- Julie Allison: [with tongue in cheek, referring to her and fellow reporter, Steve, going out of town together for several days to investigate a story] Mom, you think it's safe for me to travel out of state at night with this young man?
- Mrs. Allison: Just so he doesn't misconstrue the meaning of "freedom of the press."
- Charlie Barnes: My temporary alliance with the denizens of the Bowery has provided me with a deeper insight into the whys and wherefore of mankind. Proven medical fact - when the human system has been lengthily nurtured on alcoholic stimulants, any abrupt cessation of same will result in a negative reaction.
- Mark Chapman: Get her ready. We've got to be at the ballroom at eight. There's no time for nose powder.
- Steve McCleary: You should have started running when you got my wire, sucker.
- Mark Chapman: I gambled. If the stakes are big enough, you don't run unless there's nothin' else left to do.
- Mark Chapman: You're boring me now like you always did.
- Charlotte Grant: People always bored you when you didn't have any more use for 'em, didn't they George?
- Mark Chapman: Bores and nuisances - I get rid of 'em.
- Charlotte Grant: Yeah - the same gentle way you got rid of me!
- Lt. Davis: We got a new man on the beat, here, McCleary. He's built like you between the ears. He saw a hole in the back of the dame's head and figured she was slugged.
- Biddle: You know that wasn't a bad looking dame. Too bad the guy used an axe on her head. Spoiled some pretty pictures for me.
- Mark Chapman: Did you find a feature to write about yet?
- Julie Allison: I haven't and I don't intend to. This bribing of poor ignorant dopes into a public wedding is cheap, cruel and disgusting. This whole Wild West show is ridiculous and I want no part of it.