Paladin: "It's a chess piece, the most versatile on the board. It can move in eight different directions, over obstacles, and it's always unexpected." (Answering a question about the symbol on his holster.)
Paladin: "I told a friend I 
wear this gun for survival. As bad as you need killing, I'd prefer to live by that conviction." (About five seconds before you-know-what.)
Paladin: "Elkins says you're an honest Paladin: "If I have wronged you, I Paladin: "I could always beat him. Paladin: "Fast, but not accurate -- anybody figure Paladin: "Before you can pull the trigger." (To a disbelieving bad-guy's "I'm holding a gun on you; do you really think you can draw and shoot first?")
man, Billy Joe Kane. Are you? So far I've seen you lie, cheat, steal and try murder. You've tried everything but begging -- now get down on your knees, Billy Joe." (To a dehydrated Mojave desert race-fixer, who needs Paladin's water.)
apologize. If I have not, I hope they hang you." (Nagged by his prissy female companion into apologizing to a pair of manipulative prospectors -- whom Paladin suspects murdered their partner.) I let him think he was faster... because it pleased him." (After gunning down an old friend gone bad.) he can do better?" (To hostile onlookers after blowing away a slightly faster draw in a gunfight.)
