Rick Lenz: Chief Oliver Stamp

Quotes 

• Chief Oliver Stamp : You made any progress?

  Hec Ramsey : I can tell you this: He is one smart fella and that's a fact.

  Chief Oliver Stamp : [sarcastically]  Oh, that's what I call progress. How do you know that?

  Hec Ramsey : Well, for the one thing, he used a shotgun. Can't compare ballistics on buckshot. For another, he used the busiest road in the county. Pretty hard to trail him in the middle of that. And, then the victim - perfect stranger, just the first person that happened to pass by and no motive. And, finally, nobody can spell that bad 'cept a smart man on purpose.

• Hec Ramsey : You couldn't track a freight train. Now, why are you so hell-bent on me havin' company?

  Chief Oliver Stamp : Hangover from my school-teaching days. Always had a soft spot in my heart for the dumbest kid in class.

• Chief Oliver Stamp : You're out of uniform.

  Hec Ramsey : Oh, sorry. Well, I don't like to play poker when I'm wearin' my badge.

  Chief Oliver Stamp : What are you doing playing poker at this time of day?

  Hec Ramsey : Just amplifying my very small income.

  Chief Oliver Stamp : Shouldn't you be out patrolling the street?

  Hec Ramsey : Well, this many folks in town, the trouble may end up in the street, but it usually starts in the saloon.