- Doc: To lay down with dogs is to get up with fleas.
- Oscar 'Odds' Owen: Then the thing to do is stay away from dogs. And, Doc, I think Maybe I will.
- Marilyn Youngblood: I'm marrying Everett because... well, because I want to.
- Col. Jefferson Davis Youngblood: I know that, my dear. But sometimes retreat is the better point of valor.
- Col. Jefferson Davis Youngblood: ...I might fall into the hands of an abolitionist.
- Oscar 'Odds' Owen: You mean, someone might abolish your allowance?
- Col. Jefferson Davis Youngblood: Your words are as offensive as your thoughts are accurate!