"When confronting a cattle rancher who'd committed battery on an Indian boy and cut his tongue out:"

"Commenting of Doc Adams's grumpy disposition: "What's the matter Doc? Someone pull you through a knot hole?""

"I'll sleep better for it when I do sleep, though, knowing I didn't miss nothin' when I wasn't sleepin', you know.""

"On building a pot of coffee: "Most people just don't know how to make good coffee. In the first place, they boil the …"

"On observing a prisoner Matt is releasing from jail, Chester addresses the prisoner, "You look like the dogs had you …"

"On a long ride with Matt, Chester declares, "Why I'm so hungry, my stomach is growing teeth.""

"I'll get after you like thunder after lightnin'."

"Fine as frogs hair."

"Naked as a plucked prairie chicken."

"Concerning arresting an abused starving sodbuster wife: "Blaming her would be like blaming the night for being dark.""