- Bill McNue: [talking to himself while examining the scene of the shootout] Seven men down in the time it takes to spit. And all dead before they even hit the ground. Except one.
- Roy Goode: You should never have to eat another man's dirt. But sometimes it's easier to go home with a grudge and your pride sullied some than it is to go out and get yourself killed.
- Roy Goode: [about the horse] If you don't, he ain't ever gonna respect you. Worse than that, you ain't ever gonna respect yourself.
- Roy Goode: There ain't nothing scarier than a man with a gun... There ain't nothing so helpless as a man without one.