Maverick (TV Series)

The Sheriff of Duck 'n' Shoot (1959)

James Garner: Bret Maverick

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Quotes 

• [declining the office of sheriff] 

  Bret Maverick : Besides, I'm... I'm unreliable. I'm a terrible shot. And... And this I mean most sincerely... I have been, for as long as I can remember, a coward.

• Judge Hardy : Mr. Maverick. We'd like to make you a proposition.

  Bret Maverick : Always ready for a proposition, as long as there's money in it.

  Judge Hardy : There's money in it, but there are other important things in life.

  Bret Maverick : There are?

• Bret Maverick : Well, as my Pappy always said, "Worse crime a man can commit is to interrupt a poker game."

• Bret Maverick : As my Pappy always said, "If you know a man's weakness, you know the way to his heart."

• Melissa 'Missy' Maybrook : You don't act like a sheriff, at all.

  Bret Maverick : Well, glad to hear that. As my Pappy always said, "Try everything once and if you don't succeed, then become a lawman."

• Bart Maverick : Oh, I believe you. But my Pappy always used to say, uh, "Son, the next best thing to money is a... a man's name on the dotted line."

  Bret Maverick : And you forget he was also my Pappy and he said, "Sign nothing."

• Billy Waker : You want me to fill you in on the, on the bad characters?

  Bret Maverick : Well, naturally, then I'll know where not to go. You understand?

• Telegraph Operator : "To Bart Maverick, Plaza Hotel, Denver, Colorado. Help. Signed Sheriff 'No-Kidding' Maverick." There's just one word in this message. It's gonna cost you the same as it would for ten.

  Bret Maverick : Then put in nine more helps.