Sheriff: [to Paige] The people ain't mean, Doc; they're scared.


--Granville Bates (as ) in Green Light

Van Ellyn associate: But we can't sell rifles to the Indians!
Van Ellyn: I think we can... to peaceable Indians.


--Granville Bates (as Van Ellyn) in The Plainsman

Judge Walter Bryson: Hey, young woman, what do you think you're doing? Put that confounded mirror away! Do you want to blind me?
Bianca: I'm very sorry.
Judge Walter Bryson: Humph. Oughta wash her face instead of paint it! You know that there's such a thing as contempt of court, you know that don't you? Don't let me get after you!


--Granville Bates (as Judge Walter Bryson) in My Favorite Wife

Judge Walter Bryson: I see nothing wrong with my decision. You presented your brief. The evidence is all here. Yeh it's all here, teething and so forth... What do you want me to do, reverse myself? Now you go to the Court of Appeals -- they're always reversing me anyway.


--Granville Bates (as Judge Walter Bryson) in My Favorite Wife

Judge Walter Bryson: I'd like to get home and tell my wife about this. She thinks all my cases are boring.


--Granville Bates (as Judge Walter Bryson) in My Favorite Wife

Judge Walter Bryson: Quiet. I don't know what you're doing here in the first place. Bigamy's a criminal offense.
Nick Arden: Yes I know your Honor, but I'm out on bail...
Judge Walter Bryson: I don't care anything about the bail. This is a Civil Court. What kind of a lawyer are you? Where'd you go to school?
Nick Arden: Harvard.
Judge Walter Bryson: Un huh. I'm a Yale man myself. Are you the bride?
Bianca: Yes, your Honor.
Judge Walter Bryson: Humm, Kissless?
Bianca: Yes, your Honor.
Judge Walter Bryson: Harvard man!


--Granville Bates (as Judge Walter Bryson) in My Favorite Wife

Judge Walter Bryson: Who are you?
Stephen Burkett: Well, your honor...
Nick Arden: Oh, he was on the island with her. He's not important to this case.
Judge Walter Bryson: I'll decide what's important to the case. What island?
Nick Arden: The island where my wife stayed for seven years, your honor.
Judge Walter Bryson: They were on an island together for seven years?
Nick Arden: Yes, your honor.
Judge Walter Bryson: Not alone?
Nick Arden: Yes.
Judge Walter Bryson: Hmm. Same island?
Nick Arden: Yes.
Judge Walter Bryson: Is that in the brief?
Nick Arden: No, your honor!
Judge Walter Bryson: Oh, that should be in the brief. That's the most interesting part of the case.


--Granville Bates (as Judge Walter Bryson) in My Favorite Wife

Judge Walter Bryson: You're a lawyer, stick to the facts.


--Granville Bates (as Judge Walter Bryson) in My Favorite Wife