Bonanza Quotes

  • [Hoss reluctantly agrees to serve as a temporary deputy sheriff]

    Deputy Sheriff: I'll swear you in. Do you?

    Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright: I do.

    Deputy Sheriff: You are.

  • [running gag]

    Ben Cartwright: Hey, Joe, do you know the difference between a table and an ottoman?

    Joseph 'Little Joe' Cartwright: Sure I do.

    Ben Cartwright: Then take your feet off the table!

    [Hoss rolls his eyes]

    Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright: He'll never learn to do that.

  • Adam Cartwright: Let's go back to the Ponderosa, Pa. This isn't any of our affair.

    Ben Cartwright: We can't ignore the rest of the world. We're the only stabilizing influence in the country.

  • Ben Cartwright: You and your education.

    Adam Cartwright: Education is progress! Now what have you got against it?

    Ben Cartwright: I don't have anything against education - as long as it doesn't interfere with your thinking!

Bonanza

Director: Michael Landon, Robert Altman, Joseph Pevney

Release date: September 12, 1959