- Paladin: He
- [Da Vinci]
- Paladin: had an idea if a man took a goatskin full of air down with him, he could breathe underwater.
- Mr. Barton - Insurance Agent: Did he ever try?
- Paladin: Not to my knowledge.
- Mr. Barton - Insurance Agent: What other fine ideas did he have?
- Paladin: Well, he had a design for a boat that went underwater, a machine that flew through the air.
- Mr. Barton - Insurance Agent: Mm, ah, I think I'll wait for the divers.
- Jonah Quincy: You gonna kill my trout?
- Paladin: I'm only gonna do today what somebody else will do tomorrow.
- Jonah Quincy: I'll kill you first. And I'll kill anybody else that comes down here too.
- Paladin: You'd kill a man over a trout?
- Paladin: [First lines] How does a fish become so important to him that he keeps a fishing pole in one hand and a shotgun in the other?