Maverick (TV Series)
War of the Silver Kings (1957)
Edmund Lowe: Phineas King
Quotes
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Phineas King : Whats your business, Mr. Maverick, mining?
Bret Maverick : Grass inspector.
Crane : You inspect grass?
Bret Maverick : The kind that's always greener in the other fellow's yard.
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Phineas King : By Jonathan, Mr. Maverick, I gotta hand it to you. You're a very smart poker player... Looking right down my throat, weren't you?
Bret Maverick : I could almost see what you had for lunch, Mr. King.
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Finnelly : Well, until we get a decision, we could meet the competition. Raise wages. Reduce hours...
Phineas King : Reduce hours? Me? I will not. It's bad enough being robbed without giving money away. Besides, it's immoral.
Finnelly : Immoral?
Phineas King : Working ten hours a day. You can only sleep eight hours. What do they do with the other six?
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Phineas King : Remember that poker game where he raised me with the envelope?
Richard Bixby : Yeah.
Phineas King : What do you think he had in it?
Richard Bixby : How would I know?
Phineas King : No, you wouldn't. It was guts. Nothing but guts.
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Phineas King : [revealing Bret's poker hand] Oh, excuse me, I... uh... folding on three aces? Why, you're a very conservative poker player, Mr. Maverick.
Bret Maverick : I just hate to be second best, Mr. King.