- Victor Ballard: Why should I worry, Steve? Why should anybody worry? This is New York. East Side, West Side. Uptown, downtown. Rich slobs and poor dopes. It's wonderful. What variety! Big buildings and little people. And lots of opportunity. That's me, Steve - Joe Opportunity, himself.
- Vivian: [he has a Dachshund on a lead] I've been with the family for years, an extremely satisfactory relationship. And then they have to introduce this beast into the house.
- Yvonne: But after all, Vivian, he's just a dog.
- Vivian: No, he isn't just a dog. In the first place, his name is Edelweiss; second place, he hates me - you should see my ankle. It's no laughing matter, Yvonne. I'm sure there must be some way to give a dog distemper.
- Victor Ballard: He's got a very suspicious face. Reminds me of the guy in the paper that killed his wife with an ax.
- Sam: I start out this morning with a gross of pencils. I've got 12 dozen left. I'm holdin' me own. Whadda they want for 10 cents - typewriters?