- [first lines]
- Player: Six, seven, eight, nine, three thousand.
- Bret Maverick: Thank you, gentlemen. I'll give you a chance to get it back tomorrow.
- Player: I admire you, Mister. If I knew how to quit when I was ahead, I'd be a rich man.
- Bret Maverick: You're ahead when you've won ten cents.
- The Kid: You got three thousand dollars. I want it.
- Bret Maverick: I advise you not to do it, son. Three thousand dollars is a lot of money, but it won't bring you happiness. Not when it's my three thousand.
- The Kid: I'll give it a try. Let's have it.
- [the Kid was killed in a saloon shootout]
- Sideburns: I can't stand a poor loser.
- Bret Maverick: He lost, huh?
- Poker Player in Black Hat: Mm-hmm.
- Bret Maverick: How much did he lose?
- Poker Player in Black Hat: Oh, heck, he must have lost nigh onto three thousand dollars. Everybody in town's got part of that money.
- Bret Maverick: That's a heart-breaking thing.
- Poker Player in Black Hat: Was he a friend of yours?
- Bret Maverick: No, but the money was.
- Barfly: Undertaker has to make a living just like everybody else.
- Bret Maverick: Oh, you folks are getting me wrong, I'm all for a fellow making a living... as long as his living doesn't interfere with mine.
- Sideburns: When my daddy was a boy, the way he used to tell it, when they caught a killer, they killed the killer.
- Barfly: Well, that's the way it ought to be now. One thing we've got plenty of around here is cottonwood trees.
- Poker Player in Black Hat: And rope.
- Sheriff: We've got peace officers, too.
- [last lines]
- Sideburns: We always let newcomers have first deal.
- Bret Maverick: Well, thank you. Now, let me see if I've got this right. Uh, each player gets five cards, right?
- Sideburns: I don't suppose you're a poker playin' man?
- Bret Maverick: Well, I've always meant to try it once.
- Sideburns: If we had hung ya, it sure would've been a joke on us.
- Bret Maverick: Yeah, wouldn't it though? I'd have died laughing.