- Wyatt Earp: They're bad people, John.
- Doc Holliday: Well, if it weren't for bad people, what would you do for a living, Marshal? Tell me about Tombstone. I mean, more than what you said in the letter.
- Wyatt Earp: It's wide open. The sheriff here, Johnny Behan, doesn't know how to organize a town, so I'm going to run against him in the election. The sheriff has got all the power here. The marshal has got a badge and he's got some territory, but he's got no jurisdiction in the town. Gambling is heavy. There's a lot of money about town. It's wide open. So you organize the gambling - start right here. I run the law, you run the gambling. We'll both end up rich. Very rich!
- Doc Holliday: We sound like bad people, Wyatt.
- Wyatt Earp: We are, John.
- Clum, Editor Tombstone Epitaph: You're not going to solve anything with a gun.
- Wyatt Earp: You'd be surprised the things you can solve with a gun.
- [the Kid wants to become a gunslinger]
- The Kid: I've got to learn, Mr. Holliday.
- Doc Holliday: Why did you come after me and not somebody else?
- The Kid: Because they say you're the best there is. Because I've read all about you in those dime novels, Mr. Holliday. Because... because you're a legend.
- Doc Holliday: How old are you?
- The Kid: I'm eighteen.
- Doc Holliday: What are you going to do with your life? Don't you have any ambition?
- The Kid: Yes, Mr. Holliday, I want to be like you.
- Alley Earp: Have you ever thought of going to church?
- Katie Elder: Not lately. Why?
- Alley Earp: Well, we would like to see you go to church, at least once, Miss Elder. To get married.
- Katie Elder: Alley, when I want preaching, I'll go to church. But for the moment, when I'm on my knees, it ain't in prayer.
- Doc Holliday: Listen, Katie Elder...
- Katie Elder: What?
- Doc Holliday: If you're gonna break wind, would you turn the other way? 'Cause you're aimed right at the fire, and you might blow us both up, and I've got to get to Tombstone.