- Jim Craig: “United in death” the minister said.
- Spur: Superstition.
- Jim Craig: It's a nice thought, Spur.
- Spur: It's a great comfort to widows and fools. There's more to life than death, Jim.
Tom Burlinson - Jim Craig
Kirk Douglas - Spur

“- Lou Peckinpaugh: Your husband's dead a little over an hour and you're already dressed in black? How long you had that outfit waiting in the closet?
- Georgia Merkle: You're wrong. I just bought it. There's an all-night widow shop at Fifth and Geary.”
Peter Falk - Lou Peckinpaugh
Marsha Mason - Georgia Merkle

“When looking to travel incognito, it's safest to travel as a widow. People are always anxious to avoid conversation about death. Widows scare them. And there's no better disguise than fear.”
Millie Bobby Brown - Enola Holmes

“The cities are full of women, middle-aged widows. Husbands, dead husbands who've spent their lives making fortunes, working and working. And then they die and leave their money to their wives, their silly wives.”
Joseph Cotten - Charlie Oakley

“Are they human or are they fat, wheezing animals, hmm? And what happens to animals when they get too fat and too old?”

Joseph Cotten - Charlie Oakley