Richard Adams: The bolder the outlaw, the more brazan his actions.

- Robert Mitchum in Bar 20 (1943)

California Carlson: Hey! Come back here and I'll orphan your children and widow your wife!

- Andy Clyde in Bar 20 (1943)

California Carlson: I'm worried
Lin Bradley: What are you worried about?
California Carlson: What chance have we got when the shooting starts?
Hopalong Cassidy: We'll have as good a chance as Quirt had.
California Carlson: Sure and look what happened to him! A man that would get himself killed to prove a point has got a mule beat for stubbornness.

- Andy Clyde in Bar 20 (1943)

California Carlson: You know, Hoppy, sometimes I wish I was a cow.
Hopalong Cassidy: Why?
California Carlson: Well, they always seem to be standin' knee deep in somethin' tuh eat.
[he laughs]
Hopalong Cassidy: [playing dumb] I don't get it.
California Carlson: [after doing a take] You don't get it?
Hopalong Cassidy: [Hoppy laughs heartily]

- William Boyd in Bar 20 (1943)