Dallas, Season 1

John Ross:
[on being told by Bobby that he has no right to drill at Southfork] I'm a Ewing. I have every right.

Ann:
[on catching an intruder in the house] I don't miss, mister, not at any range.

J.R.:
[in the nursing home, to John Ross] Bobby was always a fool. Stubborn as a mule.

J.R.:
Son, the courts are for amateurs and the faint of heart. No, this is personal.

J.R. Ewing:
Blood may be thicker than water, but oil is thicker than both.

John Ross:
We're in the oil business, boys!

Sue Ellen:
[to John Ross] Think of me as an ally. I can help.

J.R.:
I'm the one who belongs on Southfork. It's mine! And only mine.

Christopher Ewing:
Oil's the past, John Ross. Alternatives are the future.

John Ross:
I couldn't disagree more.

John Ross:
Oh, Bobby's not your dad. Everbody knows your dad sold you when you were a little baby. You'll never be a Ewing, Christopher! [Christopher starts beating up on John Ross]

Christopher:
[to his potential investors, who offer him a bad deal] I ain't a virgin, but I ain't a whore, either.

Bobby:
Now you listen to me boy: there is no drilling on my ranch!

J.R.:
[to John Ross] And son, never pass up a good chance to shut up.

J.R.:
[at the Cattle Baron's Ball, to John Ross] Watch and learn.

J.R.:
[on meeting the real Marta] I'm gonna have to introduce you to my son, John Ross. He's a chip off the old block.

Ann:
[J.R. has just given Ann a compliment] Why thank you, J.R. It's nice to be in a company of a legend.

J.R.:
Mostly in my own mind, darlin'.

Mitch:
: I guess some people are just too damn mean to die. [shakes J.R.'s hand]

J.R.:
[Ann is pointing a shotgun at J.R] Bullets don't seem to have much of an effect on me, darling.

J.R.:
The best way to understand a man, is to talk to his friends... and his enemies. My friends are in the State House. My enemies are gonna be harder to find.

J.R.:
[to Cliff Barnes] I'll be there when they put you in the ground, Barnes. Listen close, I'll be the one dancing on the dirt overhead.

Cliff:
You are never gonna be one of them, Christopher, and don't let them destroy you like they did Pam.

J.R. Ewing:
[to John Ross] I spent most of your childhood chasing after women I didn't love, makin' deals that didn't really matter. I will get Southfork back. Because you shouldn't have to pay for my sins.

Cliff:
Well, you're lookin' pretty spry for all you've been through, old pal. Cliff Barnes, remember me?

J.R.:
Time has not been kind to that face. But I do recall the smell of brimstone and crazy...

J.R.:
[holding a file on Veronica Martinez aka Marta del Sol] Well, I'd say when it comes to jealousy, our girl is crazier than an outhouse rat. [smiles]

Bum:
Man, I hope I'm never on the wrong end of that smile, J.R.

Cliff:
I will never stop fighting for what is rightfully mine. And I know you are the same way.

J.R.:
I'm a changed man, Cliff. Evidence of that is the fact that you're not being wheeled out of here with two broken legs.

J.R.:
Daddy always said beautiful women were the most dangerous.

Bobby:
[impatient to get to the point] I know all the things daddy used to say.

J.R.:
Ewing Oil is back in business, Bobby!

Bobby:
That's not gonna happen, J.R. [holds up a deed stating J.R. owns Southfork]

'Bobby:
This is not going to happen. That's why I wanted to sell Southfork in the first place: to stop all this feuding. And leave a legacy to mama.

J.R.:
You wanna carry on mama's legacy? Well, I wanna carry on daddy's.

Ann:
They warned me. My whole marriage, they told me about you. But in my wildest imagination, I never thought you could stoop to this.

J.R.:
Well Annie, you're just gonna have to work on your imagination.

John Ross:
[to Bobby] The last thing I'd want to do is have to kick you off this ranch. Like you did to me.

J.R.:
[to John Ross] Just start drillin'. By the time I'm back, Bobby will have gotten used to oil being pumped on Southfork and the damage will be done. Just don't screw it up.

Bobby Ewing:
Thank you for bringing this, but it doesn't mean that we automatically trust you again, Rebecca.

Marta Del Sol:
I have money. A lot of money. Skimmed from Vicente on Southfork's sale. We could go away together.

John Ross:
I wouldn't wanna go across the street with you. Now leave, before I do somethin' we both regret.

John Ross:
No, I am not gonna ask Elena to float me some barrels. I refuse to drag her into this mess.

Sue Ellen:
She's in the oil business, she's in the mess already.

Bobby:
[to John Ross] I really had hoped that you kids would climb out of the hole this family dug. But J.R.'s just dragging you down with him.

John Ross:
Lucy, you were and always will be, my favorite cousin.

Lucy:
[business like] What do you want?

J.R.:
[on mobile phone with Bum] A cheated man is a dangerous man. Just ask my son.

Vicente:
I just want to know one thing... where is my oil?

John Ross:
It's kind of tough to do business behind bars.

Christopher:
How the hell could J.R. do this to his own family?

Bobby:
How much time do you have? Son, ever since momma left me this ranch, J.R. has been desperate to get it back. I just never thought he'd be so desperate that he'd risk losing it all together.

Sue Ellen:
You had better not be protecting your father, John Ross, I will not let you fall on that sword.

J.R.:
I don't see how this it's my fault.

Ann:
Of course you don't, you're a sociopath!

J.R.:
Well there's no need to call names.

Ann:
[to J.R] If I catch you anywhere near Bobby's room, I'll shoot you, and since you have no heart, It'll be somewhere more vital.

Ann:
He called me Wife number 3?

Sue Ellen:
That's when I slapped him.

Ann:
That deserves a muffin.

John Ross:
He finally got what he's always wanted, but he's being pig-headed and selfish.

Sue Ellen:
[sarcastically] That's so unlike J.R.