- Paladin: You're a frightened, lonely woman with more pride than common sense. You're perfectly willing to take a gamble on a complete stranger in San Francisco, but you're not willing to take the same gamble with the man you love.
- Sam Tuttle: Thee long years since I've been able to get back and now. Blast that slimy little man. You know why he was so anxious for me to come back here? Step right up, folks, Sam Tuttle's 32nd gunfight. Right on this spot! Stand by the bar and buy drinks, folks! And see the actual bloodstains!
- Paladin: Can I suggest that you disappoint him?
- Sam Tuttle: If you don't leave any forwarding address, how will I know to send money?
- Eileen: How much longer could you anyway? When a man gets as big as you, Sam, his years shorten.
- Paladin: No, I won't be able to beat you. But I'm fast enough to hurry your shot. And I promise you, if your aim's a quarter of an inch off, my reflexes will kill you as I go down.
- Sam Tuttle: I like being Number 1! I like being Sam Tuttle! And there's nothing, nothing I want bad enough to give that up!