"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'."

"How'd you like to be gatherin' eggs and find her nest?"

"Fine as frogs hair."

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