- John Cord: Nobody in his right mind could ask John Cord to move a herd now.
- Ralph Hamilton: Nobody but John Cord could move a herd this size - five thousand head full of ringers.
- John Cord: I'm lookin' at this room. It doesn't make me think you're desperate... doesn't make me think movin' five thousand head of cattle is life or death.
- Ralph Hamilton: Rooms don't change much but bank accounts do.
- John Cord: You know, I ws thinkin' about havin' a drink. Either of you interested?
- George Washington Jeffrey: Interested? Noooo.
- Tom Jefferson Jeffrey: The only thing he's interested in is when you're goin' to ask us.
- Garth: Lots of trials we rode together, Cord. Lots of things I learned from you.
- John Cord: You can forget 'em.
- Garth: Some things a man doesn't forget, like John Cord's rule for a herd-drinking special - always carry your own keg of whiskey. Let the men break it open in camp to let off some steam. Keeps them from werecking an innocent town.
- John Cord: I don't seem to remember that at the trial.
- Ralph Hamilton: We've got a trail boss who can feed the herd on burned tumbleweed, water it on dried mud and get us there with more cattle than we had to start with!
- Garth: Got your rump in two saddles at once, huh? Aren't you spreadin' your influence a little too far?
- John Cord: Keep your herd pointed due East. You should hit Horse Thief Creek in about ten days.
- Garth: Where are you taking them?
- John Cord: Northeast.
- Garth: The Dismal River... it's bone dry, isn't it?
- John Cord: No. They'll be able to smell it. It's too thin to plow and too thick to drink.
- Garth: Those cows will go berzerk.
- John Cord: Seems like you're always with the cattle.
- Sandy Jeffrey: Seems like they're better than most people to be with.