- Mrs. Schuyler: [to a sleeping Rome on the sofa] Mr Rome. Are we alone?
- Tony: [Rome awakes and looks around] Yeah. Why, what did you have in mind?
- Mrs. Schuyler: I'm Mrs. Schuyler. I want to hire you.
- Tony: Well, I'm afraid not. You see I'm tied up on a case this week. Maybe next week.
- Mrs. Schuyler: Well that will be too late. My pussycat will be dead by then.
- Tony: [with a bewildered look] Your pussycat?
- Mrs. Schuyler: Someone's trying to poison her.
- Tony: Oh. Well, how do you know?
- Mrs. Schuyler: From her attitude. She's nervous, she's terrified.
- Tony: Well, you can't bank too much on the attitude of a pussycat.
- Mrs. Schuyler: Well my pussy used to be so sunny and full of fun, with the sweetest smile.
- Tony: You got a pussy that smiles?
- Mrs. Schuyler: No, that's just the point. She's frowning now. She knows. I tell you she knows.
- Tony: Well, I'm afraid I can't help you, Mrs. Schuyler.
- Mrs. Schuyler: But, you could at least meet my pussy.
- Tony: No, no, no. It's not possible. I can't meet your pussy. No. Why don't you try the Burns Agency - they specialize in pussy that won't smile.
- Mrs. Schuyler: Oh. Oh, well, thank you, Mr Rome. Thank you.
- [Mrs. Schuyler walks out the door]
- Ralph Turpin, Hotel House Detective: The day they squeeze something out of Tony is the day Georgia elects a colored governor.
- Diana Pines: He used to be a nice person. It's just that, well, people change. They don't always turn out the way you hope.
- Tony: Oh, I know. You should see my baby pictures.
- Ann: [looking down from her balcony] Miami Beach. Twenty miles of sand looking for a city. Twenty miles of pure jerks. Florida orange juice. That's about the only thing I've been enjoying since I've been down here.
- Tony: You can tell me why he beat you up.
- Georgia McKay: I was a little girl when I knew him back home. I ran into him a few times down here at the club. He asked me out. Well I guess he expected something different. But you wouldn't understand.
- Tony: Oh, I might. Maybe he was trying to get into the wrong ballpark.
- Tony: Nobody steals to do nice things. You name it, and they'll steal for it - narcotics, blackmail, sex. Nobody steals to build hospitals.
- Ralph Turpin, Hotel House Detective: I'm in a jam. We need help with at girl who checked in last night.
- Tony: What's your problem? Is she underage or is she dead?
- Rudolph Kosterman: [Tony tells Kosterman there are no real stones in his wife's and daughter's jewelry] Well, who could have done it?
- Tony: It's one thing you can't blame on Lyndon Johnson.
- Ralph Turpin, Hotel House Detective: A report's been filed. She's a missing person.
- Tony: [looks at Diana, passed out on the bed] She ain't missin' much, baby.
- Ralph Turpin, Hotel House Detective: [on the phone] I'm a House Dick now. Corsair Hotel. Know it?
- Tony: Sure, I know it. It's a hot pillow shop.
- Rudolph Kosterman: Did you have anything to do with her condition?
- Tony: She had intimate relations with a bottle of booze. That's all I know.
- Tony: It's not nice manners to tell a man who's in a dirty business - that he's in a dirty business.
- Tony: Tell me about that son-in-law of yours. Do you think he plays around?
- Rudolph Kosterman: I doubt it. He can barely farm his own land.
- Ann: You're an interesting man, Tony Rome. But I suddenly realize I've been doing all the pursuing. Not healthy for my ego.
- Ralph Turpin, Hotel House Detective: She hit a lot of bars. Somewhere along the line, she got rolled.
- Diana Pines: I'd do just anything to get it back. Just anything.
- Tony: I appreciate what you're offering, sweetheart, but I need the money more.
- Tony: Now, ain't we the big, fat social worker. One of these days, Turpin, they're gonna nail you on a real solid charge. They catch you hangin' around a school yard.
- Tony: No offense, but, uh, seems to me you might have run some pretty fast tracks.
- Rita Kosterman: We met in the bar of the Columbia Towers in New York. I was a cocktail waitress. He was lonely, and - I guess you could say I was a pickup.
- Tony: I could.
- Rita Kosterman: But I wasn't hustling, if that's what you mean.
- Rita Kosterman: Are you sure you're working hard enough?
- Tony: Me, working hard enough? Do you know since I took this job, I've had to turn down two offers to go to bed? And I never wanna work that hard again. Two! Never.
- Ann: Hey! What's the sudden rush? Stick around. You look like you need to get some sleep and relax.
- Tony: Oh, I do, I do, but I'll tend to that later. Right now there are too many questions unanswered. And besides, I only know a part of what Diana's problem is.
- Ann: Well, what about my problem?
- Tony: I intend to take care of that later.
- [long kiss]
- Tony: Oh, yeah. You're gonna be my next case.
- [spanks Ann's behind]
- Tony: You can count on it. By the way, if I don't get back soon, don't start without me.
- Rita Kosterman: Look, Tony, I just asked for a list of your clients.
- Tony: A list of my clients? I could write on a piece of confetti.