- Eric Gorman: Mr. Gates, never be afraid of a wild animal. Let it alone, and it'll leave you alone. That's more than we can say of most humans.
- Peter Yates: You mean that you really like these, eh?
- Eric Gorman: Beasts? I love them. They're honest in their simplicity, their primative emotions... They love, they hate, they kill.
- Eric Gorman: [Said while sewing Taylor's mouth shut] Mongolian Prince taught me this, Taylor. An ingenius device for the right occasion. You'll never lie to a friend again, and you'll never kiss another man's wife.
- Eric Gorman: [to his wife] You don't think I sat there all evening with an eight-foot mamba in my pocket?
- Jerry Evans: [Releasing Peter, obviously in shock, from cage] Peter, Peter, listen to me! Say something to me!
- Peter Yates: [With his knees bent and apart] Is there a good laundry in this town!