Beth Dutton’s most memorable scenes and quotes from ‘Yellowstone,’ from her witty one-liners to her no holds barred fist fights.
“I am the rattlesnake. But you’re not who I’m going to bite.” Outsider has all the latest and greatest Beth Dutton quotes from every season of Yellowstone right here.
Want a masterclass in character work? Watch Kelly Reilly positively own every second she’s on screen in Yellowstone. As Beth Dutton, Reilly’s kept us all on our toes since 2018, and has upped the ante every season. This is in large part due to the writing of series’ mastermind Taylor Sheridan, but there’s no question in his mind – or ours – that Reilly is the only person who could’ve ever brought Beth Dutton to life the way she has.
With Season 5 upon us, it’s time to dive back in and relive those best Beth Dutton quotes, including her best of all time. First, let’s dive into Beth’s latest masterpieces courtesy of Yellowstone Season 5.
Season 5, Episode 1:
Beth: He’s not doing it for you. He’s doing it to get on the stage.
Lynelle: Aren’t we all, Beth.
– on Jamie’s intro for John as Governor
“I’m sorry… For what I did then. I’m sorry. This is a sort of blanket apology to generally cover the past… Like everything before right now. That’s what I’m sorry for. I was fucking awful to you. I was terrible, and I… If it is any consolation I was worse on myself.”
-Beth to Rip
“I’m about to work you like a rented mule, brother. It’s time for your pound of flesh.”
– Beth to Jamie
Season 5, Episode 2:
“I wanna believe that you’re advising what’s best for the family. I really do. But then I remember this isn’t your family. And he’s not your father.”
“Your political career was over the moment you chose your father over mine. You’re in my prison now. And if you ever forget it, I’ll put you in a real one.”
– Beth to Jamie
“Buddy, this is your once chance to leave me with your self-esteem intact.”
– Beth to that guy
“I manipulated the will of the government so I could see you.”
“We gotta fill a week’s worth of lovin’ into eight hours. Hope you weren’t planning on sleeping.”
– Beth to Rip
Season 5, Episode 3:
“Shrewd observers, the men in my family…”
“I think we’re way past that, dad. I told you about my first threesome…. Didn’t I?”
“Dad, you can love a memory all you want. But it can’t love you back. Find someone to love while you’re still young enough to do it. Her memory’s not going anywhere.”
-Beth to John
“There’s coffee and pastries, though you guys have a Keto look about yah.”
“Rob, I have seen you snort cocaine off a strippers’ stomach.”
“Where’s the rattlesnake in the deal? I am the rattlesnake. But you’re not who I’m gonna bite.”
“Nothing f*cks up a good deal like an attorney.”
– Beth to Rob
“What a f*ckin’ day!”
“We’ll be home before midnight. Nothing bad happens before midnight.”
Season 5, Episode 4:
“Some b*tch from California tried to f*ck my husband so I beat her with a beer bottle.”
“I’m not a Bethany. I’m a Beth.”
“You have my womb cut out me, and God gave you a boy?”
“Of all the awful shit you have done in your 45-years on this planet, Jamie, that is really saying something!”
“I’m going to take him from you. I’m gonna rob you of fatherhood, Jamie. You don’t deserve it, and he deserves better than you. Next time you see him you can kiss him goodbye, because he’s as good as gone.”
– Beth to Jamie
“Make me a promise. Don’t ever let them do that to me. Turn me to ashes and throw me into the wind. That’s all the care I want.”
– Beth to John
“I’ll pick you up some doxycycline on the way home; help kill whatever funk your snatch caught in the clink.”
– Beth to Summer
“I am not starting this day sober.”
Best of Beth Dutton from ‘Yellowstone’ Season 4
Summer: I hope you can find a therapist who can help you.
Beth: I hope you die of ass cancer.(Season 4, Episode 6)
“I am the rock therapists break themselves against.”
(Season 4, Episode 1)
“Smart bird.”
(Season 4, Episode 1)
“I am the bigger bear.”
(Season 4, Episode 1)
“No, martinis have vermouth and are enjoyed with friends. I don’t like vermouth, and these aren’t my friends.”
(Season 4, Episode 1)
“I love you. But f**k you.”
(To Rip, Season 4, Episode 3)
“It’s a pour the bottle in a bucket kind of day.”
(Season 4, Episode 3)
“None succeeded, though I did dry hump some lawyer’s girlfriend in the coat closet. That was interesting.”
(Season 4, Episode 4)
Summer: Hope you didn’t pay full price for that boob job.
Beth: Actually, God gave me these for free. Looks like he gave me yours too.(Season 4, Episode 6)
And here they are, ladies and gents, the best of the best when it comes to Beth:
Top 10 Beth Dutton Quotes of All Time
10. “I am the bigger bear.”
(Season 4, Episode 2)
9. “I believe in loving with your whole soul and destroying anything that wants to kill what you love. That’s it. That’s all there is.”
(Season 3, Episode 10)
8. “I think heaven’s right here. So is hell. One person can be walking the clouds right next to someone enduring eternal damnation. And God is the land.”
(Season 2, Episode 7)
7. “I am the rock therapist’s break themselves against.”
(Season 4, Episode 1)
6. “Where’s the fun in wrecking a single man? When I break you, I want to know I’m breaking generations.”
(Season 1, Episode 3)
5. “I wouldn’t let that c–ksucker pay for my funeral.”
(Season 1, Episode 4)
4. “The only reason you’re not choking on irony is the size of your mouth.”
(Season 1, Episode 7)
3. “I am the rattlesnake. But you’re not who I’m going to bite.”
(Season 5, Episode 3)
2. “I love you, I’ll see you at the house tonight, but f-ck you.”
(Season 4, Episode 4)
1. “You are the trailer park. I am the tornado.”
(Season 3, Episode 5)
While they are all great, it’s that last line that has become Beth’s best-known. This killer metaphor/insult is fired at Josh Holloway’s Roarke Morris in Season 3, Episode 5, and it is perfection. In their tense interaction, Roarke wholly underestimates the caliber of the woman he is dealing with:
Whether she is standing up for John, hurling insults at Jamie, or uniquely showing her love for Rip, Beth’s way with words is unmatched in Yellowstone. Which is why we just can’t stop compiling Beth Dutton quotes…
More of the Best Quotes from Beth Dutton:
“It’s only the things I love that die, Rip, never me… Come to think of it, I’m surprised you’re still standing.”
“You can’t unmake family Jamie, but you can take their gold card.”
“For someone with no spine, you’ve sure got a lot of balls.”
“Money is my new drug.”
“The sting never fades with me. It is a painful lesson and one you’re about to learn. “
“That’s a conversation for another time… That we’ll never have. “
“Every so often, you say something that makes me think you’re smart. And then I look at you, and that thought fades.”
“I am chopping your family tree down.”
“Don’t judge us for the way we protect the thing we’re giving you.”
“I see things in people, and I feel like if I can touch it, even if the rest of the person is rotten, I can take that good thing and I can make it part of me.”
“It’s OK to watch me walk away, you know. That’s why we do it.”
“I made two decisions in my life based on fear, and they cost me everything.”
“I have been down this road many, many times before, buddy. And no one who tried it is alive to tell you how poorly that worked out for them. “
“You are many things, baby, but funny is not one of them. Sorry.”
“Love you. [Kisses John’s head] Off to ruin a life.”
“Only the good die young. If a meteor strikes Earth tonight, it is me and the cockroaches running this mother**ker tomorrow.”
“I don’t speak dipsh*t.”
– Beth to Jamie
