Nobody puts one over on Fred C. Dobbs.
Read more Fred C. Dobbs QuotesFrom: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Now here's where we're bound for, hereabouts. Don't show properly whether there's mountains, swamp, or desert. That shows the makers of the map themselves don't know for sure. Once on the ground, all we gotta do is open our eyes and look around. Yes, and blow our noses, too. Believe it or not, I knew a fellow once who could smell gold like a jackass can smell water.
Dobbs: What a town. Tampico.Curtin: You said it, brother. If I could just get me a job that would bring in enough to buy passage, I'd shake it's dust off my feet soon enough, you bet.
Curtin: Wouldn't it be better, the way things are, to separate tomorrow, or even tonight?Dobbs: That would suit you fine, wouldn't it?Curtin: Why me more than you?Dobbs: So you could fall on me from behind, sneak up and shoot me in the back.Curtin: All right, I'll go first.Dobbs: And wait for me on the trail to ambush me?