- [a passenger offers her ring to the stagecoach robbers]
- Brimstone 'Pop' Courteen: No thanks, lady. I ain't the marryin' kind.
- Fat Lady on Stage: Ain't you going to rob us, too?
- Brimstone 'Pop' Courteen: Tuesday's chicken feed day. This is Wednesday.
- Luke Courteen: That wasn't a man! That was a ghost! So was his horse. Why he didn't make a sound. He just...
- Nick Courteen: Ah, it's a grassy meadow out yonder. Nobody makes a sound crossing a grassy meadow - except you and your big mouth.
- Deputy Art Benson: Mucho gracias, senor. I always speak Spanish when I'm eatin' - gives it a better flavor.
- [Johnny accuses the Courteens of trying to bushwhack him]
- Brimstone 'Pop' Courteen: Ha! You're loco. Deputy sheriffs sometimes get that way. It's usually a sign they've lived too long.
- Brimstone 'Pop' Courteen: [to Luke] A man that ain't no good at gun slingin' ain't no good to me - even if he is my son.