“I'm getting married, Walter, and I'm also getting as far away from the newspaper business as I can get.”

Rosalind Russell - Hildy Johnson

“- Wolf J. Flywheel: There are many bonds that will hold us together through eternity.
- Martha Phelps: Really, Wolf? What are they?
- Wolf J. Flywheel: Your government bonds, your savings bonds, your liberty bonds.”

Groucho Marx - Wolf J. Flywheel
Margaret Dumont - Martha Phelps

“- Rose Smith: Nice girls don't let men kiss them until after they're engaged. Men don't want the bloom rubbed off.
- Esther Smith: Personally, I think I have too much bloom. Maybe that's the trouble with me.”

Lucille Bremer - Rose Smith
Judy Garland - Esther Smith

“- Ben Hood: What the hell happened?
- Janey Carver: A prior engagement overcame me.”
Kevin Kline - Ben Hood
Sigourney Weaver - Janey Carver

“Ursula's fiancè is in prison, and there's a jungle man sleeping on her balcony. She could use a best friend right now.”

Keith Scott - The Narrator