- Rowdy Yates: Do you hear that?
- Wishbone: Noise like that means somebody is enjoying somebody else's misery.
- Wishbone: Funny! Usually by now they're so drunk they couldn't hit the floor with their hat in three throws.
- Rowdy Yates: [Rowdy opens a bottle of whiskey and sniffs] Maybe this will explain it.
- Wishbone: Smells like leftover sheep dip.
- Mushy: You don't want to keep mad at Mr Favor, ma'am. He's got a power of responsibilities.
- Judy Hall: I know the type, knew one like him very well. principled, dedicated, with life only to be lived not enjoyed. Well, they've got feet of clay too. Maybe it's time your Mr Favor found that out for himself.
- Willie Cain: Coz I know these newspapers aren't exactly linen. And this candle ain't on a silver holder. But tonight Miss Judy and Willie Cain are gonna dine with all the style we got.
- Rowdy Yates: [Sitting bound but not gagged in the corner] You going through all of this just to say you spent an evening with a lady?
- Willie Cain: Oh no, not just an evening. A week, a month, a year maybe. Miss Holworth and Willie Cain are going to Mexico to get married. Maybe she'll even get to like Willie Cain.
- Jim Quince: Let me tell you about my mother, Mr Favor. The most uncommon Mrs Holworth, she crotcheted a little, had a baby now and then, and from her respectable seat in her respectable home, she lived her life of 38 years in absolute monotony. I decided that was not going to happen to me.