- Joey Starett: Shane, will you bring me a soda pop back?
- Marian Starrett: No he will not.
- Shane: No. I will not, Joey.
- Marian Starrett: Will you please answer one little question for me?
- Shane: Not if it's in that tone of voice.
- Rufe Ryker: I want to be reasonable.
- Shane: Well, that's a start.
- Rufe Ryker: There can't be no school.
- Shane: And that's the finish.
- Rufe Ryker: [Entering room with his hands up] Unarmed, Shane, Just like that Italian Venus, that's me.
- Sam Grafton: Shane, this is the way Ryker is.
- Shane: Yeah, when he's up against a woman and twelve kids. Next time it won't be that way.