- Preface: Since the beginning of Time the Horse has been Man's loyal friend... But Man has not always been the Friend the Horse has to Man...
- Uncle Ben: Mr. Rellece, you like to make believe you ain't got no heart for horses, but I knows you. You loves that little colt.
- Mr. Jim Rellence: Oh, quit your gabbin'. Did I ever say I was gonna sell 'im?
- Uncle Ben: No, sir, you sure did not, and if ever you did, I ain't ever heard yuh.
- Warren 'Rid' Riddell: I could be crazy about you, Ruby.
- Miss 'Missy' Ruby: I could like you too, Rid, but we'd be crazy if we did. The cards are stacked against us,
- Warren 'Rid' Riddell: Yeah, I guess we need a new deal.
- Warren 'Rid' Riddell: [Seeing Ruby taking a drink out of a flask in the back of Scanlon's limo] Aw, don't do that, Ruby!
- Miss 'Missy' Ruby: Why not?
- Warren 'Rid' Riddell: I hate to see anyone hit the hootch the way you do.
- Miss 'Missy' Ruby: You don't know how darn bad I need this drink.
- Warren 'Rid' Riddell: It's not good medicine.
- Miss 'Missy' Ruby: It is for what ails me.
- Warren 'Rid' Riddell: What's that?
- Miss 'Missy' Ruby: You.
- Warren 'Rid' Riddell: Well, let me tell you something. Don't get too high on a horse. They'll disappoint you.
- Miss 'Missy' Ruby: Tommy couldn't disappoint as much as some men have.
- Aunt Glory, Jim's Cook: Glory be! Oh, am I losin' my mind?
- Uncle Ben: Well, I wouldn't yell about it woman. You done lost that years ago.
- Mr. Jim Rellence: Durn, that Sam. You know, Mac, I don't know why I have these colored lassos workin' for me. They keep on comin' year after year, somehow, just like the horses.
- MacGuire: Ah, no matter what they did, Jim, you wouldn't throw them out.
- Mr. Jim Rellence: Oh, wouldn't I though? I'm gonna rawhide that Sam within an inch of his life.
- Angela 'Angie' Ludeking: Oh, Bill, it must be swell to own a horse like that. Why don't you ask Mr. Hartwick to sell it to us, huh?
- Bill Ludeking: Now, listen baby, that's a horse, not a dog. You can't play with him on the chaise longue.
- Angela 'Angie' Ludeking: Oh, I know. But, I'm just crazy about those colors.
- Eddie Frazier: All right, Tip, that makes 65 grand with my 20. An awful lot of jack, fella. The boys would sure hate to drop it.
- Tip Scanlon: The time to squawk is when you lose.
- Warren 'Rid' Riddell: Say, where do I come in on this?
- Miss 'Missy' Ruby: You don't come in. I've decided there are too many probablys and maybes about you.
- Warren 'Rid' Riddell: Oh. Just like that, huh.
- Miss 'Missy' Ruby: Just like that - and no cover charge.
- Miss 'Missy' Ruby: Tommy goes off the hop, Ruby goes off the booze. Tommy goes to bed early, so does Ruby. Tommy and I race each other back to, well, solid ground, anyway.
- Miss 'Missy' Ruby: Hello, Tommy. You've had a raw deal, kid. But, at that, you've come through better than I have. No circles under your eyes and you haven't ruined your stomach guzzling race track liquor.
- Warren 'Rid' Riddell: Oh, gee kid, you're lookin' great. I never saw you lookin' so well.
- Miss 'Missy' Ruby: You look pretty well, yourself. Are you as good as you look?
- Miss 'Missy' Ruby: That crook.
- Warren 'Rid' Riddell: Ah, come on, Ruby. He's all right. He's as good as the rest of 'em.
- Miss 'Missy' Ruby: Yeah and how good is that?
- Miss 'Missy' Ruby: Mr. Rellence, do you mean Tommy isn't what he was?
- Mr. Jim Rellence: No, Miss, he ain't. He's better.
- Sam 'Sammy': Oh, Tommy. Please win, Tommy. Please let him win. Oh. Oh, rabbit foot, do your duty, now.
- Warren 'Rid' Riddell: Ah, listen honey, let's not fight. I don't want to fight. I want to make love at you.
