- Beau McCloud: A man would have to be pretty foolish to cross that desert.
- Jim Hardie: Foolish or part lizard.
- Davey Hewitt: That's what the warden told me to do - workin' my way up again from the bottom of the stall.
- Jim Hardie: Well, he told you right, boy. You're still young. You can build a good life for yourself.
- Davey Hewitt: Save your breath. The judge gave the same lecture.
- Jim Hardie: He also gave you two years when he could have given you twenty. It might be well if you remembered that.
- Jeb Gaines: You know, you don't dance as onery as you look.
- Ovie: Well, all right, but I'm warnin' you - you step on my feet one more time, I'm going to have you jailed for assault and battery.