Maverick (TV Series)

The Saga of Waco Williams (1959)

James Garner: Bret Maverick

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Quotes 

• Waco Williams : Maverick, I guess you're the only man in the world who would be insulted if somebody called him a good man.

  Bret Maverick : Not insulted, embarrassed.

• [last lines] 

  Bret Maverick : [to audience]  Now, he did everything a man shouldn't do, but he's still alive. Looks like he'll be elected sheriff. I know he'll end up with the biggest ranch in the territory. And I'm broke. Nobody even knows I'm leaving or cares. Could I be wrong?

• [first lines] 

  Sheriff Boyd Tait : Bernie?

  [Sheriff sends his Deputy over to check out two strangers, Bret and Waco, going into a 'Cattlemen Only' hotel] 

  Bret Maverick : [to hotel clerk]  Thank you.

  Deputy Bernie : [to Bret and Waco]  You, uh... You boys come far?

  Bret Maverick : We had quite a ride. Came through the Brasada.

  Deputy Bernie : Oh, see any Indians?

  Waco Williams : We got ambushed by half a dozen of 'em. My sidekick got killed.

  Bret Maverick : So did the six Indians, courtesy of Mr. Williams.

• Bret Maverick : [to Waco]  Do you know why I didn't mind taking off my coat? Because Karl Bent has got lots of money and I got none. And he's a bad poker player and I'm a good one. Now, are you going over there and kill my golden goose?

• Bret Maverick : Have you ever been in a Gulf hurricane?

  Waco Williams : No.

  Bret Maverick : Well, it's the big pine trees and the thick oaks that get uprooted first. The palm trees are smart. They give with the wind.

  Waco Williams : That sounds like pretty good advice... for trees.

  Bret Maverick : They live a long time.

• Bret Maverick : You know what they say about a little acre.