- Johnny Smith: Burke, you ought to have that mind of yours dry-cleaned.
- Police Lt. Burke: And while I'm at it, I'll have your conscience pressed.
- Marjory Morgan: Family reunion? We'd all cut each other's throats for a dime.
- Harold Morgan: Why a dime? I'd cut yours for fun.
- Grandfather Morgan: I suppose you're all wondering why I left my sickbed to play host to this little family gathering. The reason is, I have a great deal to tell all of you. First--and, no doubt, this will be good news to you: my doctors tell me I haven't very long to live.
- Police Lt. Burke: From now on I'm gonna call you Sitting Bull.
- Speed Dugan: Oh, thanks, chief. You know what I'm gonna call you?
- Police Lt. Burke: I'm not interested. Let's go.
- Police Lt. Burke: I don't get it. This house has been closed for 13 years; still the phone's connected and the lights are on.
- Speed Dugan: I bet they got a big bill by now, huh?
- Johnny Smith: And as my friend Lt. Burke so elegantly describes it, the murderer intends to line the table with stiffs.
- Aunt Lucille: How vulgar!
- Marjory Morgan: Thank goodness I was under the table most of the time.
- Police Lt. Burke: And there was Barksdale, stiff as a board, sittin' in the same chair that he sat at that Morgan dinner 13 years ago. Now, what do you make of it?
- Johnny Smith: Maybe he came back for his dessert.