy Bean weaponshumorfunny Hang 'em first, try 'em later. Roy Bean emstryingfirsts And finally Winter, with its bitin', whinin' wind, and all the land will be mantled with snow. Roy Bean willnaturewintersnowwind And Fall, with her yeller harvest moon and the hills growin' brown and golden under a sinkin' sun. Roy Bean naturemoonsunfall I know the law... I am it's greatest transgressor. Roy Bean greatesti-amknowlaw Gentlemen, I find the law very explicit on murdering your fellow man, but there's nothing here about killing a Chinaman. Case dismissed. Roy Bean yournothingmanlaw You have been tried by twelve good men and true, not of your peers but as high above you as heaven is of hell, and they have said you are guilty. Roy Bean goodyouhellmen
