Pilon: He makes a good speech.
Daniel Alvarez: Yeah, like an old goat in the moonlight!

- John Garfield (as Daniel Alvarez) in Tortilla Flat (1942)

Pilon: I do not lead my friends around by the noses, senora. I only give them my good advice.

- Spencer Tracy (as Pilon) in Tortilla Flat (1942)

Pilon: Let's go down to the beach. The sky's a good place to sleep under. It is one roof that will never burn down, and it is one roof that will always be there when you wake up tomorrow.

- Spencer Tracy (as Pilon) in Tortilla Flat (1942)

Jose Maria Corcoran: What's the matter with him? Is he crazy?
Pilon: They say that a little love is like a little wine. Too much of either makes a man sick.

- Spencer Tracy (as Pilon) in Tortilla Flat (1942)