- Wishbone: Oh, look, what you gone and done. You made her cry.
- Clay Forrester: That's a funny thing, Wishbone. It's what I usually do to women.
- Clay Forrester: The way I see it, a trail boss who really knows his business, doesn't need much more than a good lead steer.
- Gil Favor: I'd have said a good set of brains wouldn't do no harm.
- Rowdy Yates: Do you think he's half as good as he thinks he is.
- Gil Favor: One way to find out. Work him!
- Clay Forrester: Finished up a Major.
- Gil Favor: Ah, that figures.
- Clay Forrester: And then right back to nothing. No more war, so no more commission. Good enough to get killed but not good enough to keep. Except as a Corporal.
- Gil Favor: And you don't like riding drag.
- Clay Forrester: For anybody.
- Gil Favor: Plenty of good chances after the way.
- Clay Forrester: A lot of good majors too. Just like me. Chances were all at the bottom.
- Gil Favor: Is drifting any better?
- Clay Forrester: I can never tell where I'm gonna end up.
- Joe Scarlet: He's either short on brains or long on nerve. He's liable to get both kicked out of him.
- Rowdy Yates: You know I sure wish you were stupid or didn't know your job or something. Then I'd have an excuse to knock the tar out of you.
- Wishbone: Well, if he thinks he's gonna get anything to eat, he's got another thing coming. Get it when it's here, or you don't get it at all. That goes for every- What kind of scouting trip do you suppose that one was?
- Gil Favor: You warm up a cup of coffee for the young lady?
- Wishbone: Coffee? Well, sure.
- [to Mushy]
- Wishbone: What you doing with that?
- Mushy: You told me...
- Gil Favor: Never mind what I told you. Get a clean cup and don't forget the saucer.
- Wishbone: Saucer?
- Wishbone: Yes! A saucer!
- Gil Favor: Say, that was quite a speech, Clay. Didn't think you'd get so het up about anything.
- Clay Forrester: Mmm. She rubbed me the wrong way.
- Gil Favor: So I noticed. You know, it's a funny thing though how people most hate most in others what they most hate in themselves.