Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by Bat Masterson

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a columnist Bat Masterson.

Last updated on December 25, 2024.

Bartholemew William Barclay "Bat" Masterson was a U.S. Army scout, lawman, professional gambler, and journalist known for his exploits in the 19th and early 20th-century American Old West. He was born to a working-class Irish family in Quebec, but he moved to the Western frontier as a young man and quickly distinguished himself as a buffalo hunter, civilian scout, and Indian fighter on the Great Plains. He later earned fame as a gunfighter and sheriff in Dodge City, Kansas, during which time he was involved in several notable shootouts.

Columnist | November 26, 1853 - October 25, 1921

Source: Wikipedia

We all get the same amount of ice. The rich get it in the summer. The poor get it in the winter.

Bat Masterson

There are many in this old world of ours who hold that things break about even for all of us. I have observed, for example, that we all get the same amount of ice. The rich get it in the summertime and the poor get it in the winter.

Bat Masterson

Every dog, we are told, has his day, unless there are more dogs than days.

Bat Masterson

There are those who argue that everything breaks even in this old dump of a world of ours. I suppose these ginks who argue that way hold that because the rich man gets ice in the summer and the poor man gets it in the winter things are breaking even for both. Maybe so, but I'll swear I can't see it that way.

Bat Masterson

Never run a bluff with a six-gun.

Bat Masterson

Shoot first and never miss.

Bat Masterson

If you want to hit a man in the chest, aim for his groin.

Bat Masterson