- Paladin: [preparing to beat up Jud Polk] If this is a sin, I'm going to enjoy it more than any other I ever committed.
- Paladin: You can't duck behind that girl, Polk, she's too small to hide all of you. Step out in the open before I start carving pieces off you.
- Paladin: Mr. Bruckner, will you do me a great favor, sir?
- Maxim Bruckner: Of course, anything.
- Paladin: Will you permit me to do your dealing with Culligan? There's going to be trouble. You've had enough already, and trouble is my profession.
- Maxim Bruckner: I'm afraid your night with us wasn't very comfortable, Mr. Paladin.
- Paladin: Mr. Bruckner, I never remember a warmer reception.
- Maxim Bruckner: [quoting scripture, Exodus 3:2] "And the Angel of the Lord appeared to them in a flame of fire."
- Maxim Bruckner: [to Paladin] This was a sign, Mr. Paladin.