Ben Lilly quotes:
Anyone can kill a deer but it takes a man to kill a varmint." � by varmints he meant bears, mountain lions, and wolves.
"Property is a handicap to man."
"I never saw a man with his face shaved clean until I was a big boy. When I saw him I thought he was a dead man.... walking about, and I was mighty scared."
Ben Lily to a rogue bear, prior to dispatching him with a Bowie knife:�You are condemned, you black devil, I kill you in the name of the law!�
�My reputation is bigger than I am. It is like my shadow when I stand in front of the sun in late evening.�
