William W. Johnstone > Quotes

“It has been said that it's hard to stop a man who knows he's in the right and just keeps on coming. Smoke knew he was right - and he kept on coming.”
― William Johnstone, Matt Jensen, the Last Mountain Man

“He that lies with the dogs, riseth with the fleas.”
― William Johnstone, Matt Jensen, the Last Mountain Man

“Anglo-Saxon barbarians. Arthur should have been made a Knight”
― William W. Johnstone, A Dangerous Man: A Novel of William "Wild Bill" Longley

“gonna need this if you go out on the next set of rounds.” “Apart from the weather, how is it out there?” said Bob. “What kind of activity is taking place around town?” “Awful quiet,” replied Fred, shrugging out of his own bulky slicker and carrying it over to hang it on a peg next to where Bob had hung his earlier. “The storm’s got everybody sort of hunkered in close and tight. Only a handful of customers in Bullock’s, nothing like it usually would be. Little livelier up in New Town. You know how those miners are hell-bent on having their fun, no matter what, when they get down out of the hills. But even there, in the saloons and gambling dens, it’s a little slower than normal. And all those tents up and down Gold Avenue? Boy, are they flapping and shivering and shuddering in this wind. Wouldn’t be surprised if some of them don’t tear loose and end up over in Nebraska somewhere before”
― William W. Johnstone, Rattlesnake Wells, Wyoming

“A nightmare is a black dream because our soul wandered too far in sleep into a haunted place,”
― William W. Johnstone, Flintlock

“For those who were openly hostile toward her, no explanation would be understood.”
― William W. Johnstone, A Rocky Mountain Christmas

“I believe with all my heart that there comes a time when a man has to put his Bible in his back pocket and pick up a sword – or in this case, a gun – and fight.”
― William W. Johnstone

“John Adams said it: fear is the foundation of government. And I’ll add to that: once the citizens lose that fear, a government cannot enforce its laws. If you doubt that, look at what’s happening in this country today.” Matt”
― William W. Johnstone, Watchers In The Woods

“of a Southern belle”
― William W. Johnstone, The Lawless

“But like the U.S. Government, the Canadian powers-that-be never seemed to realize that criminals don’t pay any attention to rules and regulations and laws. The only group of people who are punished by restrictive gun laws are the law-abiding citizens.”
― William W. Johnstone, Courage in the Ashes

“the”
― William W. Johnstone, To the River's End

“thinkingl”
― William W. Johnstone, Forty Guns West

“Fur trade's damn near gone; pilgrims pourin' in over the trails me and all the others opened up. Hate to see it. Why, I seen five white people just last month. Five! Gettin' so's a body can't even be alone no more.”
― William W. Johnstone, The Last Mountain Man

“Another near miss by a sizzling bolt put Preacher in motion. “Let’s quit playin’ target for that stuff.”
― William W. Johnstone, Blackfoot Messiah

“What it was was an irresponsible act by an asshole with a gun. And it wasn’t the fault of the gun; someone has to be behind the trigger.”
― William W. Johnstone, Fury in the Ashes

“Pine watched while Brady poured the whiskey. Pine tossed it down. Then he said, “Ugh, that’s awful stuff. Wish I had a barrel of it.” “What are you doin’ in these parts?” Brady finally asked.”
― William W. Johnstone, A Stranger in Town

“raised it as he eared the hammer”
― William W. Johnstone, The Forty-Niners: A Novel of the Gold Rush

“Dead how?”
― William W. Johnstone, The Lawless

“watching the rough terrain”
― William W. Johnstone, Hard Ride to Hell

“brat?”
― William W. Johnstone, Matt Jensen, the Last Mountain Man

“Truth sometimes does not matter, Quinn. There are those who have decided what they think your brother is, and nothing will persuade them differently, truth be damned.”
― William W. Johnstone, The Kerrigans: A Texas Dynasty

“There was an old saying about how God helped those who helped themselves. Preacher would have added that God watched over those who weren’t damn fools to start with.”
― William W. Johnstone, Preacher's Fortune

“An Indian was an Indian and the best way to get along with the red man was to leave him to his own ways. But Jamie knew the white man had to try to change everything and everybody into what he felt was best for them—in reality, he was changing others into what he felt was best for himself.”
― William W. Johnstone, Dreams of Eagles

“like that, they’ll string you”
― William W. Johnstone, The Lawless

“creature”
― William W. Johnstone, The Oregon Trail

“It’s a new tradition here in the United States, Sergeant,” Dwayne said.”
― William W. Johnstone, Preacher's Inferno

“Well-armed citizens were more of a danger to lawbreakers than the authorities were. If anybody ever figured out how to take all the guns away from the people, so that they could no longer defend themselves, then hell would break loose.”
― William W. Johnstone, Ambush Valley

“steers clear of me unless”
― William W. Johnstone, The Forty-Niners: A Novel of the Gold Rush

“On the ground, where the seat of her britches had been, were the smashed and flattened canine turds, and the patch on her back pocket had left a partial reversed imprint:”
― William W. Johnstone, The Trail West

“The old Silver Wolf had told Jamie that a government expert was a man who couldn’t get a job nowheres else.”
― William W. Johnstone, Dreams of Eagles