Richard Dean Anderson: Ernest Pratt, Nicodemus Legend

Quotes 

• Ludwig Hauptman : You see Ralph's gun? With your knowledge of guns there's no need to explain what we're after, I'm sure.

  Ernest Pratt : Looks like you're after Poland.

• Gizzard-Eating Williams : I don't like you.

  Ernest Pratt : My life is complete.

• Harry Parver : Mr. Allen would not approve of Nicodemus Legend drinking bourbon in public.

  Ernest Pratt : It's not in public, it's in a tea cup.

• Ernest Pratt : Lamar won't tell any more than the bartender in Sacramento would tell about you and the girl in the fishnet stockings.

  [giggles] 

  Harry Parver : Not at all funny, Mr. Pratt. We both know you slipped something into that drink.

• Ernest Pratt : Mayor, this is just a cultural misunderstanding.

  Mayor Chamberlain Brown : Culture? They shot a stuffed buffalo head. What kind of culture does that?

• Ernest Pratt : I know nothing about buffalos; never even seen a buffalo. I certainly don't know how to find them. I have trouble finding my own room at night sometimes.

• Ernest Pratt : You don't want to go against tradition, do you?

  Ludwig Hauptman : No.

  Ernest Pratt : If I went to Germany, I'd observe German tradition. Heck, I'd even wear those... short little pants.

• Ernest Pratt : You don't understand. The Indians want to kill the Germans.

  Janos Bartok : What makes you think I don't understand?

• Gizzard-Eating Williams : I tried reading one of your books.

  Ernest Pratt : And you feel you wasted a year of your life?

• Janos Bartok : They can't shoot what they can't find. They'll simply get bored and they will leave.

  Ernest Pratt : Janos, it's impossible to bore a German.

• Ernest Pratt : Here's an idea: how about a traditional Arapaho rain dance; what do you think? Towashie! How about a rain dance! A little tradition, a little rain dance. What do you think? Come on!

  Towashie : We don't need a rain dance; we get fifteen inches of rain a year around here.

  Ernest Pratt : Work with me, Towashie, work with me. Tradition! A little rain, a little...

  Arapaho Holding a Rifle : Why is he hopping around like a moron?

  [in the Arapaho language]