- Gil Favor: Every once in a while, you have to get away from the herd, so you can listen to the sound of it. You can tell a lot from the way the cattle bawl. But the same can't be said for the drovers you hire along the way. It's hard to judge a man by his voice. That's why we keep gainin' some, losin' others. It's my job to judge, and sometimes I miss. My name's Gil Favor, trail boss.
- Jed Blaine: Mr. Favor knows what he's doing.
- Pete Nolan: He sure doesn't want any company when he goes to makin' up his mind.
- Jed Blaine: You're gonna find out, Pete, that the man who has to make the decisions is about the loneliest man there is.
- Rowdy Yates: I'll show you, you lice-ridden old coot.
- Wishbone: Now you get outta here before I blast that snivelling warped face of yours right off the wagon.
- Pete Nolan: Okay, Boss. But you'll be taking the herd through the toughest country we've tried yet with the worst crew we've ever had. You've hired a gunman, a...
- Gil Favor: I know what I hired, what I'm up against. You'd better stick to scouting, Pete. I'll drive hard.
- Carl Myers: Who told you pikers how to play poker?
- Toby Clark: Maybe it's the way you play it.
- Carl Myers: Maybe you're just a poor loser.
- Toby Clark: It's better than being a poor winner, a crooked one.
- Rowdy Yates: How far does a man go about something he's not sure about?
- Gil Favor: You got something on your mind, let's have it.
- Rowdy Yates: Well, it's Carl Myers. He isn't liked around camp.
- Gil Favor: Well, ah, I didn't hire him on just to be liked.
- Rowdy Yates: Well, I caught him going through my bedroll. He said he was picking out some cotton burrs some yahoo put there. Had them in his hand too. Isn't much but it's said.
- Gil Favor: You missing anything?
- Rowdy Yates: No.
- Gil Favor: A man deserves the benefit of that doubt.
- Rowdy Yates: Yeah.
- Joe Scarlet: Maybe some of you heard of Billy Carter, fast gun with ten notches. I keep wondering if he cut another one, for the girl he killed. My daughter, Jenny. Just 18 when she run off with young Billy Carter. I wasn't home when he rode up for a job. I hired on with the herd on the Goodnight-Loving Trail. When I got back, she was gone. With him! I went after 'em. When I caught up with 'em, Jenny was dead killed with a bullet meant for Billy Carter. She was gonna have his baby and she died.