Top 11 Quotes & Sayings by Doc Holliday

Explore popular quotes and sayings by Doc Holliday.
Last updated on November 25, 2024.
Doc Holliday

John Henry Holliday, better known as Doc Holliday, was an American gambler, gunfighter, and dentist. A close friend and associate of lawman Wyatt Earp, Holliday is best known for his role in the events leading up to and following the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. He developed a reputation as having killed more than a dozen men in various altercations, but modern researchers have concluded that, contrary to popular myth-making, Holliday killed only one to three men. Holliday's colorful life and character have been depicted in many books and portrayed by well-known actors in numerous movies and television series.

August 14, 1851 - November 8, 1887
Forgive me if I don't shake hands.
If I thought you weren't my friend, I just don't think I could bear it.
Why should I obtain by force that which I can obtain by cheating? — © Doc Holliday
Why should I obtain by force that which I can obtain by cheating?
Well, I'll be damned. Oh, this is funny.
It appears my hypocrisy knows no bounds.
My hypocrisy only goes so far.
There is no normal life, there's just life.
I have not yet begun to defile myself.
Conflict follows wrongdoing as surely as flies follow the herd.
Dave Rudabaugh is an ignorant scoundrel! I disapprove of his very existence. I considered ending it myself on several occasions but self-control got the better of me.
If you fellows have been hunted from one end of the country to the other as I have been, you’ll understand what a bad man’s reputation is built on. I’ve had credit for more killings than I ever dreamt of
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