“- Newsman: We were only saying a swell reporter like you wouldn't quit so easy...
- Hildy Johnson: I can quit all right without a single quiver. I'm gonna live like a human being. Not like you chumps.”
Frank McLure - Newsman
Rosalind Russell - Hildy Johnson

“I don't know much about the law. Ain't had much book learning. But the good Lord gave me a nose for smelling a horse thief a mile off. And what you need in these parts is a marshal that's better at smelling than spelling.”

John Wayne - Bob Seton

“You're getting so good, you even got your shadow scared.”

Huntz Hall - Limpy

“I suppose he had a private sort of greatness, but he kept it to himself.”

Joseph Cotten - Jedediah Leland

“Dumbo! You flew! Boy, am I stupid. Why didn't I think of this before? Your ears! Just look at them, Dumbo! Why, they're perfect wings!”

Edward Brophy - Timothy Q. Mouse