- [first lines]
- Ross Haney: Ben should have been back hours ago. I hope he didn't have any trouble filing those papers.
- Hull: Not as much trouble as we're going to have when we ride into Soledad.
- Hull: Now that Ben's dead, you own all that land around Thousand Springs.
- Ross Haney: Doesn't do you much good if you're six feet under it.
- Sherry Vernon: [to Ross] Now that you've looked me over, would you like to examine my teeth for age?
- Walt Payne: You lookin' for a job? I need an extra hand out at the Box N.
- Ross Haney: Cowhand or gunhand?
- Walt Payne: We can use both in this valley.
- Walt Payne: Join up with Reynolds, you'll be buckin' Jack Foyle. He's one of my men.
- Ross Haney: Foyle the best you got?
- Walt Payne: You want to face him?
- Ross Haney: You can't face him. He always waits until your back is turned.
- Scotty: You know, I've only had three close friends in my day.
- Ross Haney: Oh? Who were they?
- Scotty: Two guns and a horse.
- Scotty: Payne and Reynolds ran all the little ranchers off the range and they kept 'em off with lead. What do you plan to use for ammunition?
- Ross Haney: Water.
- Jack Voyle: I'll take care of Haney - for nothin'!
- Frank Emmett: That's why you ain't a success. You work too cheap.
- [Ross examines Sherry's ringless ring finger]
- Sherry Vernon: Don't you ever get through examining?
- Ross Haney: I was told you were a staked claim; I don't see any sign of a title.
- Ross Haney: But you do like having Doran around.
- Sherry Vernon: He's our foreman.
- Ross Haney: He was your foreman. Last night's action earned him his promotion. Now you're not marrying the foreman, you're marrying the boss.
- Sherry Vernon: There's a lot you don't understand...
- [Sherry glares at her brother]
- Sherry Vernon: ... and a lot I don't!
- May: If you want coffee, this is the place. If you want trouble, you better try the saloon. That's where Frank Emmett is.