- Sheriff: Slade, I never had much truck with detectives, but from what I heard about you I'm a little surprised that you'd let a woman lay you out cold.
- Shotgun Slade: [Chuckling] Yeah, well, so am I, Sheriff.
- Eli Gates: A great talent. Great future. That's what they said. Then I fell in love. Then I fell in love, but not with a woman. With a bottle.
- Bob Batson: He'll keep on following you. Sooner or later he's gonna pin you down. You've got to kill him!
- Hack Lawrence: Well, from what I've heard about that Slade, that might not be so easy.