- Billy Blue Cannon: I need all the rest I can get, Uncle Buck
- Buck Cannon: When I was your age, Blue, the word 'rest' hadn't been invented.
- Buck Cannon: [Explaining to a cowboy why he pulled a hidden gun] I whole lot rather be watchin' them put you in the ground and have folks sayin' 'That Buck Cannon, he don't fight fair' than to have 'Here lies Buck Cannon, he fought fair' on my tombstone.