Canyon Passage (1946)

Dana Andrews: Logan Stuart

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Quotes 

• Logan Stuart : It's a thin margin, Johnny, between what could be and is.

• Logan Stuart : George, when is this girl going to marry you?

  George Camrose : I doubt if she knows hereself, Logan. When are you taking me, Lucy?

  Lucy Overmire : George, do you like poetry?

  George Camrose : Must I like poetry to be your husband?

  Lucy Overmire : We'll be married when the leaves fall.

  George Camrose : You see, Logan, she strings me up and lets me swing. You mean the maple leaves that fall early, or the pine needles that never fall at all?

• Logan Stuart : A man can choose his own gods, Cornelius. What are your gods?

• Logan Stuart : This is Jacksonville, Clench. U.S.A. We sail with the tide.

  Clenchfield : All Americans think that. They think the tide flows forever for them. But mark, me, Logan... gold veins run out, crops fail, men starve, wars come.

  Logan Stuart : And businesses fail... until we get a new deck and deal again.

• Honey Bragg : What do you have against me?

  Logan Stuart : You ought to know.

  Honey Bragg : You're talking in riddles, Logan. What's in your mind?

  Logan Stuart : A picture of tree - with you swingin' from it.

• Logan Stuart : There was a lot of good in George.

  Johnny Steele : He sure panned out no color.

  Logan Stuart : There's a thin margin, Johnny, between what could be and what is.

  Johnny Steele : Yeah. It was thin for you last night. We were a mind to hang ya.

  Logan Stuart : You see how thin the margin is.

• Logan Stuart : Do you make it a habit of spying on people?

  Hi Linnet : No, but I got a habit of observing people.

  Logan Stuart : Is that all you have to do?

  Hi Linnet : Well, Logan, you got a big store and no time. And I got a little store and lots of time.

• Logan Stuart : Gold is only yellow gravel, Cornelius.

  Man : [laughs]  But the yellow color makes all the difference.

  Logan Stuart : Butter's yellow too and you can spread it on bread.