- Candice Muir: Well, Mom says I shouldn't make up my mind about something until I hear both sides.
- Capt. Daniel Gregg: Well, I'll give you an unbiased view of both sides. On the one hand, you have an unprincipled, avaricious scoundrel who is trying to destroy Schooner Bay, and on the other hand, you have me.
- Candice Muir: Captain, I think Mom meant I should hear both sides from both sides, not both sides from one side.
- Capt. Daniel Gregg: Bilge.
- Carolyn Muir: How come you're being so reasonable?
- Capt. Daniel Gregg: I'm ALWAYS reasonable!
- Carolyn Muir: Not on such short notice.
- Claymore Gregg: When folks see his Shawnee Creek of the east, Mrs. Muir, every man, woman and child will be overcome with wonder and delight.
- [thunderclap]
- Carolyn Muir: Well, not exactly EVERY man.
- [the Captain confronts Joshua directly]
- Capt. Daniel Gregg: [beginning to sway] Still, all those tourists flocking around here...
- Joshua T. Albertson: Not tourists, sir. Historians, sir, like us - students of maritime history flocking to a monument of the Captain.
- Capt. Daniel Gregg: By George, what good thinking, sir.
- Claymore Gregg: [to Ed and Harvey putting up the billboard] Let's get those corners nice and secure. Let's move it, men. Haste, haste and don't waste the paste.