- Sean O'Malley: I don't like any man who's ashamed of the blood that's in him.
- Pat O'Malley: Johnny isn't ashamed of being a Mexican. It's just that he doesn't like some of the things that have happened to him because he's a Mexican.
- Sean O'Malley: Let him go, Pat.
- Pat O'Malley: I would certainly hate to have to look around and find myself another boy - with *two* good hands.
- Johnny Monterez: I think you could find one.
- Sean O'Malley: You think you're a regular little ball of fire, don't ya? Huh? So, you're going to set fire to Allan Goff and all the rest of the world too? Huh?
- Pat O'Malley: Yes, I am.
- Pat O'Malley: People who didn't know you would think you were a drunk! What's the matter with you?
- Rick Garvey: It's psychoanalytical. When I was three years old my father was taller than me. I never got over it.
- Rick Garvey: We'll have Spaghetti with mushroom sauce, nice green salad, garlic bread, big bottle of Burgundy. I know just the place.
- Dusky Ledoux: Where?
- Rick Garvey: My apartment.
- Dusky Ledoux: Right from left field.
- Rick Garvey: Spaghetti a la Rick Garvey. Best you ever flopped your lips over. I make it myself.
- Dusky Ledoux: Well...
- Rick Garvey: Now, if you're a good girl, I'll tell you the recipe.
- Dusky Ledoux: I know the ingredients.
- Rick Garvey: Turn around, Audrey, dear. I want to take stock. Mmm-hmm. Yep! Still all there.
- Audrey: That's good.
- Johnny Monterez: Pedro, stop in and see Pat.
- Rick Garvey: Oh, you forgot to kick her in the teeth and you want me to do it for you?
- Johnny Monterez: Thanks for using the soft words with Pat.
- Rick Garvey: Oh, think nothing of it. Write me out a check for a million dollars and let it go at that.
- Johnny Monterez: Yeah, but, next time don't go comparing me to a dog, will you?
- Rick Garvey: I told you I was a canine fancier. So long, Audrey.
- Johnny Monterez: [to Audrey] Good night.
- Rick Garvey: If you weren't such a dog, I wouldn't fancy you.
- Ken, the Third Reporter: Got any tips to peddle?
- Walker: If I ever did find something worthwhile, I'd never peddle it to you guys.
- Ken, the Third Reporter: Why not?
- Walker: You guys write with your typewriters. Rick writes with his heart.
- Sean O'Malley: Did the Mex send you to dry her tears? Well, don't bother. She's tough! She cut her teeth on the low rope of the ring.
- Rick Garvey: Be careful you don't lose Pat.
- Johnny Monterez: Who's going to take her away from me, Pedro? You?
- Rick Garvey: Just don't take her away from yourself.
- Rick Garvey: Marry him. Forget Goff and your pride and Sean's past glories. Don't let those foolish notions get in your way.
- Pat O'Malley: How can I marry him? Johnny's never asked me!
- Rick Garvey: Then ask him. He loves you. Any woman can get any man who loves her to marry her.
- Sean O'Malley: I'm too tired to rage.
- Pat O'Malley: Well, I'm not! And I'm gonna have it out with Johnny.
- Sean O'Malley: He won't let you. He'll take you in his arms and melt you down.
- Rick Garvey: I'm a member of the Anglo-Saxon, Protestant majority. Why doesn't anybody ever feel sorry for the poor majority?
- Johnny Monterez: All right, I feel sorry for you.
- Rick Garvey: You think she's too good for you, don't you, Johnny? Every man's been in love with a woman he's thought was too good for him.
- Allan Goff: Sean can't give you anything but love, baby. Ride with me, baby. It's a diamond spangled banner.
- Rick Garvey: You know how I feel about you.
- Pat O'Malley: Oh, now, Rick, you know you're the sort of gent who would rather torch for his lady than get her.
- Al Heldon: Johnny Monterez - when I get through with that greaser, he won't have the strength to pick his towel up.
- Audrey: I take your messages, make your phone calls, run your errands for you. Why don't you marry me? I'd make a good wife.
- Rick Garvey: A good wife? I want a bad one.
- Sean O'Malley: I know, someday I'll be on top. I'm afraid you've got a blind spot as far as your old man is concerned, Pat. You're emotional, not logical.
- Pat O'Malley: Hello, blind spot.
- Sean O'Malley: Good night, emotional.
- Sean O'Malley: I understand Johnny and the way he feels. If men like Johnny weren't so hungry that they had to earn their living with their blood, a promoter never got socked in the jaw - you know, I suppose the men that actually stop the punches are entitled to all they can get.
- Johnny Monterez: Let's see, an angle on Heldon. How about, how about he treats his dog like a brother?
- Rick Garvey: He helps all Boy Scouts across busy streets.
- Johnny Monterez: He only hits his mother if she hits him first.
- Rick Garvey: Oh, you're off on that kick again. A gringo conspiracy. He took careful aim with this head and slugged your hand with it. Oh, brother.
- Marina Monterez: It's all right for you to love a gringo; but, for me it's wrong! Why?
- Johnny Monterez: Because you'll get hurt.
- Marina Monterez: You're not worried about me. You're worried about yourself. You're afraid, Johnny! Yes, you're afraid if you lose your title you'll lose your gringo girl!
- Walker: This girl he loves, if she had to live like we lived in Phoenix and Los Angeles, if she had to share one filthy room with him and one bathroom with him, and 10 others, would she pledge him her love? No! There's no gringo alive who don't think he's better than 10 Mexicanos.
- Rick Garvey: You've taught him to think that way, Mama. You're wrong. Sure, a lot of gringos are like that. But, not all. Not by a long shot.
- Walker: Not you, Ricky. You are no gringo here. That's why Johnny calls you Pedro.
- Rick Garvey: What are you gonna do? Wear a sombrero?
- Johnny Monterez: Cut it out Rick!
- Rick Garvey: Johnny, you go on hating what you call a gringo world, you're going to destroy yourself.