- Paladin: Blessington, do you think a stupid practical joke is worth a man's life?
- Abner Blessington: Come on. I'll be in Denver tomorrow.
- Paladin: Well lucky people of Denver.
- Caleb Musgrove: It takes a lot less muscle to smile than to frown, I always say.
- Paladin: You do, do you.
- Caleb Musgrove: I don't like to brag, mister, but if it wasn't for me to put a little gin into things, this town'd shrivel up and die of tedium.
- Paladin: I trust your fellow citizens appreciate what you're doing.
- Caleb Musgrove: You look for appreciation in this world, mister, you're bound to die a disappointed man. No sir, I get my satisfactions out of a job well done.
- Paladin: [First lines] Do you think there's something disgraceful about a man backing down when he doesn't have a chance? Stay and watch a man die, Nora, and learn something.
- Paladin: Shooting a man creates a rather intimate relationship, and I hate to be thrifty at another man's expense.