Bret Maverick (TV Series)
The Lazy Ace: Part 1 (1981)
James Garner: Bret Maverick
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Quotes
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Philo Sandeen : My people have a saying which sums it up rather nicely... Hawk-a-hey.
Bret Maverick : Hawk-a-hey?
Philo Sandeen : It's a good day to die. Adios, pilgrim.
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Ramsey Bass : I was worried you wouldn't make it, Maverick.
Bret Maverick : Well, Bass, now you can start worrying that I did.
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Bret Maverick : Boy, it's getting bad when you have to con your own horse for a ride.
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Philo Sandeen : My people have a custom: when you save a life, you own that life. I am your servant. I am your brother.
Bret Maverick : I already have a brother and I don't want a servant... particularly some bogus Indian who thinks he's Sitting Bull!
Philo Sandeen : Standing Bear! And my life belong to you.
Bret Maverick : I don't want it!
Philo Sandeen : You got it, pilgrim!
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Mary Lou Springer, Publisher Sweetwater Territorian : Some people have no shame.
Bret Maverick : That's because others have enough for everybody.
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[Bret and Mary Lou are trapped in a cross-fire]
Bret Maverick : Well, they got us pinned flater than a brown tick on a white dog.
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[Mary Lou follows Bret and Tom to the showdown]
Bret Maverick : What's she doing out there?
Tom Guthrie : I made the mistake of telling her she couldn't come.
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Tom Guthrie : For a man who hates violence, you came pretty well heeled.
Bret Maverick : With Ramsey Bass around, I don't want more of that violence happening to me.
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Bret Maverick : Pappy always told me to stay clear of men who promise no regrets and here I am throwin' a rope to one.
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Bret Maverick : As my old pappy used to say, "It's a wise coyote that lets a rabbit run into his mouth" and I think Sweetwater's got room for this old coyote.