“A person needs to be needed and if you don't need me, you could lie.”
Phyllida Law - Elspeth

“- Martha Baring: You show a lot of potential for a city girl.
- Helen: Thank you. You are an excellent liar.”
Jessica Lange - Martha Baring
Gwyneth Paltrow - Helen Baring

“- Jeff Badger: You are the sheriff wife now. It would be very embarrassing for you to know who I am.
- Flower Belle Lee: I've never been embarrassed in my life.”
Joseph Calleia - Jeff Badger
Mae West - Flower Belle Lee

“- Macaulay Connor: It can't be anything like love, can it?
- Tracy Lord: No, no, it can't be.
- Macaulay Connor: Would it be inconvenient?
- Tracy Lord: Terribly.”
James Stewart - Macaulay Connor
Katharine Hepburn - Tracy Lord

“- Lieutenant Stanislav Sobinski: I hope you'll forgive me if I acted a little clumsy, but this is the first time I ever met an actress.
- Maria Tura: Lieutenant, this is the first time I've ever met a man who could drop three tons of dynamite in two minutes.”
Robert Stack - Lieutenant Stanislav Sobinski
Carole Lombard - Maria Tura