"That's life. Whichever way you turn, Fate sticks out a foot to trip you."

"Yes. Fate, or some mysterious force, can put the finger on you or me for no good reason at all."

"Money. You know what that is, the stuff you never have enough of. Little green things with George Washington's pictur…"

"So when this drunk handed me a ten spot after a request, I couldn't get very excited. What was it I asked myself? A p…"

"[as narrator] Until then I had done things my way, but from then on something stepped in and shunted me off to a diff…"

"[voiceover] It wasn't much of a club really. You know the kind. A joint where you could have a sandwich and a few dri…"

"[as narrator] As I drove off, it was still raining and the drops streaked down the windshield like tears."

"I'd hate to see a fellow as young as you wind up sniffin' that perfume Arizona hands out free to murderers!"

"Say who do you think you're talking to - a hick? Listen Mister, I been around, and I know a wrong guy when I see one.…"

"Charles Haskell Jr.: I was tussling with the most dangerous animal in the world, a woman."